Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (b. 19 March 1953, in Nuevo Rocafuerte in the province of Orellana

Orellana

-Places:* Orellana de la Sierra* Orellana Province* Orellana la Vieja* Orellana, Peru...

) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician.

Moreno has been the Vice-President

Vice President of Ecuador

Vice President of Ecuador is the second highest political position in Ecuador. Many times has the vice president succeeded the president in turbulent political situations. Last time was in 2005 after resignation of president Lucio Gutiérrez. According to the current constitution, vice president in...

 of Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 since 15 January 2007. He and President Rafael Correa

Rafael Correa

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado born is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007...

 were elected at the 26 November 2006 general election

Ecuadorian general election, 2006

On 15 October 2006, Ecuador held a general election. The voters stood to elect a new President, a new National Congress, as well as other positions....

.

Moreno has held many government-related jobs, such as a lawyer and Administrative Director of the Ministry of Government. He has used a wheelchair since taking a gunshot to the back in a 1998 robbery attempt.

External links

• http://www.leninmoreno.com/
• Presentation of Moreno on the pages of Alianza PAÍS