Javier Virgilio Saquicela Espinoza (born 8 July 1972) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who was the President of the National Assembly of Ecuador from 2022 to 2023.

He ran as a candidate for the prefecture of the province of Cañar in the 2009 local elections, but was defeated by Santiago Correa of the PAIS Alliance.

In his inauguration speech, he said; "We are here to legislate and oversee for the benefit of ordinary people in this country, to think a little less about the political class and more about them who have been abandoned.

[2] Saquicela became the president of the National Assembly of Ecuador on 31 May 2022 after a motion to dismiss Guadalupe Llori was approved, with a majority of 81 votes in favor out of 137.

[3] On 17 May 2023, Saquicela was removed from office along will all assembly members following President Guillermo Lasso's decision to invoke muerte cruzada.