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Also Known As Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez
Born July 24, 1981 (age 43) • San Salvador • El Salvador
Title / Office president (2019-), El Salvador

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Alfredo Cristiani
president of El Salvador
Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes
president of El Salvador
Saca, Antonio
Antonio Saca
president of El Salvador
José Napoleon Duarte
José Napoleon Duarte
president of El Salvador
Carlos Humberto Romero
president of El Salvador
Carolyn Forché
Carolyn Forché
American poet
Óscar Romero
St. Óscar Romero
Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop
Ignacio Ellacuría
Spanish-born El Salvadorian priest, philosopher, and theologian, and human rights activist