Nayib Bukele

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bukele and the second or maternal family name is Ortez.

Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman. He is the 46th and current President of El Salvador from 1 June 2019. He won the 2019 election. Bukele ran as the candidate of the centre-right GANA party. He was reelected for a second 5 year term on 4 February 2024

Nayib Bukele
43rd President of El Salvador
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2019
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
Other political affiliations	FMLN (until 10 October 2017) GANA (for the 2019 presidential election)
Spouse(s)	Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele

He was elected Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán on 11 March 2012. He was also elected mayor of San Salvador on 1 March 2015, and took office on 1 May 2015.

Nayib Bukele Media

• 

  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 with his wife and their two daughters in 2024

• 

  Bukele with U.S. President Donald Trump (to whom Bukele and his governing style have been compared) in April 2025

• 

  Bukele with Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel in October 2023

• 

  A crowd of Bukele supporters in front of the Legislative Assembly's meeting room in 2023

• 

  Bukele receiving the National Order of Juan Mora Fernández from Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves Robles