Nayib Bukele is elected as the new president of El Salvador. The 37
-year-old former mayor of San Salvador, who won more votes than all other candidates
in the February
presidential election, brought an end to a two-party system that
has held sway over the country for three decades.
He pledged to cure the Central American country
that he described as a “sick child” following years of violence and
migration that has strained relations with the United States.
About
Nayib Bukele:
Bukele was born on July 24, 1981, in San Salvador. The
former mayor of El Salvador’s capital Bukele made his political debut in 2012 as
a small-town mayor with the now-ruling FMLN (Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front). In 2017, Bukele was expelled from FMLN for
“disrespecting” the rights of women.
His presidency breaks three decades of
bipartisanship between the conservative Nationalist
Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the outgoing Farabundo Marti National Liberation
Front (FMLN).
El
Salvador:
President: Nayib Bukele
Vice
President: Félix Ulloa
Official
language: Spanish
Capital: San Salvador
Currency: United States dollar (USD)
