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Mauricio Funes

Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes
(Photo: Wilson Dias/Abr, 2008)
Personal data
Date of birth18 October 1959(age 56)
Place of birthSan Salvador, El Salvador
Political partyFarabundo Martí National Liberation Front
SpouseVanda Pignato
OccupationJournalist
ReligionRoman Catholic
65th President of El Salvador
Assumed office1 June 2009
PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Vice PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded byAntonio Saca

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Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 18 October 1959 in San Salvador) is the President of El Salvador. He won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) political party and took office on 1 June 2009.


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