canton and jurisdiction of the province of Manabi and became the first mayor of the canton winning the first elections. In 1968, he became Director of the Consortium of Municipalities of Manabi, who was in charge of the construction of highways and roads in this province. Then he was Director of the extinct Manabi Rehabilitation Center (CRM) and in 1970 he was appointed governor of the province. In the exercise of this office, the dam "Poza Honda," was built, Regional Water System in La Estancilla, Tosagua; and began the study of the Carrizal River basin, where later the dam "La Esperanza" was built. With the return to democracy in the 1980s, he entered as an active element of the political party Democratic Left, which would lead in 1988 to Rodrigo Borja to the Presidency of the Republic. During this government, Luis Felix Lopez was Undersecretary and Minister Responsible Government on several occasions. During his management, he played part in the historic process in which the group "Alfaro Vive Carajo!" decided to give up their weapons, for insertion into civil society. Literary works During different periods of his life, Luis Felix Lopez is writing literary works that were worthy of national and international recognition: "Los Designios" (1973), Novel finalist of the "International Prize for the Novel, Mexico 1973." "El Eco Interminable" (1977), Poetry "El Gorrión Canta en la Oscuridad" (1980), finalist Storybook "Guayaquil Group Award" "El Talisman" (1994), Story Book. "La Noche del Rebaño" (1996), Novel winner of the "Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize" from the Metropolitan District of Quito. "Tarda en Morir el Tiempo" (1998), Novel winner of the "National Prize for Literature" of the House of Culture in Guayas "El Olor de las Virtudes" (2001), Novel. His pass in the culture During his last years, he assumed the presidency of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Guayas core, in 2003, beginning a process of reconstruction and modernization of the institution, visible both in its physical structure, as in the multiple cultural activities that were developed and in the rebuilding of the museum. He was reelected in 2007. Legacy The ecuadorian national literature contest, category "Tale"; is inspired in his honor. See also Manuel Félix López House of Ecuadorian Culture References External links http://www.diccionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomos/tomo19/f1.htm 1932 births 2008 deaths Ecuadorian male writers Government ministers of Ecuador Mayors of places in Ecuador Members of the National Congress (Ecuador) National Autonomous University of