Ecuador - Personal background



Born in the capital city of Quito on 23 March 1957, Gutiérrez attended elementary and secondary school in the town of Tena-Napo in central Ecuador, near the capital city of Quito. He joined the army at age 17 where he finished his secondary education. In addition to military courses in Ecuador, Gutiérrez received military training in Brazil and at the American Defense College in Washington, D.C. During his career in the armed forces, he was a member of the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in Nicaragua in the 1990s. As most educated members of the ill-trained and poorly funded Ecuadoran military, Gutiérrez moved up through the military ranks. He was given the rank of colonel shortly after his fortieth birthday in 1997.

Lucio Gutiérrez is married to Elsa Ximena Bohorquez and has two daughters, Karina and Viviana.

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