Annabella Azín

Annabella Azín
Annabella Azín
	Azín in 2022
Member of the; National Assembly of Ecuador
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 May 2025
Constituency	National constituency
Member of the; Constituent Assembly of Ecuador; from the Guayas Province
	In office; 29 November 2007 – 25 October 2008
Member of the; National Congress of Ecuador; from the Guayas Province
	In office; 5 January 2007 – 29 November 2007
Personal details
Born	Annabella Emma Azín Arce; 30 May 1961 (age 64); Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political party	PRIAN
Spouse	Álvaro Noboa
Children	4; including Daniel
Occupation	Politician, activist, and physician

Annabella Emma Azín Arce (born 30 May 1961) is an Ecuadorian politician, activist and physician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador, having been elected in 2025. She is the wife of Álvaro Noboa and the mother of President Daniel Noboa.^[1]

Azín is president of the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, caring for those afflicted by disease for over 20 years.^[2] Azín was her husband's running mate during his two unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 2009 and 2013.

Personal life

Azín was born on 30 May 1961. She is the eldest of three daughters born to Giorgio Azín and Grecia Arce.^[3] She earned a doctorate in medicine from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.^[4]

Her son, Daniel Noboa, was elected the youngest-ever President of Ecuador in the 2023 general election.^[5]^[6]

Career

Azín hosted Ecuador Fashion Week on 17 September 2015. She accepted the invitation of Cecilia Niemes, director of Ecuador Fashion Week, to host the venue after Azín completed her master's degree.^[7] She participated in protest marches against the government of Rafael Correa.^[7]

Azín has campaigned for the creation of a successor to the political party PRIAN.^[8]^[9]

Azín was a member of the National Congress of Ecuador for Guayas Province and a member of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, both times representing the Institutional Renewal Party of National Action between 2007 and 2008. She was a binomial candidate for the office of Vice President of Ecuador with her husband in the Ecuadorian presidential elections of 2009^[4] and 2013.^[10]

On 9 October 2022, she was given a national award by Virgilio Saquicela and Marcela Holguín. The award was for the Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation, which she chairs.^[11]

In February 2025, Azín was elected to the National Assembly during the 2025 election.^[12]

References

^ "24 diputadas representan a 9 partidos en el Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "Foundation". alvaronoboafoundation.com. Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20210122170228/https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/tag/giorgio-azin/
^ ^a ^b "Anabella Azín: La compañera de vida y papeleta de Noboa". El Universo (in Spanish). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Redacción (24 May 2023). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos". ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest elected president". BBC News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b Paucar, Elena (17 September 2015). "Anabella Azín, de la política a las pasarelas". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "Anabella Azín dialogará con todos los partidos". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "Ha muerto Giorgio Azín, el papá de Anabella". La República (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "Anabella Azín Arce". El Universo (in Spanish). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ "Presidente de la Asamblea llama a la unidad en la sesión en la que se rindió homenaje a Guayaquil". El Universo (in Spanish). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Annabella Azín es la 'carta' de ADN para presidir la Asamblea Nacional, dice el ministro de Gobierno, José de la Gasca". KCH Comuncacion. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

[1] "24 diputadas representan a 9 partidos en el Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[2] "Foundation". alvaronoboafoundation.com. Crusade for a New Humanity Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[3] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20210122170228/https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/tag/giorgio-azin/

[Universo1-4] "Anabella Azín: La compañera de vida y papeleta de Noboa". El Universo (in Spanish). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[:3-5] Redacción (24 May 2023). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos". ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[6] "Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest elected president". BBC News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[Comercio1-7] Paucar, Elena (17 September 2015). "Anabella Azín, de la política a las pasarelas". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[8] "Anabella Azín dialogará con todos los partidos". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[9] "Ha muerto Giorgio Azín, el papá de Anabella". La República (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[10] "Anabella Azín Arce". El Universo (in Spanish). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[11] "Presidente de la Asamblea llama a la unidad en la sesión en la que se rindió homenaje a Guayaquil". El Universo (in Spanish). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[12] "Annabella Azín es la 'carta' de ADN para presidir la Asamblea Nacional, dice el ministro de Gobierno, José de la Gasca". KCH Comuncacion. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

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