# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-elsa-viteri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:18:34.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-elsa-viteri"
name: "María Elsa Viteri"
slug: "maria-elsa-viteri"
description: "María Elsa Viteri Acaiturri was an Ecuadorian economist and politician. She served as Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2010 and again in 2018. Viteri died on 18 November 2021 after a battle with pancreatic cancer."
tagline: "Ecuadorian economist and politician (1965–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Comisi%C3%B3n_Especial_Permanente_de_Educaci%C3%B3n%2C_Cultura%2C_Ciencia_y_Tecnolog%C3%ADa_recibe_a_ministra_de_Finanzas%2C_Mar%C3%ADa_Elsa_Viteri_y_delegados_t%C3%A9cnicos_del_Consejo_Nacional_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_Superior_(Conesup)%2C_(4493026901).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1965-02-25"
deathDate: "2021-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elsa_Viteri"
    title: "María Elsa Viteri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "ماريا إلسا فيتري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elsa_Viteri"
    title: "María Elsa Viteri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elsa_Viteri"
    title: "María Elsa Viteri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elsa_Viteri"
    title: "María Elsa Viteri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%B0"
    title: "Витери, Мария Эльза"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51763919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump