Mario Edgardo Durán Gavidia (born 3 April 1983) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman, has worked in the public administration since 2012, he was

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in the

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of President

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, and since 1 May 2021 he is mayor of San Salvador.

Career

In 2019, Mario Durán was selected by President

, as Minister of the Interior and Territorial Development, in addition to being appointed President of the National Civil Protection Commission. As part of his administration, Mario Durán led the central government's response to the most serious environmental and health crises in the country, such as tropical storms, the Nejapa landslide and the

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emergency in El Salvador. In 2020 Mario Durán made the decision to run as a pre-candidate for mayor for San Salvador, obtaining an absolute majority in the internal elections of

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(NI). On 28 February 2021, in the

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, he became the winner of the Mayor's Office of San Salvador, defeating Ernesto Muyshondt, who was seeking re-election under the banner of the

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(ARENA). On 9 December 2022, he announced he would be seeking a second term as mayor of San Salvador in

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. Durán was elected as mayor of San Salvador Centro. Mario-duran-alcalde-ch

References

Mayors of San Salvador 1983 births Living people Nuevas Ideas politicians 21st-century Salvadoran politicians {{ElSalvador-politician-stub