Harold Burbano

He belongs to Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN), which Wikipedia places centre-right to right-wing. He is ADN's candidate for Mayor of Quito in the 29 November 2026 election.

Career

Burbano is a lawyer with a degree in juridical sciences from a Pontifical Catholic University and a 2017 master's in human rights and democratisation for Latin America and the Caribbean from the University of San Martín in Argentina, according to Extra. He was general coordinator of rights protection at the Ombudsman's Office, vice minister of social inclusion and vice minister of economic inclusion, then headed the Ministry of Human Development, first as acting minister and then as titular, and later became Minister of Labour, a post he left in June 2026. ADN registered him as its Quito mayoral candidate on 2 August 2026, after first having considered him for the Pichincha prefecture.

Positions

Teleamazonas reports that his plan centres on city management: better security, mobility, public works and job creation, and a stronger municipal administration so that services meet residents' needs. Extra says analysts expect him to set out proposals on transport, security and urban growth, including how responsibility for transport is split between municipality and government, fare rises and a possible municipalisation. Wikipedia describes ADN, the movement formed around President Noboa, as centre-right to right-wing, with conservatism and conservative liberalism as its ideology.

Controversies

Extra reports that while Burbano was Labour Minister an impediment barring Alexandra Villacís from public office stayed in force for more than 40 days, despite a court order to lift it within 24 hours. Burbano called the ruling unenforceable, saying it was unclear how to carry it out without the tax authority's data; the impediment was lifted days later, after Villacís had withdrawn from the process. Similar impediments for two others were lifted within three days and within 24 hours. Extra also reports that trade unions rejected ministerial agreement MDT-2026-059, which allowed special shifts of up to 10 hours a day within five days to reach 40 weekly hours.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Extra · Teleamazonas · Wikipedia · Vistazo