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The Embassy of Ecuador in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Joachimsthaler Str. 12, 10. OG.; D-10719 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 800 96 95
E-Mail: eecualemania@cancilleria.gob.ec
https://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/alemania/
The Ambassador
Amb. Vicente Francisco Albornoz Guarderas
Vicente Francisco Albornoz Guarderas ( Quito, 1969) is an Ecuadorian economist and journalist.
He was Alternate Deputy for the Province of Pichincha (August 1998 - January 2000) and then Principal Deputy (January 2000 - January 2003) when he replaced Deputy Pedro Pinto after the latter was elected Vice President of Ecuador.
During his time in the National Congress of Ecuador, he participated in the discussion of several economic laws, especially the "Fiscal Responsibility Law" which created a public savings fund with revenues from oil.
In his academic work as an economist, between 2004 and 2012 he was director of Cordes , an economic research center based in Quito. There he published 4 books on fiscal issues in Ecuador. [ 3 ] From July 2012 to August 2025 he was dean of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences (FACEA) of the University of the Americas (Ecuador).
In his work as a journalist, he was a weekly editorial writer for Diario El Comercio in Quito between 2006 and 2020, presented the television segment "Economy for all" on the Ecuadorian channel Teleamazonas between 2008 and 2025, and hosted the radio program " Clarito está " on the "Radio Democracia" network between 2012 and 2025.
On June 9, 2020 he was appointed to the Economic Advisory Council of the Ecuadorian government, an unpaid position that consisted of advising the President and the Ministry of Economy and Finance . The advisory council ceased to exist when Lenín Moreno 's presidency ended in May 2021.
Since September 2025, he has been Ecuador's ambassador to Germany.
History
Ecuador-Germany political relations go back a long way. The main issues addressed during recent bilateral visits, in both directions were based on economic topics, development cooperation, environmental policy and drug control. There have been regular high-level visits from both sides.
Besides the frequent high-level visits, the political bond between these countries is also strengthening due to the fact that there are German political foundations with offices in Ecuador, like, for example, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
At an economic level, Germany is one of Ecuador’s principal trading partners in the EU, as well as the most important exporter of goods to Ecuador.
Concerning developing cooperation with Ecuador, Germany is one of the biggest bilateral donors. The last meeting held on this topic happened in Quito in November 2014, and focused on environment protection, natural resources protection, public administration, and economic reforms. From September 2015, projects to protect the environment and conserve natural resources in the Amazon region have started.
When it comes to cultural exchange, the main intermediaries between Germany and Ecuador are the Humboldt Society/Goethe Centre in Quito, the German-Ecuadorian Cultural Centre in Guayaquil, the German Schools in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca and, since 2008, two partner schools in the Quito metropolitan area. Also, there is a German cultural association called “Red Cultural Alemana”, which works together with the German Embassy, organizing a wide-ranging cultural programme, as well as coordinating all German institutions engaged in the cultural sector in Ecuador. There are also some exchange programmes promoted to Ecuadorean university students, to have the option to study in Germany.
