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Abdalá Bucaram Jr.
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Bucaram in 2010
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| Member of the National Assembly for the National Constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 31 July 2009 – 1 December 2014 |
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Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley
25 March 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
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| Political party | Fuerza Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (until 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Gabriela Pazmiño | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association football career
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Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley Jr. (born March 25, 1982), also known as "Dalo," is a well-known person in Ecuador who was first a professional soccer player and later became a politician. His father, Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, was once the president of Ecuador.
After retiring from soccer when he was 24, Dalo Bucaram started his political career. He was elected as a member of Ecuador's National Assembly in 2009 with 428,000 votes. He was re-elected in 2014 with even more support, getting 500,000 votes.
In 2017, he ran for president of Ecuador with his political party, Fuerza Ecuador. He did not win the election, receiving 4.82% of the votes.
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Early Life and Education
Abdala "Dalo" Bucaram was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on March 25, 1982. His parents are Abdala Bucaram Ortiz and Maria Rosa Pulley Vergara. He is the third of four children.
He finished high school at the Moderna Sergio Perez Valdez College in Guayaquil. After high school, Bucaram studied law at the Metropolitan University of Ecuador and later graduated with a law degree from the Cooperative University of Colombia in Quito in 2008.
He continued his studies in Spain at the Universidad de Salamanca, where he specialized in Constitutional Law. He also earned a master's degree in Political Management from George Washington University in the United States.
Family Life
Dalo Bucaram's father, Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, was the President of Ecuador from August 1996 to February 1997. He had to leave office after the Ecuadorian Congress voted for his removal.
In 2005, Dalo married Gabriela Pazmiño, who was a TV host and also a member of the National Assembly. Together, they have four children: Dalia, Maria Gabriela, Abdala, and Charlotte.
Soccer Career
Before entering politics, Dalo Bucaram was a professional soccer player. He played as a midfielder for several clubs in South America. In Ecuador, he played for famous teams like C.S. Emelec and Barcelona S.C. He also played for teams in other countries, like Chacarita Juniors in Argentina.
In 2001, he was chosen to play for Ecuador's national under-20 soccer team. He played in the first game of the South American championship against Venezuela, which ended in a 0-0 tie. [1] He later said that he believed politics was the reason he was not chosen for more games in the tournament. [2]
In 2003, while playing for Emelec, he took part in the Copa Libertadores, a major South American club tournament, and played in two games. [3]
A Career in Politics
After his soccer career, Bucaram became involved in his country's government. He first joined the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party, which was led by his father. He served as a director for the party for several years before leaving to focus on his studies and family.
Serving in the National Assembly
The National Assembly is where laws are made for Ecuador. Bucaram was first elected to the Assembly in 2009. His wife, Gabriela Pazmiño, was also elected to represent the province of Guayas.
In 2013, Bucaram was re-elected with half a million votes, becoming the only member of his party in the Assembly that term. However, on December 1, 2014, he resigned from his position. He explained that he disagreed with new changes to the constitution that were being made. He felt that the people of Ecuador should have been asked to vote on these changes in a special election called a referendum.
Running for President
In 2015, Bucaram founded a new political party called Fuerza Ecuador (which means "Ecuador Force"). The party quickly grew to have around 600,000 members across the country.
In December 2015, he announced that he would run for president in the 2017 elections. One of his first campaign promises was to cancel a government plan that encouraged people to switch from gas stoves to electric induction stoves.
Many people compared him to his father, but Bucaram stated that while he loves his father, his own political ideas were different.
See also
In Spanish: Dalo Bucaram para niños
