María Isabel Salvador

María Isabel Salvador (born 28 January 1962) is an Ecuadorian politician, diplomat and professional in the tourism industry.

She has served in two administrations as Minister of Tourism, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States, Parliamentarian at the Andean Parliament, and President of the Governing Council of the Galápagos.

Her father, Jorge Salvador Lara was a lifelong politician and op-ed writer at newspaper El Comercio.

Salvador grew up in Quito where she attended Cardinal Spellman School and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador where she studied law.

As Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008, Salvador lead the Ecuadorian diplomatic strategy to address the Angostura Attack eventually managing to obtain a favorable vote for Ecuador at the OAS General Assembly condemning the military action by Colombia.