Diana Atamaint

Atamaint was born in Sucúa, in the province of Morona Santiago, in 1972. She was the first of four children born to Bosco Atamaint and Aurora Wamputsar. both of whom were teachers. She attended Río Upano School She went on to gain a master's degree at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO). At the age of 26, she began to work for a Project for the Development of the Indigenous and Black Peoples of Ecuador, funded by the World Bank. She visited communities in the provinces of Morona Santiago, Pastaza and Zamora Chinchipe, and she decided to be a politician. == Political career ==

She entered politics in 2003 as alternate deputy for Sandra Palacios. During her time in the National Assembly, on several occasions Atamaint wore the traditional dress of the Shuar community. In 2009, she was appointed undersecretary for the Amazon at the Ministry of Agriculture, but she resigned to participate as a candidate for assembly member in the legislative elections of the same year. In 2013 she stood again for election with Francisco Eduardo Cedeno Miranda as her alternate. On 20 November 2018 Atamaint became president of the National Electoral Council (CNE). There were five members of the council and two of them, Enrique Pita and José Cabrera, supported her election while the other two, Luis Verdezoto and Esthela Acero, did not. In July 2022, Atamaint was being impeached as it was alleged that the National Electoral Council had failed to investigate irregularities in the February 2021 general election. Charges were made against her and Esthela Acero, Enrique Pita, José Cabrera and Luis Verdesoto (even though he was no longer a councillor). Joel Abad and Mario Ruiz Jácome alleged that the council had not investigated inconsistencies in 39,000 ballot boxes. There were doubts as to whether the National Assembly's Oversight Commission were allowed to impeach the council. On 12 July a proposal to halt the impeachment process, made by Ana Belén Cordero, was accepted by the commission. In August 2023 Atamaint reported that thousands of votes had been lost by mainly European voters due to cyber attacks in the 2023 general election. The attacks came from several different countries. On 13 April 2025 Atamaint announced the result of the national presidential election. 90% of the results had been counted and as the President of the National Election Council she declared that President Daniel Noboa had secured another election victory. == Personal life ==

She is divorced and has two children. == References ==