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Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca is an Ecuadorian politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador from 2010 until 2016, under the government of President Rafael Correa. Previously he was Minister of Finance and Minister of the Coast. He is one of the ideologists of The Citizens' Revolution who with Correa wanted to gradually introduce a democratic socialist government in Ecuador. On 4 March 2016, he was named as Defense Minister by President Correa.
Ricardo Patiño (right) with the 1st Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of South Korea Choo Kyung-ho (left) in 2013
Ricardo Patiño with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy on 16 June 2013