Plutarco Naranjo Vargas

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Naranjo and the second or maternal family name is Vargas.
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas
Minister of Health
In office
August 10, 1988  August 10, 1992
President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Personal details
Born (1921-06-18)June 18, 1921
Ambato, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador
Died April 27, 2012(2012-04-27) (aged 90)
Quito, Ecuador
Political party Party of the Democratic Left (Izquierda Democrática)
Spouse(s) Enriqueta Banda Flores
Children Alexis
Ana
Plutarco
Alma mater Central University of Ecuador

Plutarco Naranjo Vargas (Ambato, June 18, 1921 - April 27, 2012) was a doctor, teacher, journalist, historian, and scientific researcher.[1] He served as the Ecuadorian ambassador to the Soviet Union, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic (concurrently) from 1977 to 1978. In 1988, he accepted a four-year appointment to the cabinet of newly elected president Rodrigo Borja Cevallos as Minister of Health.[2]

He was a founder of the Ecuadorian Academy of Medicine and became its president. He was also president of the Latin American Association of Medicine. He was also the Academic Director in the field of health at the Simón Bolívar Andean University.

He was married to Dr. Enriqueta Banda Flores. They had three children: Alexis, Ana and Plutarco.[3]

He received the Eugenio Espejo National Award in 1986 in the field of science.[4][5]

He died in Quito on April 27, 2012.

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