Plutarco Naranjo Vargas
| Plutarco Naranjo Vargas | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Health | |
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In office August 10, 1988 – August 10, 1992 | |
| President | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 18, 1921 Ambato, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador |
| Died |
April 27, 2012 (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 SILAE - Italo Latin American Association of Ethnomedicine[3] from 1995 to 1997. 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.[4]
He received the Eugenio Espejo National Award in 1986 in the field of science.[5][6]
He died in Quito on April 27, 2012.
Awards
- He was awarded the Central University Prize in four separate occasions for his scientific research.
- He received awards from the governments of Italy (1972), Romania (1976), and Peru (1990)
- The "Isabel Tobar Guarderas" Prize, from the municipality of Quito (1977)
- The Ecuadorian National Prize "Premio Eugenio Espejo" (1986)
- The Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Public Health (1993)
Published Works (Abridged)
- La doctrina socialista (1949)
- Montalvo y sus obras (1966)
- Ayahuasca: Etnomedicina y mitología (1983)
- Itinerario de un pueblo: Notas de un viaje a Israel (1987)
- Saber alimentarse (1991)
- La lucha por la independencia del primer grito a la primera constitución (2009)