Rosana Alvarado

Rosana Alvarado Carrión (born 19 February 1977) is an Ecuadorian feminist politician for the Alianza PAÍS party. In 2017 she was the first vice President of Ecuador's National Assembly. From 2017 to 2021 she was the Minister of Justice. She is in favour of same-sex marriage and the liberalisation of the Ecuador's laws against abortion.

Life Alvarado was born in Cuenca in 1977. She completed her higher studies at the Universidad del Azuay, where she obtained a law degree and a degree in social communication. She joined the Alianza PAÍS party. including Alvarado who was the vice president of the legislature, but the motion was opposed by the President. This is an issue where Alvarado differs from the President as she is in favour of same-sex marriage and the liberalisation of the laws against abortion. Announcing a new postage stamp on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in 2015. In 1998, only 13% of the representatives in Ecuador's National Assembly were women, but by 2013 it was 42%, reflecting better representation of women in the politics of Ecuador. The assembly was well above the global average which was 17% for women in parliament.

In 2017, she joined the cabinet as the Minister for Justice under President Lenín Moreno.