Abdalá Bucaram, Jr.

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bucaram and the second or maternal family name is Pulley.

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Abdalá Bucaram
Personal information
Full name Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley
Date of birth (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 CDS Santa Rita
2001–2002 Colo-Colo
2002 Barcelona Sporting Club
2003 Alianza de Montevideo
2003 Club Sport Emelec
2004 Audax Octubrina
2004 Santiago Morning
2005 Unión San Felipe
Total 85 (17)
International career
2001 Ecuador U–20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Abdalá Bucaram
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Dalo Bucaram visiting El Oro Province in March 2009.
Member of the National Assembly for the National Constituency
Assumed office
31 July 2009
Personal details
Political party Ecuadorian Roldosist Party

Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley also known as Abdalá Bucaram Junior and Dalo Bucaram[1] (born 25 March 1982) is an Ecuadorian politician and former footballer. He is the son of Abdalá Bucaram, former President of Ecuador.[2]

Early life

He was born as the second son of Abdalá Bucaram and María Rosa Pulley Vergara and is of Lebanese background. During the presidency of his father, on 11 September 1996, the car in which Bucaram was travelling was shot. One of the attackers was shot down by the police. Bucaram was not hurt in the incident. The motives of the incident have remained unclear.[3] In an interview Bucaram has said that during the presidency of his father, people have tried to kidnap him twice.[4]

Football career

As a football player he has played as a midfielder for several clubs in South America.[5] In 2001 he was selected for the Ecuador national under-20 football team but only played the opening game of the South American championship. After that game against Venezuela ended in a score of 0-0 manager José María Andrade resigned and Fabián Burbano took over as coach. Bucaram said that a political conspiracy prevented him from being selected for any further games during the tournament. Accusations were made against Bucarum that he was only selected because of a friendship between his father and coach Andrade. Bucaram denied this accusations.[6] In 2003, while playing at Emelec, he participated in the Copa Libertadores. During the tournament he played two games. In 2004 technical coach Severino Vasconcelos of Chilean Club de Deportes Santiago Morning asked him to join the club of coach Carlos Ramos.[1] He ended his professional football career in 2005 at Unión San Felipe in Chile.

Political career

Bucaram was elected to the first session (2009-2013) of the National Assembly as a member of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Spanish:Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano) for the National Constituency.[7] His wife Gabriela Pazmiño, member of the same party, was chosen for Guayas Province. In the time leading up to the election he, in his position of party leader, removed some of the old leaders in the party which had been set up by his father in 1982.[2] During the first session he was once fined 10% of his monthly salary by the administration of the Assembly after being verbally aggressive towards Betty Amores, María Augusta Calle and Dora Aguirre, all members of the PAIS Alliance. Bucaram was also involved in a fight with PAIS Alliance member Fernando Cordero Cueva after Cordero made a remark about Bucaram's father.[8] Bucaram together with his wife, sought re-election for the second session (2013-2017) of the National Assembly. His younger brother Michel Bucaram was a candidate as well. Only Abdalá Bucaram was chosen, he thereby became the sole member of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party in the National Assembly. The second session of the Assembly was installed on 14 May 2013.[9]
Bucaram has always supported the claim of innocence by his father. He has tried to register his father for the 2013 Presidential election. But the registration was denied by the electoral college as Bucaram senior was not present in Ecuador. Bucaram senior is in self-imposed exile in Panama.[2]

Personal life

Bucaram is married to television host and politician Gabriela Pazmiño and has three children. The couple is currently expecting their fourth child.[10] In August 2012 the couple was subject of some controversy as they supposedly used their children for political purposes in a photo opportunity with President Rafael Correa. The Ministry of Economic and Social conclusion filed a complaint against the couple. In the end proceedings were finished with a call for Bucaram not to use his children in a political way anymore.[2]
Bucaram is Christian and became so after he and his wife were separated for more than a year and then came back together.[4]

References

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