Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena ( Spanish: Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena ; born October 18, 1959 , San Salvador ) - President of El Salvador from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2014 .
| Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena | |||||||
 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Vice President | Salvador Sanchez Seren | ||||||
| Predecessor | Antonio Saka | ||||||
| Successor | Salvador Sanchez Seren | ||||||
| Birth | October 18, 1959 (aged 59) San salvador | ||||||
| Spouse | Wanda Pignato | ||||||
| Children | son Gabrielle | ||||||
| The consignment | FNOFM (2007-2014) independent (since 2014) | ||||||
| Education | University of Central America | ||||||
| Activities | journalist , politician | ||||||
| Awards | Maria Moors Cape Prize [d] (1994) | ||||||
| Site | mauriciofunestv.com | ||||||
On March 15, 2009, as a candidate from the left Farabundo National Liberation Front, Marty defeated Rodrigo Avila , a candidate from the center-right Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), receiving 51.32% of the vote. [1]
Soon after his inauguration, he signed an agreement on the restoration of diplomatic relations between El Salvador and Cuba , terminated 50 years earlier. [2]
See also
- 2009 presidential election in Salvador
- Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Notes
- ↑ official presidential election results // Tribunal Supremo Electoral de El Salvador website
- ↑ New President of El Salvador Restores Diplomatic Relations with Cuba , Rossiyskaya Gazeta (June 2, 2009)