Ricardo Patiño will be the new Minister of Defense; Guillaume Long goes to the foreign ministry

Ricardo Patiño will be the new defense minister replacing Fernando Cordero, said Thursday the Andes public agency.

While current Culture Minister Guillaume Long will be the new foreign minister as a replacement for Patino, the agency added.

Patiño served as foreign minister since 2010; before he was Minister of Economy and Minister of the Coast, during the first years of the government of Rafael Correa.

Long, besides being a historian, is part of the International Relations Committee of Alianza PAIS.

Source: http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/03/03/nota/5441655/ricardo-patino-sera-nuevo-ministro-defensa-guillaume-long-va