Isabel Robalino

Isabel María Josefina Robalino Bolle (14 October 1917 – 31 January 2022) was a Spanish-born Ecuadorian lawyer and politician.

Biography Isabel Robalino was born in Barcelona, Spain, where her family was residing while her father worked as a consul in Geneva. She completed her secondary education at the Instituto Nacional Mejía and higher education at the Central University of Ecuador, where former president Camilo Ponce Enríquez worked as an educator. In 1944, she graduated from the Central University as a lawyer, becoming the first woman to graduate the University with a degree in Law.

Following her graduation, Robalino was appointed a member of the Criminal Court of Ecuador. In 1946, she briefly held the position of , becoming the first woman to hold that office. Between 1959 and 1961, she was President of the National Court for Minors. Because of her work, Robalino was selected by workers' organizations to represent them in the Constituent Assembly of 1966 and as a senator in 1968, becoming the first female senator in Ecuador. She would as a lawmaker introduce new legislation in favor of workers' rights.