What is Sixto Durán Ballén?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Sixto Durán-Ballén | image =Sixto Durán Ballén 2011.jpg | imagesize = | nationality=[[Ecuador]]ian | order=37th [[President of Ecuador]] | term_start=August 10, 1992 | term_end=August 10, 1996 | vicepresident=[[Alberto Dahik]] (1992–1995) <br> Eduardo Peña (1995–1996) | predecessor=[[Rodrigo Borja Cevallos|Rodrigo Borja]] | successor=[[Abdalá Bucaram]] | order2=12th [[Mayor of Quito|Mayor]] of [[Quito]] | term_start2=August 1, 1970 | term_end2=February 16, 1978 | predecessor2= Jaime del Castillo | successor2=Álvaro Pérez | birth_date= {{Birth date|1921|7|14|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|15|1921|7|14|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]] | party=Republican Union Party<ref>{{Citation |editor-first=Christian |editor-last=Morrisson |title=The Political Feasability of Adjustment in Ecuador and Venezuela |publisher=OECD Publications Centre |year=1994 |page=44}}</ref> (1991–2016)<br>Social Christian Party (1951–1991) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Josefina Villalobos]]|1945}} }} {{Spanish name|Durán-Ballén|Cordovez}} '''Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez''' (July 14, 1921 &ndash; November 15, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]]-born [[Ecuador]]ian political figure and [[architect]]. He served as [[Mayor]] of [[Quito]] between 1970 and 1978, and as [[President of Ecuador]] between 1992 and 1996. He served as congressman in 1984 and again in 1998. ==Early life== Ballén was born '''Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez''' on July 14, 1921 in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>[http://www.hipecuador.com/html/ups/persons/politics/sixto_duran_ballen.htm Sixto Duran Ballen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080645/http://www.hipecuador.com/html/ups/persons/politics/sixto_duran_ballen.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} at hipecuador.htm {{in lang|es}}</ref> He married Josefina Villalobos in 1948. ==Career== He was elected mayor of Quito in 1970 and re-elected in 1974. In 1979 he ran as the PSC's pres