Zaida Rovira

Zaida Rovira was an Ecuadorian Ombudsman and Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion in Ecuador from November 2023.

Life
Rovira was born in about 1969 and she went to University in Guayaquil and graduated in law. She later went to the Spanish University of La Rioja where she studied Human Rights and Protection Systems and she was awarded a master's degree.

In 2015 she was employed in Santa Elena and she was also lecturing to students at Santa Elena Peninsula State University.

In 2020 she became the deputy ombudsman and Freddy Carrión was the ombudsman for Ecuador. He was involved in accusations of ineffectiveness and sexual misconduct. With his removal in May it was Rovira who took his place as a surrogate. Carrion was went to jail for three years in October 2021.

When Daniel Noboa took over as President of Ecuador he made several early ministerial appointments on 23 November 2023 and Rovira was chosen as his Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion. Fellow ministers in the new government included Yvonne Nunez, Romina Muñoz, Arianna Tanca, Monica Palencia and Gabriela Sommerfeld. In April 2024 she visiting Tena in support of work that supports the very young children of women or men at the Tena Higher Technological Institute. Children who are aged between one and three years receive first class care which allows their mother or father to gain an education that permits them to gain a profession. In the following month she visited Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador where there had been floods in Alausí Canton.