1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i El Salvadors 2019 Elections Clare Ribando Seelke Specialist in Latin American Affairs February 6, 2019 On February 3, 2019, Nayib Bukele, a 37-year-old former mayor of San Salvador and candidate of the Grand Alliance of Na
2、tional Unity (GANA) party, won El Salvadors presidential election. Bukele garnered 53% of the vote, well ahead of Carlos Calleja, a business executive running for a conservative National Republican Alliance (ARENA)-led coalition, with 31.8%, and Hugo Mrtinez, a former foreign minister of the leftist
3、 Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), with 14.4%. Bukeles first-round victory occurred amid relatively low voter turnout (44.7%) during a peaceful electoral process observed by the Organization of American States and others. Bukele is set to succeed Salvador Snchez Cern (FMLN) as presid
4、ent on June 1, 2019, and serve a single, five-year term. Bukeles election ends 10 years of FMLN government. Who Is Nayib Bukele? Nayib Bukele served as mayor of Nuevo Cuscatln (2012-2015) and San Salvador (2015-2018) for the FMLN. Prior to entering politics, Bukele worked in family businesses starte
