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{{Short description|President of El Salvador from 2014 to 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Sánchez|Cerén|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{More citations|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oas.org/en/member_states/member_state.asp?sCode=ELS|title=Member State: El Salvador – Government Officials|language=en|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[Organization of American States]]|date=August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130124201/http://www.oas.org/en/member_states/member_state.asp?sCode=ELS|archive-date=30 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| name = Salvador Sánchez Cerén
| image = Cadena 12 (34186610605) cropped (b).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Sánchez Cerén in 2017
| order = 80th
| office = President of El Salvador
| vicepresident = [[Óscar Ortiz (Salvadoran politician)|Óscar Ortiz]]
| term_start = 1 June 2014
| term_end = 1 June 2019
| predecessor = [[Mauricio Funes]]
| successor = [[Nayib Bukele]]
| order1 = 48th
| office1 = Vice President of El Salvador
| president1 = Mauricio Funes
| term_start1 = 1 June 2009
| term_end1 = 1 June 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Ana Vilma de Escobar]]
| successor1 = Óscar Ortiz
| office2 = [[Ministry of Education (El Salvador)|Minister of Education of El{{nbsp}}Salvador]]
| term_start2 = 1 June 2009
| term_end2 = 3 July 2012
| president2 = Mauricio Funes
| predecessor2 = Darlyn Meza
| successor2 = [[Hato Hasbún]]
| office3 = Deputy of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly of El{{nbsp}}Salvador]] from [[San Salvador Department|San Salvador]]
| term_start3 = 1 May 2000
| term_end3 = 1 May 2009
| office4 = 7th [[President pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States|President pro tempore of CELAC]]
| term_start4 = 26 January 2017
| term_end4 = 14 January 2019
| predecessor4 = [[Danilo Medina]]
| successor4 = [[Evo Morales]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|6|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Quezaltepeque, El Salvador|Quezaltepeque]], El Salvador
| death_date =
| death_place =
| citizenship = {{plainlist|
* El Salvador
* Nicaragua (since 2021)
}}
| party = [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Margarita Villalta de Sánchez]]|1968}}
| children = 4
| alma_mater = Escuela Alberto Masferrer
| occupation = Politician, soldier, teacher
| cabinet = [[Cabinet of Salvador Sánchez Cerén]]
| signature = Salvador Sánchez Cerén signature.svg
| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front former flag.svg}} [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]]
| branch = {{flagicon image|The flag of the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL).svg}} [[Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces]]
| serviceyears = 1972–1992
| rank = [[Commandant (rank)|Commander]]
| battles = [[Salvadoran Civil War]]
}}

'''Salvador Sánchez Cerén''' ({{IPA|es|salβaˈðoɾ ˈsantʃes seˈɾen}}; born 18 June 1944), also known by his {{lang|fr|[[nom de guerre]]}} '''Leonel González''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nacla.org/news/2014/3/7/presidential-elections-el-salvador-lion-vs-dentist|title=Presidential Elections in El Salvador: The Lion vs. The Dentist|language=en|date=7 March 2014|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[North American Congress on Latin America]]|first1=Cecca|last1=Ochoa}}</ref> is a Salvadoran former politician, guerrilla commander, and school teacher who served as the 80th [[president of El Salvador]] from 2014 to 2019. He took office on 1 June 2014, after winning the [[2014 Salvadoran presidential election|2014 presidential election]] as the candidate of the left-wing [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN). He previously served as the 49th [[Vice President of El Salvador|vice president]] under [[Mauricio Funes]] from 2009 to 2014. He was also an FMLN guerrilla leader during the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] and is the first former rebel to serve as El Salvador's president.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2014/03/140317_el_salvador_sanchez_ceren_presidente_semblanza_jcps Sánchez Cerén: de guerrillero a presidente de El Salvador]. ''BBC'' (17 March 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Salvadorean ex-rebel Sanchez Ceren wins vote |work= BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26556803|date = 13 March 2014}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Salvador Sánchez Cerén was born in [[Quezaltepeque, El Salvador|Quezaltepeque]], El Salvador on 18 June 1944. His father was Antoino Alfonso Sánchez, a carpenter and artisan, and his mother was Dolores Hernández, a food vendor. Sánchez Cerén was one of twelve children.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2014/03/140317_el_salvador_sanchez_ceren_presidente_semblanza_jcps|title=Sánchez Cerén: De Guerrillero a Presidente de El Salvador|trans-title=Sánchez Cerén: From Guerrilla to President of El Salvador|language=es|date=17 March 2014|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[BBC Mundo]]|first1=Juan Carlos|last1=Pérez Salazar|location=[[Mexico City]], Mexico}}</ref> His surnames were erroneously registered as "Sánchez Cerén" rather than "Sánchez Hernández" using his maternal grandmother's surname rather than his mother's as per [[Spanish naming customs]]. The error was never corrected.<ref name="CIDOB">{{cite web|url=https://www.cidob.org/lider-politico/salvador-sanchez-ceren|title=Salvador Sánchez Cerén|language=es|date=March 2014|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[Barcelona Centre for International Affairs]]|editor1-first=Roberto|editor1-last=Ortiz de Zárate}}</ref>

