# Daniel Noboa begins second term as Ecuador’s president amid security and legitimacy fight
Daniel Noboa took office for a second consecutive term as president of Ecuador on the event date, May 24, 2025, extending a presidency that began in October 2023 and now runs through 2029.
Infobae reported that the ceremony took place in the National Assembly, where the president of the chamber, Niels Olsen, administered the oath. The main opposition bloc, Revolución Ciudadana, did not attend. That absence gave the inauguration a political edge even before Noboa delivered his speech.
In his remarks, Noboa cast himself as uncompromising on crime and corruption and described the country as engaged in a war for its soul. He argued that his government was confronting organized criminal structures that operate inside and outside Ecuador and that he had already helped rescue the country from economic collapse and what he called financial catastrophe.
The report said Noboa also attacked previous governments, accusing them of having saqueado, corrupted and hijacked the country. That language fits the central theme of his new mandate: legitimacy through forceful action against organized crime and the political system that, in his telling, failed to stop it.
The opposition had a very different message. Revolución Ciudadana announced before the ceremony that it would boycott the event, called Noboa illegitimate and said the election had been marked by shadows, complaints and unresolved irregularities. The party also argued that Noboa had not governed effectively in his first term, pointing to low execution rates in spending on public investment, health, education, security and employment.
That clash shows why the inauguration is not just a constitutional formality. Noboa now has renewed authority as head of state through 2029, but the political dispute over his mandate is still active. The opposition’s language in the evidence packet was deliberately maximal, framing the inauguration as a refusal to validate what it called a fraud.
The event also brought international attention. Infobae said the ceremony was attended by Peru’s president Dina Boluarte, Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro, US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and China’s education minister Huai Jinpeng. Those arrivals made the event a diplomatic showcase as well as a domestic political reset.
Noboa was also sworn in alongside his running mate, María José Pinto, who became vice president. Infobae said the second-round election on April 13 produced 55.83 percent of the vote for their ticket. Those numbers anchor the new mandate in the electoral record even as the opposition continues to dispute its meaning.
This report sticks to the supplied evidence: the oath, the boycott, the opposition’s allegations, the term length and the presence of foreign officials on May 24, 2025.
