Edwin Escobar Hill

Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill (born July 19, 1969) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur, lecturer and politician who has served as Mayor of Villa Nueva since January 15, 2012.[1] He has also served as President of the National Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Guatemala since 2016.[2][3]

This article is about the Guatemalan politician. For the Venezuelan professional baseball, see Edwin Escobar.
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Hill.
Edwin Escobar Hill
Mayor of Villa Nueva
Assumed office
15 January 2012
DeputyRicardo Ramazzini Gándara
María Teresa Gómez López
Preceded bySalvador Gándara Gaitán
Succeeded byJavier Gramajo (elect)
Personal details
Born
Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill

(1969-07-19) 19 July 1969
Villa Nueva, Guatemala
Political partyCitizen Prosperity (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations		CREO (2011–2012)
PP (2012–2015)
LIDER (2015–2016)
Independent (2016–2018)
Spouse(s)Ginna López (m. 2018)

Edwin Escobar was Dean of Engineering at Universidad Rafael Landívar from 2002 to 2005.[4] During this time, he built TEC Landívar, which consists of 42 laboratories for students of different engineering studies at Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala.[5]

From 1996 to 2004, he was board member and director at “Juannio”,[6] an annual charity art auctions event for the Neurological Institute of Guatemala,[7] of which he also was board director from 2002 to 2004.[8]

From 2008 to 2010, he hosted a TV talk show called "Construyendo Guatemala con Edwin Escobar" (Building Guatemala with Edwin Escobar), which aired on Canal Antigua.[9]

In 2018, he announced that he would participate as a presidential candidate in the 2019 Guatemalan general election for Citizen Prosperity.[10] On March 24th 2019, it was announced that Edwin Escobar would be officially running for President of Guatemala.[11]

References
  1. https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
  2. http://anam.org.gt/site/
  3. https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/alcaldes-eligen-al-nuevo-presidente-de-la-anam/
  4. https://www.facebook.com/notes/edwin-escobar/tec-land%C3%ADvar-a-la-altura-de-los-mejores-del-mundo/479864993271/
  5. http://principal.url.edu.gt/index.php/academia/tec-landivar
  6. http://www.juannio.com/
  7. http://www.institutoneurologicodeguatemala.org/
  8. https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
  9. https://www.villanueva.gob.gt/alcalde-municipal-edwin-escobar
  10. "Edwin Escobar confirma que será candidato a presidente". SOY502 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2019/03/24/edwin-escobar-inscrito-candidato-presidente.html
Political offices
Preceded by
Salvador Gándara Gaitán		 Mayor of Villa Nueva
2012-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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