María Cristina Kronfle

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kronfle and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
María Cristina Kronfle
Member of the National Assembly of Ecuador
In office
2009–2017
ConstituencyGuayas Province
Member of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
In office
2007–2008
ConstituencyGuayas Province
Personal details
Born
María Cristina Kronfle Gómez

(1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 39)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political party
Alma materCatholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil
OccupationLawyer, politician
Known forDisability rights activism

María Cristina Kronfle Gómez (born November 22, 1985) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador from 2009 to 2017.

Biography

María Cristina Kronfle was born in Guayaquil on November 22, 1985, the daughter of Víctor Kronfle Cabrera and María Cristina Gómez.[1] She obtained her law degree from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.

From the age of 18, she promoted transportation assistance for voting by people with disabilities in the city of Guayaquil, starting by writing opinion letters to national newspapers,[2] which aroused the interest of other people linked to the issue. She conducted campaigns for the visibility of this social sector, called "Campaign Vote" (Spanish: Campaña Voto).[3] The letters and campaign were successful in convincing the Supreme Electoral Court of Ecuador [es] to arrange for the members of the Vote Receiving Boards to assist citizens with exercising their franchise in venues which are inaccessible to people with physical disabilities.[2]

Political career

Kronfle at a press conference with the PSC bloc and Madera de Guerrero Civic Movement

Kronfle began her political life as a candidate for councilor of Guayaquil for the Ethics and Democracy Network (RED) of Martha Roldós in 2006.[4] Later she was part of the Constituent Assembly of 2007 for the Social Christian Party (PSC), where she was the youngest member at twenty years old.[5] Having been born with a physical disability that prevents her from walking, she promoted constitutional articles that guaranteed the rights of persons with disabilities.[6]

In the 2009 general election, Kronfle won a seat in the National Assembly representing Guayas Province for the alliance between the PSC and the Madera de Guerrero Civic Movement [es].[1] In the Assembly she was unanimously appointed as president of the Occasional Commission for Persons with Disabilities.[6] She was the promoter of the Organic Law on Disabilities, approved unanimously by the Assembly in June 2012.[7]

She was reelected as an Assembly member for Guayas in 2013, and remained in office until 2017.[8] In May 2018, she participated in the selection of representatives for the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council [es] (CPCCS).[9]

Personal life

Kronfle married a businessman from Quito on March 4, 2016, at the Municipal Palace of Guayaquil [es].[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "María Cristina Kronfle" (in Spanish). El Universo. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Almeida, Luis (November 14, 2004). "Diario El Universo desayunó con lectores" [El Universo Newspaper Has Breakfast With Readers]. El Universo (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Discapacitados tienen servicio de transporte" [People With Disabilities Have Transportation Service]. El Universo (in Spanish). El Gran Guayaquil. October 19, 2004. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "Candidata de RED quiere atender a grupos vulnerables" [RED Candidate Wants to Serve Vulnerable Groups]. El Universo (in Spanish). El Gran Guayaquil. September 18, 2006. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Valle Coba, Johanna (January 20, 2013). "'Mi look ya no finge'" ['My Look No Longer Pretends']. Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Kronfle, elegida presidenta de comisión" [Kronfle, Elected Commission President]. Diario Expreso (in Spanish). July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Asamblea aprueba la Ley de Discapacidades con el voto unánime de sus miembros" [Assembly Approves the Disabilities Law With the Unanimous Vote of its Members]. El Telégrafo (in Spanish). June 26, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Nuevo periodo legislativo marcará regreso de unos y el retiro de otros" [New Legislative Term Will Mark the Return of Some and the Withdrawal of Others]. El Universo (in Spanish). Quito. March 11, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  9. ^ Puente, Diego (May 18, 2017). "Cpccs designó representantes de la sociedad civil a los Consejos de Igualdad" [CPCCS Appoints Representatives of Civil Society to the Equality Councils]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  10. ^ Quillupangui, Soraya (March 2, 2016). "Kronfle se casa" [Kronfle Marries]. Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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