William Jacobo Handal was a
Salvadoran businessman and politician. He served as El Salvador's
Minister of Finance from May 2006 to June 2009.
He was born on 31 July 1951.
He graduated from
Southeastern Louisiana University with bachelor's degree in economics in 1974.
In 1975 he started a long career in
TACA International Airlines SA which lasted until his appointment to
Antonio Saca
Elías Antonio "Tony" Saca González (born 9 March 1965) is a El Salvador, Salvadoran politician who was President of El Salvador from 1 June 2004 to 1 June 2009. He is currently serving a minimum 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges. ...
's cabinet.
In May 2006, he was appointed as
Minister of Finance.
Handal died in July 2017 in Miami.
References
Finance ministers of El Salvador
1951 births
2017 deaths
Salvadoran businesspeople
Salvadoran economists
Southeastern Louisiana University alumni
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