Nayib Bukele
Nayib Bukele | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 81st President of El Salvador | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2019[a] | |
| Vice President | Félix Ulloa |
| Preceded by | Salvador Sánchez Cerén |
| Mayor of San Salvador | |
| In office 1 May 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Quijano |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Muyshondt |
| Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán | |
| In office 1 May 2012 – 30 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Sol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez 24 July 1981 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Political party | Nuevas Ideas (since 2017) |
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| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Armando Bukele Kattán |
| Education | Central American University (no degree) |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
| Cabinet | Cabinet of Nayib Bukele |
| Signature | |
Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman serving as the 81st president of El Salvador since 2019.
Bukele entered politics in 2011. In 2012, he joined the FMLN and was elected mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán. Bukele served until his 2015 election as Mayor of San Salvador, where he served until 2018. In 2017, hee founded the Nuevas Ideas political party shortly afterward and pursued a presidential campaign in 2019, and later won with 53 percent of the vote.
In March 2022, Bukele initiated a nationwide crackdown on gangs, with over 85,000 people arrested with alleged gang affiliations with MS-13 and Barrio 18. He ran for re-election in the 2024 presidential election and won with 85 percent of the vote. Bukele is highly popular in El Salvador, where he has held a job approval rating above 75% during his entire presidency and averages above 90% approval, and is popular throughout Latin America.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Member State: El Salvador – Government Officials". Organization of American States. August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "Designada del Presidente ya Sanciona Decretos como Encargada del Despacho" [Presidential Designate Now Sanctions Decrees as In Charge with the Office]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 14 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "El Salvador: RSF on high alert as state persecution of journalists intensifies". Reporters Without Borders. 22 May 2025. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ The Economist Intelligence Unit (March 2025). Democracy Index 2024: What’s wrong with representative democracy? (PDF) (Report). The Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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