- Source: 2023 in Ecuador
Events in the year 2023 in Ecuador.
Incumbents
President:
Guillermo Lasso (until 23 November)
Daniel Noboa (from 23 November)
Vice President:
Alfredo Borrero (until 23 November)
Verónica Abad Rojas (from 23 November)
Events
5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
26 February — Assassination of Eduardo Mendúa.
16 March — 2023 Guayas earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.
20 March — Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.
27 March — At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province.
28 March — Assassination of Nathaly López Borja.
17 May — 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
23 July — Assassination of Manta's mayor, Agustín Intriago.
9 August — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated by gunmen at a campaign rally in Quito.
10 August — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
12 August —
Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.
Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.
15 August — Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.
20 August — First round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election occurs.
3 September — Footballer Yarol Tafur is shot dead.
15 October —
Ecuadorians vote in the second round of their presidential election, choosing between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa.
The National Electoral Council declares Noboa as president-elect with González conceding defeat. Noboa is Ecuador's youngest president-elect.
22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico.
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