Ricardo Patiño
Ricardo Patiño | |
|---|---|
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 4 March 2016 – 24 May 2017 | |
| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Fernando Cordero Cueva |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office January 2010 – March 2016 | |
| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Fander Falconí |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1954 |
| Alma mater | Metropolitan Autonomous University International University of Andalusia |
Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca (born 16 May 1954) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 2010 to 2016, under the government of President Rafael Correa. Previously he was minister of finance and minister of the coast. He is one of the ideologists of The Citizens' Revolution, which, with Correa, wanted to gradually introduce a democratic socialist government in Ecuador. On 4 March 2016, he was named as defense minister by President Correa.