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Mauricio Funes

1959 - 2025

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Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (18 October 1959 – 21 January 2025) was a Salvadoran politician and journalist who served as the 79th president of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party and took office on 1 June 2009. Funes resided in exile in Nicaragua from 2016 until his death, while his immediate family continues to reside there, following allegations of criminal conduct during his tenure. In July 2023, he was placed under sanctions by the U.S. State Department following his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to the gang truces he made while in office, illicit enrichment, and tax evasion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mauricio Funes is the 26th most popular journalist (up from 51st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from El Salvador (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Salvadoran Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Mauricio Funes ranks 26 out of 196. Before him are Gareth Jones, W. Eugene Smith, Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, Endre Ady, and Marcel Bezençon. After him are Jeremy Clarkson, Charles Dow, Margaret Bourke-White, François Mignet, Christopher Hitchens, and Kevin Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Mauricio Funes ranks 71. Before him are Charlie Murphy, Youssou N'Dour, Boyko Borisov, William Lai, Ajay Banga, and Ving Rhames. After him are Frank Darabont, Sam Raimi, Byung-Chul Han, Nirmala Sitharaman, Miki Matsubara, and Wim Hof. Among people deceased in 2025, Mauricio Funes ranks 74. Before him are Souleymane Cissé, Vlastimil Hort, Greg Bell, Eugen Doga, Lea Massari, and Kit Bond. After him are James Harrison, Pierre Nora, Trần Đức Lương, Robert Hübner, Thanin Kraivichien, and Ted Kotcheff.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Mauricio Funes ranks 3 out of 39. Before him are Óscar Romero (1917), and Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944). After him are Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901), Nayib Bukele (1981), Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882), Farabundo Martí (1893), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Unica Zürn (1916), Gregorio Rosa Chávez (1942), Jaime Rodríguez (1959), and Armando Calderón Sol (1948).

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Among JOURNALISTS In El Salvador

Among journalists born in El Salvador, Mauricio Funes ranks 1. 

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