Ecuadorian presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio was married and had five children with his wife. Let’s meet his spouse and kids.
Fernando Villavicencio was a famous figure in Ecuador.
Born Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia, he was a politician, trade unionist and journalist who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 general election.
He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2021 until the dissolution of the legislative body on 17 May 2023.
Unfortunately, his ambition to become the president of the country never happened as he 10 days prior to the election, he was assassinated by gunmen. On August 9, 2023, he was shot dead at a campaign event. Following this tragic news, many are curious to know more about his family, especially his wife and kids. Read on for more about his personal life.
Who was Fernando Villavicencio married to?
Fernando Villavicencio was born on October 11, 1963, Alausi, Ecuador.
Villavicencio studied journalism and communication at the Cooperative University of Colombia.
After college, he was one of the founders of the Pachakutik Party in 1995. He joined Petroecuador in 1996 first as a social communicator and then as a trade unionist until 1999, when he was fired by the government of Jamil Mahuad. Using the settlement after his firing, he opened a pizzeria with his brother.
Villavicencio began his journalism career with El Universo in Guayaquil. During his investigative career at El Universo, he was critical of various governments such as that of Gustavo Noboa whom he accused of corruption. Most of his work was criticised, and its credibility was questioned, due to the newspaper’s conservative funding.
Villavicencio was the first to report about detailed security logs on Julian Assange that staff and security guards at Ecuador’s UK embassy kept.
In 2015, Cynthia Viteri and Villavicencio sent secret documents to WikiLeaks showing that Ecuador was using an Italian company to run a surveillance program that was spying on journalists and political enemies, in addition to spying on Julian Assange in the embassy. The New York Times reported that leaked chat logs from 2015 show that Assange and his inner circle were aware of the documents, which were not published by WikiLeaks.
Along the line in his career, he met a woman who would become his spouse and the mother of his children.
Who was Fernando Villavicencio’s wife?
Before Fernando Villavicencio’s death in 2023, he was married to Verónica Sarauz. Per reports, he met his spouse while working at the National Assembly. From his Wikipedia profile, he likely met his partner around 2017 when he first had an unsuccessful run for the National Assembly.
There are no furrther details about Fernando’s wife, Verónica Sarauz, including her age, date of birth, educational background, profession, family, parents, and more.
After his assassination, Villavicencio’s widow, reportedly criticized his security team for their failure.
How many children did Fernando Villavicencio have?
For the long years of marriage between Fernando and Verónica Sarauz, the couple became parents. They had five children together.
The names and other details about his kids are unknown to the public.