Luis Macas

Luis Macas Ambuludí (born 1951) is a Kichwa politician and intellectual from Saraguro,[1][failed verification] Ecuador.

Macas has honorary university degrees in anthropology, linguistics and jurisprudence.

He was one of the founders of the CONAIE and of the Pachakutik Movement, and was member of the National Congress of Ecuador.

In 2003 he joined Lucio Gutiérrez's government as Minister of Agriculture, quit because of disagreements with his neoliberal policies.

On May 24, 2006 Macas was proclaimed by the Pachakutik Movement as presidential candidate for the October 15, 2006 election.