Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés

Moreno is the 44th and current President of Ecuador. Moreno was shot in 1998 in a robbery which resulted in paralysis. At that point, he dedicated his life to advocating for the recognition and rights of those with disabilities, and was elected Vice President in 2006. He created the Ecuador without Borders program in adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in 2006 and later included in the constitution of 2008. For his advocacy for people with disabilities, he was nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.