Paco Moncayo

Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos (born October 8, 1940 in Quito) is a former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador and a retired general.
During his military career, he was the victorious Commander in Chief of the Army in the Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and Perú. In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected mayor of metropolitan Quito on behalf of the Party of the Democratic Left, and re-elected for a second term in 2004. As well as mayor of Quito he also has previously been a National Deputy (1998–2000), and a member of both the National Security Council and its Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs. He also is co-president of United Cities and Local Governments as of November 2007 and was longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
Between 2009 and 2013 Moncayo was a representative for Pichincha Province in the National Assembly under the Alianza Libertad. He ran for a seat in the Assembly again in the 2013 Ecuadorian general election with the Ruptura 25 movement, but failed to win a seat.
He is a Legion of Merit recipient and has been awarded many Ecuadorian and international decorations for both, his military and political career.

General Paco Moncayo is now candidate to the Presidency of Ecuador. He has a blameless reputation in his management of public affairs. His running mate is Monserrat Bustamante Chán, in alliance with Izquierda Democrática, Centro Democrático and Acuerdo Nacional por el Cambio. She is the director of Institutional Planning and full-time professor of the Faculty of Marketing and Communication in ECOTEC University.