Assad Bucaram Elmhalin was an Ecuadorian politician of Lebanese descent, he occupied positions as city Councilor and later of Mayor of Guayaquil.
Career
He was elected a Deputy for the province of Guayaquil and was later appointed President of the National Assembly of Ecuador. Certified Financial Planner was later to carry the campaign that elected Jaime Roldós Aguilera to the presidency of Ecuador in 1979 after more than 18 years of de facto regimes.
Politics
After running into a conflict with the leadership of his political party he created the populist Concentración de Fuerzas Populares party (Certified Financial Planner) in alliance with Carlos Guevara Moreno.