State or region
Prefect
- Spanish: Prefecto
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by direct vote together with the Vice Prefect on one ticket, by simple plurality in a single round, for a four-year term (Constitution art. 252; Código de la Democracia). Heads the provincial autonomous decentralised government and presides over the Provincial Council. The Governor, appointed by the President of the Republic, is a separate office that represents the national executive in the province.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Roberta Zambrano Ortiz PSC since May 2023 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
Next vote
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: Prefect, Roberta Zambrano Ortiz, current term
- oas.org · checked Asamblea Nacional / OAS copy, Constitución de la República del Ecuador (2008), read 2026-10-12: structure and competences. For: Prefect in Spanish
- 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, February 14, 2027