Norman Noel Quijano González (born 2 November 1946) is a Salvadoran politician and former Mayor of San Salvador, under the

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 ...

ticket, serving from 1 May 2009 until his resignation on 15 August 2013 in order to run as a presidential candidate. He was succeeded by Gloria Calderón de Oñate while the presidential campaign was taking place. After the election, he returned to the mayor office to resume his duties. He served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from May 2018 to November 2019.

Early life and education

Quijano was born on 2 November 1946 in

Santa Ana, El Salvador Santa Ana () is the second largest city in El Salvador, after the capital of San Salvador. It is located 64 kilometers northwest of San Salvador, the capital city. Santa Ana has approximately 374,830 (2017)) inhabitants and serves both as the c ...

. He graduated from high school in National Institute General Francisco Menéndez, and then as a doctor of dental surgery from the

University of El Salvador The University of El Salvador or Universidad de El Salvador (UES) is the oldest and the most prominent university institution in El Salvador. It serves as the national university of the country. The main campus, Ciudad Universitaria, is located ...

in 1977.

Political career

He started in politics when he served as the Manager of Social Action of the Municipality of San Salvador during the municipal government of

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 ci ...

between the years 1989 to 1994. Since 1994, he has participated in five continuous legislative periods and was secretary of the Board of the Legislative Assembly during the period 2006 to 2009. In 2008 he was nominated as the candidate of the

for mayor of San Salvador, a position he obtained in open elections 18 January 2009 and took office on 1 May of the same year. On 28 October 2012, Norman Quijano ordered a clean up in the historic center of San Salvador, the country's capital. The municipal police removed street vendors in the middle of the night.

Finance during Quijano management

According to official statements, the debt inherited from previous administrations exceeds the $32 million, currently has decreased to $27 million. According to economic analysts, for the first time in its history the mayorship of San Salvador achieved a surplus, it ended 2011 with nearly $4 million surplus.

2014 El Salvador presidential election

On 20 August 2012, he was appointed as ARENA's presidential candidate for

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. On 15 August 2013, he resigned his position as mayor to run for president. In the first round on 2 February 2014, he placed second behind

Salvador Sánchez Cerén Salvador Sánchez Cerén (; born 18 June 1944) is a Salvadoran politician who served as the 42nd President of El Salvador between 1 June 2014 and 1 June 2019. He took office on 1 June 2014, after winning the 2014 presidential election as the ca ...

with 39.0% of the vote but in the runoff on 9 March, he narrowly lost the runoff to Sánchez Cerén with 49.9% of the popular vote.

References

External links

Official biography in Spanish
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