Jorge Glas

Jorge Glas
Glas in 2017
48th Vice President of Ecuador
In office 24 May 2013 – 3 January 2018[a]
President	Rafael Correa Lenín Moreno
Preceded by	Lenín Moreno
Succeeded by	María Alejandra Vicuña
Coordinating Minister of Strategic Sectors
In office 5 April 2010 – 10 November 2012
President	Rafael Correa
Preceded by	Galo Borja
Succeeded by	Rafael Poveda
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society
In office 14 August 2009 – 3 April 2010
President	Rafael Correa
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Jaime Guerrero
Personal details
Born	Jorge David Glas Espinel (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969 (age 54) Guayaquil, Ecuador
Citizenship	Ecuador Germany
Political party	Union for Hope
Other political affiliations	PAIS Alliance
Spouse	Cinthia Díaz Aveiga
Parent(s)	Jorge Glas Viejó Norma Espinel Aráuz
Alma mater	ESPOL

Jorge David Glas Espinel (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾ.xe ðaˈβið ɣlas espiˈnel]; born 13 September 1969) is an Ecuadorian politician and electrical engineer. He served as Vice President of Ecuador from 24 May 2013 to 13 December 2017. Then Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno suspended Glas of his official duties as vice president on 3 August 2017. In December 2017, Glas was sentenced to six years imprisonment by a Criminal Tribunal of the National Court of Justice, for receiving over $13.5 million in bribes in the Odebrecht scandal.^[1] In April 2024 during a raid on the Mexican embassy by Ecuadorian police, Glas was arrested and held in prison resulting in Mexico severing relations with Ecuador.

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