In Sánchez Cerén's youth, he attended the [[José Dolores Larreynaga Ayala|José Dolores Larreynaga]] Schooling Center for his primary and secondary education. Beginning at the age of 16, he attended the Alberto Masferrer Superior Normal School and studied to become a public school teacher; he graduated in 1963.<ref name="CIDOB" /> Sánchez Cerén taught at three schools in [[La Libertad Department (El Salvador)|La Libertad Department]]: the Mixed Rural School in [[Huizúcar]] from 1963 to 1964, the Mixed Rural School in [[San Matías, El Salvador|San Matías]] from 1964 to 1966, and the Mixed Urban School in Quezaltepeque from 1966 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/9/officials/5276|title=Salvador Sánchez Cerén (No Vigente)|trans-title=Salvador Sánchez Cerén (No Updated)|language=es|date=22 February 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|work=[[Government of El Salvador]]}}</ref> In December 1965, he joined the National Association of Salvadoran Educators (ANDES 21 de Junio), the country's first teachers' union.<ref name="BBC" />

== Salvadoran Civil War ==

In 1972, Sánchez Cerén joined the [[Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces]] (FPL) militant organization.<ref name="BBC" /> In 1980, following the start of the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] in 1979, Sánchez Cerén adopted the pseudonym Commander Leonel González, as he was also appointed to the position of "comandante" or commander.{{citation need|date=December 2023}}

In 1983, Sánchez Cerén became the leader of the Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces after its previous leader, [[Cayetano Carpio]], committed suicide in [[Managua]], Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Needler|first1=Martin C.|date=1991|title=El Salvador: The Military and Politics|journal=[[Armed Forces & Society]]|language=en|location=|publisher=[[Sage Publishing]]|volume=17|issue=4|pages=569–588|doi=10.2307/45305273|issn=0095-327X|jstor=45305273|oclc=8990447213}}</ref>{{Rp|584}} Sánchez Cerén also became one of the members of the FMLN General Command.<ref name="Lopez Bernal">{{cite book|chapter=Schafik Jorge Hándal: Y la Reconfiguración del Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (1992–2014)|trans-chapter=Schafik Jorge Hándal: And the Reconfiguration of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (1992–2014)|first1=Carlos|last1=López Bernal|language=es|date=2016|title=Sociedades en Conflicto: Movimientos Sociales y Movimientos Armados en América Latina|trans-title=Societies in Conflict: Social Movements and Armed Movements in Latin America|publisher=[[Latin American Council of Social Sciences]]|pages=95–118|doi=10.2307/j.ctvtxw20d.9|isbn=9789877225273|jstor=j.ctvtxw20d.9|jstor-access=free}}</ref>{{Rp|97}}<ref name="mauriciofunespresidente">{{cite web|url=http://mauriciofunespresidente.com/biografia_sanchez_ceren.php?position=militancia |title=Sánchez Cerén (Biography) |access-date=16 March 2009 |work=Mauricio Funes: Un cambio seguro |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217081241/http://mauriciofunespresidente.com/biografia_sanchez_ceren.php?position=militancia |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }}</ref>

== Political career ==

During the [[2000 Salvadoran legislative election|2000 legislative election]], Sánchez Cerén was elected as a deputy of the FMLN in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[San Salvador Department]]. Coralia Margarita Polh Alvarado was elected as his supplement deputy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memorias-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2000.pdf|title=Memoria Especial – Elecciones 2000|trans-title=Special Memory – 2000 Elections|language=es|date=2000|access-date=5 January 2025|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813043031/https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memorias-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2000.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Rp|146}} He was re-elected in [[2003 Salvadoran legislative election|2003]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} He was re-elected for a third time in [[2006 Salvadoran legislative election|2006]]; Francisco Rubén Alvarado Fuentes was his supplement deputy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memorias-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2006.pdf|title=Memoria Especial – Elecciones 2006|trans-title=Special Memory – 2006 Elections|language=es|date=2006|access-date=5 January 2025|work=[[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813043119/https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/memorias-de-elecciones/memoria-elecciones-2006.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Rp|135}}

