Abdalá Bucaram Jr.

Abdalá Jaime "Dalo" Bucaram Pulley Jr. (born 25 March 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador),[1][2] is an Ecuadorian political figure and former footballer. He is the son of former President Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz.[3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bucaram and the second or maternal family name is Pulley.

Abdalá Bucaram Jr.
Bucaram in 2010
Member of the National Assembly for the National Constituency
In office 31 July 2009 – 1 December 2014
Personal details
Born	Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Political party	Fuerza Ecuador
Other political affiliations	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (until 2014)
Spouse(s)	Gabriela Pazmiño
Occupation	Footballer (retired) politician
Association football career Playing position(s) Forward attacking midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2001–2005 CDS Santa Rita 2001–2002 Colo-Colo 2002 Barcelona 2003 Alianza de Montevideo 2003 Emelec 2004 Audax Octubrina 2004 Santiago Morning 2005 Unión San Felipe Total 85 (17) National team 2001 Ecuador U–20 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After his retirement from professional football at age 24, he began his political career by being elected to office, as an Assemblyman with 428,000 votes [4] in 2009 and in 2014 was re-elected with 500,000.[5]

On December 1, 2014 he announced his resignation from his position as National Assemblyman due to his strong convictions that the office he served did not serve the best interest of his constituents.[6]

On December 2015 he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the republic for the upcoming elections of 2017 under the support of his political party Fuerza Ecuador (FE), founded by him,[7] he is the second candidate to announce his decision to pursue the highest office of state.[8]

He was recently invited to the XIII Latin American Summit of Political Marketing and Governance, event that brings together the leading strategists and political consultants of the world.

Early life

Abdala "Dalo" Bucaram was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on March 25, 1982, son of Abdala Bucaram Ortiz and Maria Rosa Pulley Vergara. He is the third of four brothers: James, Linda and Michel.[5]

He completed his high school education at the Moderna Sergio Perez Valdez College in Guayaquil.

As an athlete he was part of one of the two most relevant teams in the country C.S. Emelec where he began his football career. He also played with Barcelona S.C, Santa Rita and Otubrino Daring Nationally.[9]

Internationally he played for teams such as Chacarita Junior (Argentina) and the Alliance of Montevideo in the Uruguayan second division.[10]

Family

Bucaram's father is Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, a populist who was President of Ecuador from August 10, 1996 to February 6, 1997, when he was ousted by the Congress of Ecuador for alleged "mental incapacity".[11][12]

Marriage and sons

He married in 2005 with TV host an assemblywoman Gabriela Pazmiño, with whom he has four children: Dalia, Maria Gabriela, Abdala and Charlotte.[13][14]

Education

Bucaram studied law at the Metropolitan University of Ecuador. Later, he transferred to the Cooperative University of Colombia in Quito where he graduated with a degree in law from the courts of the Republic in 2008.

After graduating as a lawyer, Bucaram specialized in Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Salamanca of Spain in 2013. He continued his studies and pursued a master's degree in Political Management from George Washington University.[15]

Bucaram also fulfilled seminars at the University of Alicante, University of Salamanca, and George Washington University.

Sport career

As a football player his position was as a midfielder for several clubs in South America.[16]

In 2001, he was selected for the national football team U-20 Ecuador, but only played the opening match of the South American championship.

After that match against Venezuela ended in a 0-0 score manager José María Burbano resigned and Fabian Andrade took over as coach. Bucaram said a political conspiracy prevented him from being selected for any additional games during the tournament .

In 2003, while playing for Emelec, he participated in the Copa Libertadores. During the tournament he played two games .

Club	Country	Year
Emelec (minor divisions)	Ecuador	1996–2000
Santa Rita	Ecuador	2001
Barcelona	Ecuador	2002
Emelec	Ecuador	2003
Alianza	Uruguay	2003
Audaz Octubrino	Ecuador	2004
Santiago Morning	Chile	2004
Santa Rita	Ecuador	2005

Political career

Ecuadorian Roldosista Party

PRE was a political party led by Bucaram's father Abdala Bucaram Ortiz, founded on 18 January 1983. The younger Bucaram was the provincial director of Guayas from 2006 to 2008, and national director of the party for six years from 2008 to 2013. Bucaram left the party, saying that he wanted to pursue his master's degree, spend more time with his family, and support new leadership in Guayas.

