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See also:	Other events of 2023 Timeline of Ecuadorian history

Events in the year 2023 in Ecuador.

• President:
  • Guillermo Lasso (until 23 November)
  • Daniel Noboa (from 23 November)
• Vice President:
  • Alfredo Borrero (until 23 November)
  • Verónica Abad Rojas (from 23 November)

• 5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum^[1][2]
• 26 February — Assassination of Eduardo Mendúa.
• 16 March — 2023 Guayas earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.^[3]
• 20 March — Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.^[4]
• 27 March — At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province.^[5]
• 28 March — Assassination of Nathaly López Borja.
• 17 May — 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
• 23 July — Assassination of Manta's mayor, Agustín Intriago.
• 9 August — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated by gunmen at a campaign rally in Quito.^[6]
• 10 August — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.^[7]
• 12 August —
  • Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.^[8]
  • Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.^[9]
• 15 August — Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.^[10]
• 20 August — First round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election occurs.
• 3 September — Footballer Yarol Tafur is shot dead.^[11]
• 15 October —
  • Ecuadorians vote in the second round of their presidential election, choosing between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa.^[12]
  • The National Electoral Council declares Noboa as president-elect with González conceding defeat. Noboa is Ecuador's youngest president-elect.^[13]
• 22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico.^[14]