Nayib Bukele

Nayib Bukele
Mayor of San Salvador
In office
May 1, 2015 – April 30, 2018
Preceded by Norman Quijano
Succeeded by Ernesto Muyshondt
Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlan
In office
May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2015
Preceded by Álvaro Rodríguez
Succeeded by Michelle Sol
Personal details
Born Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez
(1981-07-24) July 24, 1981
San Salvador, El Salvador
Political party Grand Alliance for National Unity [1]
Spouse(s) Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele

Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (born July 24, 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman. He was elected as Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlan on 11 March 2012. He was also elected as mayor of San Salvador on March 1, 2015 and took office on May 1, 2015. Both public offices have been elected under the banner of the party Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.[2].

Early life

Nayib Bukele was born on July 24, 1981 in San Salvador, He is the son of Olga Ortez de Bukele and Armando Bukele Kattán, a renowned businessman, leader of the muslim movement in El Salvador,[3] and an influential figure in the country's political life. At a very young age, Nayib was recognized for his skills and spirit of entrepreneurship. At just 18, he already ran a company.[4] According to an article in the digital newspaper El Faro, Nayib Bukele is the owner of Yamaha Motors El Salvador,[5] a company that sells and distributes Yamaha products in El Salvador.[6] He was also the Director & President of OBERMET, S.A. DE C.V.[7]

Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlan

On March 11, 2012, he was elected on behalf of a coalition of the FMLN with 2754 votes (49.72%) and CD 108 votes (1.95%), making a total of 2862 votes (50.68%) taking the mayoralty from the ARENA party, which won 2585 votes (46.67%). He took office on May 1, 2012.[8]

Mayor of San Salvador

In the municipal elections of 2015 he won the mayoralty of San Salvador, the Capital City of El Salvador, representing a coalition of the FMLN in coalition with the PSP, obtaining 89,164 votes (50.37% of total). His main challenger, businessman and former deputy Edwin Zamora, ARENA, won 82,288 votes (46.49%). The latter party had controlled the city during the previous six years. Nayib Bukele took office on May 1, 2015.[9] As mayor, he was denounced by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) for political nepotism.[10][11][12] He was also sued by the Tribunal on Governmental Ethics (TEG) and the Court of Accounts of the Republic of El Salvador (CCR) for nepotism, due to hiring 5 of his family members for the Salvadoran Mayor's Office.[13] He also came under fire from the mayor that succeeded his term in office, Ernesto Muyshondt, for leaving the mayor's office with a debt of 270 million US dollars.[14]

Expulsion from FMLN

On October 10, 2017 Nayib Bukele was expelled from FMLN, accused by the FMLN Ethics Tribunal of committing verbal aggression, promoting internal division and performing defamatory acts against the political party.[15][16] The FMLN alleged that Bukele called lawyer Xochitl Marchello a “bruja” (witch), but he denied it.[17] Nayib Bukele did not attend the hearing scheduled for October 7, 2017 by the FMLN Ethics Tribunal, arguing that they were biased in favor of the plaintiffs.[18] After Bukele's expulsion, he replaced 11 employees with ties to the FMLN, for lack of trust.[19]

Presidential candidacy

After Bukele's expulsion from FMLN, his aspirations towards 2019 are in the direction of participating in the presidential elections as an independent who rejects the current political system.[20] Nayib Bukele started the movement Nuevas Ideas with the purpose of making it the political party where he could run as a candidate for the presidency of El Salvador.[21]

Following the announcement of his presidential aspirations, he has been politically sabotaged (according to him and his political base) by the ruling FMLN party and ARENA as he claims that they have blocked any attempts for him to found his own political party and politically bullied or cancelled any party that he has attempted to use for his candidacy. He eventually joined the centre-right wing GANA party, something considered a controversial political decision by many political pundits who see it as a betrayal of his progressive ideals.

References

  1. ↑ "Bukele candidato presidencial de GANA, ganó con 1,863 votos". 30 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Biografía". Nayib Bukele.
  3. ↑ "Historia : Comunidad Islamica El Salvador". islam.org.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.contrapunto.com.sv/nacionales/politica/nayib-bukele-el-capitalista-mas-popular-de-la-izquierda-salvadorena
  5. ↑ Labrador, Gabriel (20 August 2014). "El FMLN abre la puerta grande a Nayib Bukele". El Faro. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Yamaha Motor El Salvador". Yamaha Motors El Salvador. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. ↑ http://www.cnr.gob.sv/documentos/rc/enero_febrero_2011/Nombramientos_y_credenciales.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.tse.gob.sv/resultados2012/paginas/paginas/dat04/DMU041599.htm
  9. ↑ "Resultados de Concejos Municipales - TSE". tse.gob.sv. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  10. ↑ elmundo.sv. "Denuncian a Nayib Bukele por nepotismo | Diario El Mundo". elmundo.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Cuestionan los nombramientos de familiares de Bukele en San Salvador". Segunda Vuelta (in Spanish). 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  12. ↑ elmundo.sv. "Hermano y primo de Nayib Bukele nombrados en cargos públicos | Diario El Mundo". elmundo.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  13. ↑ "Nayib Bukele tiene a cinco familiares en Alcaldía de S. S." Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  14. ↑ elmundo.sv. "Muyshondt: Bukele deja deuda de $270 millones | Diario El Mundo". elmundo.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  15. ↑ "FMLN expulsa a Bukele del partido". El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Nayib Bukele, expulsado del FMLN por estas razones". La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  17. ↑ Liedloff, Anne. "El Salvador: expelled by the FMLN, San Salvador's mayor will run for president | Latin America Bureau". lab.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  18. ↑ Rauda Zablah, Arauz, and Valencia, Nelson, Sergio, and Roberto (7 October 2017). "Medas-sólo-por-interés-electorero".htm". El Faro (digital newspaper).
  19. ↑ "Al público en general". Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  20. ↑ "El Salvador's New Savior - Upside Down World". Upside Down World. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  21. ↑ "El futuro de Nuevas Ideas y situación de la Alcaldía". Nayib Bukele. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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