Between 2001 and 2004 he served as the general coordinator of his party.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} From 2001 to 2004, Sánchez Cerén and [[Schafik Hándal]] (the leader of the FMLN during the civil war) were the leaders of the Socialist Revolutionary Current (CRS), the FMLN's "orthodox and radical" ("{{lang|es|ortodoxa y radical}}") faction in the Legislative Assembly.<ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|112}} On 27 January 2006, Sánchez Cerén became the FMLN's leader within the Legislative Assembly shortly following Hándal's death, the FMLN's previous legislative leader.<ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|100 & 111}}

=== Vice President of El Salvador ===

In 2007, reformist FMLN journalist and aspiring presidential candidate [[Mauricio Funes]] selected Sánchez Cerén, an orthodox FMLN member, as his vice presidential candidate for the [[2009 Salvadoran presidential election|2009 presidential election]]. Funes' bid to seek the party's nomination for the [[2004 Salvadoran presidential election|2004 presidential election]] was vetoed by Hándal as he was not an orthodox member and had no militant background with the FMLN during the civil war. Funes' selection of Sánchez Cerén to be his vice presidential candidate secured him party leadership's support to become the FMLN's 2009 presidential candidacy.<ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|113–114}}

During the 2009 presidential campaign, the right-wing [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] (ARENA) accused Cerén of causing destruction during the civil war, of being responsible for assassinations and kidnappings, and criticized his support for Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|115–116}}

=== President of El Salvador ===

[[File:Secretary Kerry Meets With Salvadoran President-Elect Salvador Sanchez Ceren.jpg|thumb|President-elect Sánchez Cerén with U.S. Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] in May 2014]]

In 2012, Sánchez Cerén announced his intention to run for [[president of El Salvador]] in the [[2014 Salvadoran presidential election|2014 presidential election]].<ref name="BBC" /> The FMLN nominated Cerén as its presidential candidate and Cerén selected reformist [[Óscar Ortiz (Salvadoran politician)|Óscar Ortiz]] and his vice presidential candidate.<ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|115}} During the 2014 presidential campaign, ARENA made similar accusations against Cerén as they had done in 2009.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="Lopez Bernal" />{{Rp|116}}

Sánchez Cerén attained a plurality of votes in the first round but not the majority, so he and [[Norman Quijano]] competed in the second round. Sánchez Cerén received 50.11 percent of the vote, compared with 49.89 percent for Quijano.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-el-salvador-presidential-election-20140313,0,1042688.story#ixzz2vxiGur4Y Salvador Sanchez Ceren wins El Salvador's presidential election]. ''LA Times'' (13 March 2014). Retrieved on 2016-01-08.</ref> Quijano denounced the result of the election as being fraudulent and called on the [[Armed Forces of El Salvador|armed forces]] to intervene in the situation, although he later denied calling for such an intervention or [[coup d'état]].<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="coup">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/el-salvador-army-rules-out-coup-in-election-result-dispute-idUSBREA2C026/|title=El Salvador Army Rules Out Coup in Election Result Dispute|language=en|date=12 March 2014|access-date=4 January 2024|work=[[Reuters]]|first1=Nelson|last1=Renteria|first2=Michael|last2=O'Boyle|first3=Gabriel|last3=Stargardter|editor1-first=Simon|editor1-last=Gardner|editor2-first=Lisa|editor2-last=Shumaker|location=[[San Salvador]], El Salvador}}</ref> The [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador)|Supreme Electoral Court]] (TSE) ratified Sánchez Cerén's victory on 13 March 2014 and rejected ARENA's calls for a recount.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-13/el-salvador-s-sanchez-ceren-wins-disputed-election|title=El Salvador Ratifies Sánchez Cerén Election Victory|language=en|date=13 March 2014|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|first1=Eric|last1=Sabo|first2=Isabella|last2=Cota}}</ref>

Sánchez Cerén became the first former guerrilla commander to become president of El Salvador; he was the third to run for the presidency after [[Facundo Guardado]] in [[1999 Salvadoran presidential election|1999]] and Hándal in 2004. Sánchez Cerén was also the second former guerrilla to become the president of a Latin American country democratically after Uruguay's [[José Mujica]] in 2010.<ref name="BBC" /> Sánchez Cerén stated that he would form a "national coalition" with right-wing parties and businesses to form a moderate government.<ref name="coup" />

