Aminta Buenaño Rugel (born Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, 1958) is an Ecuadorian writer and politician.
She has worked for the publication El Universo, in Guayaquil.
In 2007, she joined Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, as a member of PAIS Alliance.
She was congressional vice-president.
She has also helped write the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.
She was appointed in 2011 as Ecuador's ambassador to Spain, and in 2014 as ambassador to Nicaragua.