State or region
Provincial Government of Santa Elena
- Spanish: Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Provincial de Santa Elena
Governs Santa Elena
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Who sits on it
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Prefect
Elected
- JB Juanita Córdova Barrezueta Prefect · since August 2026
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Sources for who sits on it
- Prefect es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Juanita Córdova Barrezueta as Prefect santaelena.gob.ec · checked
What it can do
- Provincial planning, roads, irrigation, productive development and environmental management
Constitution art. 263. Provincial governments have exclusive competence over provincial territorial planning, the provincial road network, irrigation and watershed management, productive and agricultural development, and environmental management, within their jurisdiction.
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Sources for what it can do
- Provincial planning, roads, irrigation, productive development and environmental management oas.org · checked
Sources
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia (es), Elecciones seccionales de Ecuador de 2023, read 2026-10-12: elected prefects and movements. Fallback: no official CNE results table was reachable; current status of each prefect not individually re-checked (see ticket); structure from Constitution art. 252 and COOTAD. For: Provincial Government of Santa Elena, Prefect
- oas.org · checked COOTAD naming of provincial governments, read 2026-10-12. For: Provincial Government of Santa Elena in Spanish
- oas.org · checked Asamblea Nacional / OAS copy, Constitución de la República del Ecuador (2008), read 2026-10-12: structure and competences. For: Provincial planning, roads, irrigation, productive development and environmental management
- santaelena.gob.ec · checked Gobierno Provincial de Santa Elena, Autoridades, read 2026-10-12: Juanita Córdova Barrezueta, "Prefecta de Santa Elena", assumed office 7 Aug 2026 after José Daniel Villao resigned (COOTAD succession; she was the elected vice prefect). For: Juanita Córdova Barrezueta as Prefect
- vistazo.com · checked Vistazo, "CNE adelanta elecciones seccionales en Ecuador: comicios se realizarán el 29 de noviembre de 2026", 27 Mar 2026, read 2026-10-12: CNE plenary moved the sectional elections to 29 Nov 2026 (supersedes the 14 Feb 2027 date). Fallback: press report of the CNE decision because cne.gob.ec returns HTTP 403; cross-checked against es.wikipedia "Elecciones seccionales de Ecuador de 2026" and Primicias (8 Jun 2026). For: General election, November 29, 2026
- teleamazonas.com · checked Teleamazonas, '14 de febrero de 2027 serán las elecciones seccionales' (reporting the CNE calendar), read 2026-10-12: date of the next sectional elections. Cross-checked against Expreso, Vistazo and El Comercio headlines. For: General election, November 29, 2026