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Salvador Sánchez Cerén

1944 - Today

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Salvador Sánchez Cerén (Spanish pronunciation: [salβaˈðoɾ ˈsantʃes seˈɾen]; born 18 June 1944), also known by his nom de guerre Leonel González, is a Salvadoran former politician, guerrilla commander, and school teacher who served as the 80th president of El Salvador from 2014 to 2019. He took office on 1 June 2014, after winning the 2014 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). He previously served as the 49th vice president under Mauricio Funes from 2009 to 2014. He was also an FMLN guerrilla leader during the Salvadoran Civil War and is the first former rebel to serve as El Salvador's president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvador Sánchez Cerén is the 4,240th most popular politician (up from 4,661st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from El Salvador and the most popular Salvadoran Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Salvador Sánchez Cerén ranks 4,240 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Al-Nasir, Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, Erhard Heiden, Janet Yellen, and Baydu. After him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Sancho VI of Navarre, Constance of Antioch, Ayaz Mutallibov, Ephraim Katzir, and Óscar Carmona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Salvador Sánchez Cerén ranks 102. Before him are Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Moe Tucker, Kary Mullis, W. G. Sebald, Killing of Peter Fechter, and Karin Schubert. After him are Jeroen Krabbé, Ian McDiarmid, Donna Haraway, Hugo Gatti, Andris Bērziņš, and Kim Yong-il.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén ranks 2 out of 39. Before him are Óscar Romero (1917). After him are Mauricio Funes (1959), 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 POLITICIANS In El Salvador

Among politicians born in El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén ranks 1. After him are Nayib Bukele (1981), Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882), Farabundo Martí (1893), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Armando Calderón Sol (1948), Alfredo Cristiani (1947), Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917), Antonio Saca (1965), Arturo Armando Molina (1927), Carlos Humberto Romero (1924), and Álvaro Magaña (1925).

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