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1999 Salvadoran Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 7 March 1999. The result was a victory for Francisco Flores of the Nationalist Republican Alliance, who won in the first round with 51.96% of the vote. Results References {{Salvadoran elections El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ... Presidential elections in El Salvador 1999 in El Salvador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Flores Pérez
Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez (17 October 1959 – 30 January 2016) was a Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1 June 1999 to 1 June 2004 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He previously served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 1999, having been president of the Assembly from 1997 to 1999. Flores was born in Santa Ana. He entered politics in the Alfredo Cristiani administration, serving various positions until his election to the Legislative Assembly, of which he became president after three years. He successfully ran for president in 1999. His administration was characterized by close alignment with the United States, including the adoption of the U.S. dollar. After the end of his presidency, he unsuccessfully ran for Secretary General of the Organization of American States. Flores was accused in May 2014 of pocketing US$15 million donated by Taiwan, intended for survivors of the Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt (born 5 August 1953 in San Miguel) is a former vice president of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ... under Francisco Flores Pérez, Francisco Flores from 1999 to 2004. Quintanilla and Flores were known as the "Currency substitution, dollarizers" (''dolarizadores''), having introduced the use of the U.S. dollar as the official currency of the country. Quintanilla's successor was Ana Vilma de Escobar. He has a degree in banking from American University, and a degree in law from José Matías Delgado University. Additionally, he served as vice-rector of José Matías Delgado University. In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, International Consortium of Investigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Marta Valladares
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial * Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar * Maria, Quebec, Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines * María, Spain, in Andalusia * Îles Maria, French Polynesia * María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain * Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Calderón Sol
Armando Calderón Sol (24 June 1949 – 9 October 2017) was President of El Salvador from 1 June 1994, to 1 June 1999, representing the Nationalist Republican Alliance. He was the first president elected in El Salvador after twelve years of civil war. Early life and education Born in San Salvador in 1949, Calderón attended the exclusive primary and secondary school Colegio Externado San José, graduating in 1966. In 1977, Calderón received a graduate degree in Jurisprudence and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional de El Salvador. He was a lawyer, a businessman, and one of the founders of Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), in September 1981. Political career Mayor of San Salvador As Mayor of San Salvador from 1988 to 1994 he built the Monument to "Hermano Lejano" at the end of the Comalapa Highway and Blvd. Los Proceres and also built the bust monuments along the Proceres Boulevard. He promoted physical exercise and initiated a cyclist's circuit in the San Jacin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.5 million. Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However the Viceroyalty of Mexico had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Flores (politician)
Francisco Flores may refer to: * Francisco Flores (1926–1986) (1926–1986), Mexican football midfielder * Francisco Flores Pérez (1959–2016), president of El Salvador * Francisco Flores (wrestling) (fl.1960-1970s), Mexican wrestling promoter * Francisco Flores (footballer, born 1988), Nicaraguan football left-back * Francisco Flores (Venezuelan footballer) (born 1990), Venezuelan football defensive-midfielder * Francisco Flores (footballer, born 1994), Mexican football right-back * Francisco Flores (athlete), Honduran track and field athlete in 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by pop ... * Francisco Flores (Argentine footballer) (born 2002), Argentine football centre-back {{hndis, Flores, Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Republican Alliance
The Nationalist Republican Alliance ( es, Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA) is a conservative, right-wing political party of El Salvador. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. It defines itself as a political institution constituted to defend the democratic, republican, and representative system of government, the social market economy system and nationalism. ARENA controlled the National Assembly of El Salvador until 1985, and its party leader Alfredo Cristiani was elected to the presidency in 1989. ARENA controlled the presidency from 1989 until 2009. The party gained a plurality in the Legislative Assembly in 2012. History ARENA was founded in 1981 and was composed of former members from National Conciliation Party (PCN), including Roberto D'Aubuisson, who ordered the murder of the martyr and saint, Archbishop Óscar Romero. The party arose in response to "the insurgency of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN) is a left-wing political party in El Salvador. The FMLN was formed as an umbrella group on 10 October 1980, from five leftist guerrilla organizations; the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL), the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), the Resistencia Nacional (RN), the Partido Comunista Salvadoreño (PCS) and the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Centroamericanos (PRTC). The FMLN was one of the main participants in the Salvadoran Civil War. After the Chapultepec Peace Accords were signed in 1992, all armed FMLN units were demobilized and their organization became a legal left-wing political party in El Salvador. On 15 March 2009, the FMLN won the presidential elections with former journalist Mauricio Funes as its candidate. Two months earlier in municipal and legislative elections, the FMLN won the majority of the mayoralties in the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Zamora
Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas (born November 9, 1942) is a Salvadoran politician. Education *until the age of nineteen he studied in a Seminary, got influenced by the theology of liberation, was attracted by ecclesial base communities, where the formation of peasant collectives and self-help communities began. *He completed a law degree abroad. Politician *His efforts for the rural poor soon faced with the repression of the ruling oligarchy of landowners (''Argolla de oro'') and military. *In 1960 he joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), founded by José Napoleón Duarte. *Ahead of the presidential elections of 1972, the PDC joined together with other opposition groups, the social democratic MNR and the further to the left ''Unión Democrática Nacionalista'' (UDN, fundada en 1969), the ''Unión Nacional Opositora'' (UNO). Duarte ran for the presidency, MNR leader Guillermo Ungo for the office of vice president. *He was a member of the cabinet of the Salvadoran gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Centre (El Salvador)
The United Democratic Centre () is a political party in El Salvador. It first contested national elections in 1999 when it nominated Rubén Zamora (who finished third) in the presidential elections. For the 2000 elections it was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party and Democratic Convergence, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p280 winning three seats. Although the 2003 elections saw the Social Democratic Party run separately, the CDU increased its representation to five seats. In the 2004 presidential elections its candidate Héctor Silva Argüello Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Troy, Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek language ... received 3.9% of the vote. However, it lost all its seats in the 2006 elections. References Political parties in El Salvador Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Parker
Rodolfo Antonio Parker Soto (born 1 November 1957) is an attorney and politician of the Christian Democratic Party in El Salvador. Biography Parker is a lawyer, notary, and deputy for the department of San Salvador in parliament as its vice-president. Parker is married to German national Cristina Wein Niemann, has two daughters and a son Andrés Rodolfo Parker Wein (born 1982). His primary school was the Externado San José, he made 1975 its Abitur at the Liceo Salvadoreño. He studied Law and Social Sciences at the University of El Salvador and graduated from the José Matías Delgado University. In 1985, he made postgraduate studies in specialized international law at the National University of Costa Rica. From 1975 to 1979, he gained professional experience at the Juzgado de Primera Instancia, a court in San Salvador as an employee and secretary. Since 1985, he has a law firm. From 1981 to 1989 he was Assessor of the General Staff of FAES.''La Prensa Grafica'' 30. März 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
