2017 in Ecuador

Incumbents

• President: Rafael Correa ; Lenín Moreno
• Vice President: Jorge Glas

  Events

• 19 February - The Ecuadorian general election was held alongside a referendum on tax havens. In the first round of the presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the vote, while his nearest rival was Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities party, and a second election round was required.
• 2 April - In the second round of the presidential election, Lenín Moreno was elected President with 51.16% of the vote.
• 24 May - Lenín Moreno took over as the new president of Ecuador.

  Deaths

• 7 January - Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop.