Valentina Centeno

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Centeno and the second or maternal family name is Arteaga.

Valentina Centeno Arteaga (born 14 February 1997) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was elected to Ecuador's National Assembly in 2023.

Valentina Centeno
Valentina Centeno in 2023.
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2023
Constituency	National list
Personal details
Born	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 28) Portoviejo, Ecuador[1]
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Action
Alma mater	Brown University school of engineering [Universidad San Francisco de Quito]]
Occupation	Lawyer

Life

Early life and education

Valentina Centeno was raised in Portoviejo, Manabí Province.^[2][3]

She played beach volleyball and became national champion in 2014.^[4][5] She represented her country at the 2017 Bolivarian Games.^[6][2]

She studied law at San Francisco University of Quito then became a teaching assistant in private international law and corporate law.^[5]

Political career

President of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development in 2024

Valentina Centeno started working for the ministry of sports as local coordinator in May 2021 then as under secretary in November 2021.^[7]

On 20 August 2023, she was elected as a member of parliament of the National Assembly for the fourth legislative period at the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.^[8] She is affiliated with National Democratic Action and she is the group's leader in the National Assembly.^[5][3] As such, she led a coalition to support the government of the Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa.^[9] She is the president of the permanent commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.^[4][10]