Wilson Merino

He worked at the Quito municipal agency ConQuito under Mayor Jorge Yunda, was elected a Quito city councillor in 2023 and resigned in August 2026. He is the Imparables movement's candidate for Mayor of Quito in the 29 November 2026 election.

Career

According to Extra, Merino holds a commercial-engineering degree, a 2019 master's in strategic management and innovation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a 2022 master's in comparative politics from Flacso Ecuador. He founded the Fundación Cecilia Rivadeneira in 2004, took part in a national anti-cancer agreement network in 2016, led the Cabildo Cívico de Quito in 2019 and worked at ConQuito from 2020 under Jorge Yunda. Teleamazonas reports he gathered 159,000 signatures for the first law against cancer. Elected councillor for the Centro district in 2023 on an alliance with Revolución Ciudadana, he soon declared himself independent and resigned in August 2026 to run for mayor.

Positions

Teleamazonas reports that Merino names safe neighbourhoods, recovered public spaces, mobility and opportunities for entrepreneurs as his priorities, and says Quito faces large challenges but has a great strength in its people. Extra reports that in the council he opposed the garbage fee, filing an unconstitutionality suit with residents in February 2026, objected to the purchase of 60 trolleybuses and judged Mayor Pabel Muñoz's management a failure. The same outlet notes that analysts still await his specific proposals on security, mobility and landmark works. His Imparables movement began as a citizens' collective and gained legal status as a provincial movement in July 2025.

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