Alvaro noboa ponton biography for kids

Ecuadorian businessman and politician (born 1950)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Noboa and the second or maternal family name is Pontón.

Álvaro Fernando Noboa Pontón (born November 21, 1950) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician.

He is the father of the incumbent president, Daniel Noboa.

Noboa has been actively involved in politics as a perennial candidate, unsuccessfully running for the office of President of Ecuador in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2013.

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In 2007, however, he was elected national assemblyman. In 2013, Noboa ran for office for the fifth time unsuccessfully.^[1] In the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, his son, Daniel Noboa, was elected President of Ecuador, the youngest ever to hold that position.^[2]

In 1997, already owning 24% of Bonita Bananas, Noboa purchased another 25% of the shares of the holding company for the family business.

Presently, he runs the Noboa Group of Companies an