Rodrigo Fierro Benítez, M.D., Ph.D., (Ambato, 1930) is an Ecuadorean M.D., writer and politician. He was Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 during the government of Jaime Roldós Aguilera

Jaime Roldós Aguilera

Jaime Roldós Aguilera was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights. His death in a plane crash gave rise to speculation of involvement by the United States government in the accident.-Early life and...

, 1979-1981.

He received the Bolton S. Corson Medal in 1993.

Sources

1. Carlos Emilio Grijalva, "Genealogía de la familia Fierro, Hierro y del Hierro", Tulcán, junio de 1937.

2. "Rodrigo Fierro Benítez, Estoy Haciendo una vida de Perseguido", Revista "La Casa", No. 67, CCE, Quito, 2009.

3. http://www.conmemoracionescivicas.gov.ec/es/publicaciones/cc31.pdf

4. http://www.fi.edu/winners/1993/fierrobenitez_rodrigo.faw?winner_id=2790