Alfredo Borrero Vega

Alfredo Enrique Borrero Vega (born 19 October 1955) is an Ecuadorian neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 52nd vice president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023. He was elected to the vice presidency in the 2021 election. Borrero Vega was the running mate of Guillermo Lasso

In March 2020, he became the director of Saving Lives, an initiative created by Guillermo Lasso against the COVID-19 pandemic and raised 8 million dollars to help purchase supplies and equipment for the Ecuadorian Health System. In the middle of that same month, he was named the Executive Director of this institution.

Vice-presidency (2021–2023)

2021 election

In October 2020, Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of the party called Creating Opportunities, named Borrero as his running mate for the 2021 election. In February 2021, the ticket advanced to the April run-off election, following a narrow second-place victory over Yaku Pérez.

One poll before the run-off had Arauz leading Lasso with a 82% certainty of winning. The Lasso-Borrero ticket defeated Arauz with 52% on 11 April in the run-off election in an upset victory.

On 19 May 2021, he received his credentials as the constitutional Vice President in anticipation of his inauguration.

Tenure Borrero was inaugurated as the 52nd vice president of Ecuador on 24 May 2021. and has four children from previous marriages, one of whom is Juan David Borrero, director of international markets at Snap Inc. and husband to the American Victoria's Secret model, Jasmine Tookes.