Paco Moncayo Gallegos was born in Quito in 1940, he is a retired "General of the Army" of the Ecuadorian Army and a very important politician of Ecuador.

He's the current Mayor of Quito, the Capital City of Ecuador, During his military career he gained the respect and admiration of his fellow ecuadorians mostly because of his conduction of the "Alto Cenepa War" between Ecuador and Perú.

Paco Moncayo was elected Mayor of Metropolitan Quito, which has a population of 1.5 million, in 2000 and was re-elected for a second term in 2004. He also was a National Deputy, Paco Moncayo was a member of the National Security Council and the Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs.

He also is UCLG's Co-president