National Constituent Assembly

Pronunciamiento de Discurso político en el año 2015

2009–2013

Bucaram was first elected to the National Assembly with 428,000 votes for the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party. His wife, Gabriela Pazmiño, ran on the same party list as him, and was chosen as MP for the province of Guayas.[17]

2013–2017

Bucaram and his wife sought reelection for a second period in the National Assembly, but only Bucaram was reelected with half a million votes, becoming the only Roldosist member in the Assembly.[18]

However, at the beginning of the first debate of the report on a series controversial amendments to the Constitution prepared by the Assembly, Bucaram announced his resignation under the argument that he was against the ultimately-approved changes promoted by the majority block of País Alliance.[19] He also questioned the lack of consultation (via referendum) to the Ecuadorian populace: "they trample the rights of people by not consulting them in a referendum", he said.[20] Adtionally, he justified his decision on his conviction that the office he served did not serve the best interest of his constituents.[6]

Lanzamiento a la Presidencia de la República del Ecuador (2016)

Presidential bid

On 10 September 2015 the National Electoral Council approved the political party Fuerza Ecuador which has the No.10 as the electoral distinctive. The party has about 600,000 members nationwide.

In December, at party headquarters in the north of Guayaquil, Bucaram announced his decision to run for the presidency in the 2017 elections, while unveiling the first proposal of his government plan: the elimination of a government-sponsored program for the replacement of gas kitchens with induction kitchens.[21]

Despite being under the focus of criticism for his father's legacy, Bucaram has been clear that although he loves and respects his father, his philosophy and political views are his own and they differ from those of Bucaram Sr.[22][1][23][4][23]

Controversies

During his first period as assemblyman (2009–2013), Bucaram was fined with 10% of his monthly salary by the administrative board of the Assembly after being verbally aggressive towards fellow MP Betty Amores and other members of Pais Alliance.[24]

References

1. "Dalo Bucaram lleva el peso del nombre y liderazgo de Abdalá" (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
2. "Dalo Bucaram: "Me encanta engreír a mis hijos"" (in Spanish). Guayaquil: Diario Extra. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2015. Dominguero
3. "Los Bucaram Pulley crecieron lejos del padre" (Diario) (in Spanish). Guayaquil: Diario El Comercio. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
4. "Los Bucaram Pulley crecieron lejos del padre" (Diario) (in Spanish). Guayaquil: Diario El Comercio. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
5. "Los Bucaram Pulley crecieron lejos del padre". www.elcomercio.com (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
6. Dalo Bucaram renuncia a su cargo en la Asamblea Nacional
7. "Dalo Bucaram, segundo candidato a la Presidencia de la República". www.elcomercio.com. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
8. "Dalo Bucaram anunció su candidatura a la Presidencia de Ecuador". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
9. ""Dalo" Bucaram realizó su primera práctica futbolística en Chile". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved July 21, 2004.
10. "Dalo Bucaram quiere liderar el "nuevo ciclo" latinoamericano en Ecuador". www.larepublica.ec (in Spanish). La República. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
11. "Dalo Bucaram, segundo candidato a la Presidencia de la República". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
12. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/07/world/ecuador-congress-votes-to-oust-president-for-mental-incapacity.html
13. "Gaby de Bucaram espera su cuarto hijo". www.extra.ec (in Spanish). Diario Extra. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
14. "Gabriela Pazmiño y su familia, desde esta noche al estilo Kardashian". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
15. "Dalo Bucaram logró título académico, mira las fotografías de la graduación". www.metroecuador.com.ec (in Spanish). Metro Ecuador. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
16. "Ficha Abdalá Jaime Bucaram". www.bdfa.com.ar/ (in Spanish). BDFA.
17. "Resultados Electorales". www.georgetown.edu (in Spanish). George Town. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
18. "Los clanes familiares están en listas del 2013". www.elcomercio.com (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
19. "Dalo Bucaram renuncia a su cargo en la Asamblea Nacional". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
20. "Dalo Bucaram renuncia a su curul". www.eluniverso.com/ (in Spanish). El Universo.
21. "Dalo Bucaram, segundo candidato a la Presidencia de la República". www.elcomercio.com. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
22. "No me juzguen por los errores o aciertos de mi padre". focusecuador.net/ (in Spanish). Focus Ecuador.
23. Diario Extra, ed. (June 20, 2010). "Dalo Bucaram: "Me encanta engreír a mis hijos"". Diario Extra (in Spanish). Guayaquil: Diario Extra. Archived from the original (Diario) on February 1, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2016. Dominguero
24. "Dalo Bucaram fuera de la asamblea". www.elcomercio.com/ (in Spanish). El Comercio.

External links

• Abdala Jaime Bucaram at BDFA (in Spanish)

Party political offices
Preceded by Abdalá Bucaram	Supreme Director of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 2008-2014	Succeeded by Party disappear
Preceded by New creation	Supreme Director of Fuerza Ecuador 2014-present	Succeeded by Incumbent