Nayib Bukele
Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman serving as the 81st president of El Salvador since 2019.
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| 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 (aged 44) 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 |
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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]
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Bukele at the opening of the La Colmenita children's theater, January 2016
At the 18th summit of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities, April 2018
Then-mayor Bukele with President Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the FMLN, May 2015
Bukele on election day, February 2019
Bukele and members of his cabinet discussing phase two of the Territorial Control Plan, July 2019
Video surveillance footage in a prison, reportedly of Osiris Luna (left, 1) during negotiations with gangs in March 2020
Soldiers in a truck in San Marcos during the October 2024 blockade of that city
Bukele and government officials touring a cell block in the Terrorism Confinement Center, March 2022
Entrance of Hospital El Salvador
An Athena Bitcoin ATM in El Zonte
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References
- ↑ Member State: El Salvador – Government Officials (in en). Organization of American States (August 2009). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ Designada del Presidente ya Sanciona Decretos como Encargada del Despacho (in es). El Mundo (14 December 2023). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ El Salvador: RSF on high alert as state persecution of journalists intensifies (22 May 2025)Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ The Economist Intelligence Unit. Democracy Index 2024: What’s wrong with representative democracy? (March 2025)The Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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