Mayra Montaño

Mayra Montaño
Born (1955-12-23) December 23, 1955 (age 69)
San Lorenzo, Ecuador
Other names"La Bombón"
Occupation(s)Presenter and politician
Political partySocial Christian Party
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Mayra Migdonia Montaño Guisamano aka La Bombón (born 23 December 1955) is an Ecuadorian radio hostess and politician. She was elected to Ecuador's national assembly before she became a Municipal Councilor of Guayaquil, representing Urban Constituency 1 for the Social Christian Party.

Life

Montaño was born in San Lorenzo in 1955 in the province of Esmeraldas. At the age of 15, she moved to Guayaquil[1] where she ventured into radio and then television. She was an announcer for Radio Canela who was known as "La Bombón".[2] She was recruited for the program Divinas, on Canal Uno. She was one of six presenters raising issues that were of concern to women.[2]

In 2013 she was an unsuccessful candidate for vice-prefecture for the Social Christian Party, with César Rohón.[1]

She was chosen as one of the lead candidates by the Social Democratic party in 2016 for the February 2017 legislative elections.[3] She was elected to be a national assembly member representing Guayas Province.[4][5]

Within her functions as an assembly member, she drafted different bills including one to reform the law against crimes including murder committed against children and adolescents.[6] She was a critic of the assembly's poor productivity when she was identified as an "independent" in 2018.[7]

In 2019 she resigned from the assembly to run as a candidate for Guayaquil Municipal Councilor representing urban constituency 1. She won the corresponding seat as the councilor with the highest votes in the city with 222,766 votes supporting her.[8] In the first of the Guayaquil's council sessions of 2024 she called for unity given the poor state of security in the city.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "'La Bombón' es candidata a viceprefecta del Guayas por PSC-MDG". La República EC (in Spanish). 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  2. ^ a b "Divinas, lo nuevo de Canal Uno - PP Digital". 2016-12-27. Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  3. ^ "Socialcristianos presentan sus candidatos a la Asamblea Nacional". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  4. ^ "Radiografía Política". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  5. ^ "CNE entregó credenciales a asambleístas electos de Guayas | El Comercio". 2017-04-28. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. ^ "Asambleísta Mayra Montaño propone prisión perpetua para delitos contra niños y adolescentes". El Universo (in Spanish). 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  7. ^ "Una ley por cada mes que lleva la Asamblea Nacional". El Universo (in Spanish). 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  8. ^ Jara, Mónica (2019-04-20). "Cinco fuerzas lideran los concejos distritales". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  9. ^ "'Nuestra ciudad se está desangrando y queremos ver unión', dice concejal de Guayaquil Mayra Montaño en primera sesión de ediles". El Universo (in Spanish). 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-11.