Sánchez Cerén was sworn in as president of El Salvador on 1 June 2014.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

From October 2016, his government and the FMLN defended a project of partial legalization of abortion (in case of rape or of danger for the life of the mother)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/nacional/205374/fmln-pide-despenalizar-aborto-en-casos-de-violacion/|title=FMLN pide despenalizar aborto en casos de violación - elsalvador.com|date=11 October 2016|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> but have had to contend with the right-wing opposition which has blocked the reforms in parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1061232/salvador-30-ans-de-prison-pour-une-ado-violee-ayant-perdu-son-bebe.html|title=Salvador : 30 ans de prison pour une ado violée ayant perdu son bébé|date=7 July 2017|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

In April 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to forbid the mining of metal on its territory, for environmental and public health reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waronwant.org/media/el-salvador-mining-ban-victory-democracy-over-corporate-greed|title=El Salvador mining ban a victory for democracy over corporate greed|date=30 March 2017|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

In August 2018, his government decided to establish diplomatic relations with the [[China|People's Republic of China]], ending El Salvador's relations with the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

During Sánchez Cerén's presidency, around 23,000 Salvadorans became the victims of homicides for an average of 13 homicides per day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insightcrime.org/news/ex-president-sanchez-ceren-leaves-el-salvador-facing-same-threats/|title=Ex-President Sánchez Cerén Leaves El Salvador Facing Same Threats|language=en|date=3 June 2019|access-date=4 January 2024|work=[[InSight Crime]]|first1=Héctor|last1=Silva Ávalos}}</ref>

== Post-presidency ==

In December 2020, Sánchez Cerén and his family left El Salvador for Nicaragua.<ref name="Citizenship">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nicaragua-grants-nationality-former-salvadoran-president-accused-corruption-2021-07-30/|title=Nicaragua Grants Nationality to Former Salvadoran President Accused in Corruption Probe|language=en|date=30 July 2021|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[Reuters]]|first1=Nelson|last1=Renteria|first2=Cassandra|last2=Garrison|editor1-first=Aurora|editor1-last=Ellis|location=[[San Salvador]], El Salvador}}</ref> On 22 July 2021, Salvadoran attorney general [[Rodolfo Delgado (lawyer)|Rodolfo Delgado]] ordered Sánchez Cerén's arrest on charges of embezzlement, illicit enrichment, and money laundering up to $530,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-has-ordered-arrest-ex-president-sanchez-ceren-attorney-general-2021-07-23/|title=El Salvador Orders Arrest of Ex-President Sanchez Cerén in Graft Probe|language=en|date=22 July 2021|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[Reuters]]|first1=Nelson|last1=Renteria|first2=Daina Beth|last2=Solomon|editor1-first=Simon|editor1-last=Cameron-Moore|editor2-first=Michael|editor2-last=Perry|location=[[San Salvador]], El Salvador}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Expresidente-Salvador-Sanchez-Ceren-enfrentara-juicio-en-agosto-20240227-0054.html|title=Expresidente Salvador Sánchez Cerén Enfrentará Juicio en Agosto|trans-title=Former President Salvador Sánchez Cerén Will Face Trial in August|language=es|date=27 February 2024|access-date=4 January 2025|work=[[La Prensa Gráfica]]|first1=Javier|last1=Urbina}}</ref> A few days later on 30 July 2021, the Nicaraguan ministry of the interior granted Sánchez Cerén, his wife ([[Margarita Villalta de Sánchez]]), and three of his children Nicaraguan citizenship.<ref name="Citizenship" />

In July 2023, Sánchez Cerén was sanctioned by the [[United States Department of State]] for "significant corruption by laundering money" as vice president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/elsalvador-guatemala-sanctions-state-department-437beb1060ca8378490e39b0761a92ec|title=State Department Sanctions 2 Former Salvadoran Leaders, Dozens of Officials in Central America|language=en|date=19 July 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|work=[[Associated Press]]|location=[[Mexico City]], Mexico}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

[[File:Informe de Primer año de Gobierno (18166952188).jpg|thumb|right|Sánchez Cerén with his wife in 2015]]

Sánchez Cerén married Villalta in 1968. The couple has four children: Antonio, Claudia, Fátima, and Ivett.<ref name="CIDOB" />

== Electoral history ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" | Main opponent and party
! colspan="4" | Votes for Sánchez Cerén
! rowspan="2" | Result
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Swing
! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! Total
! %
! {{abbr|P.|Position}}
! {{abbr|±%|Change in percentage value since previous election}}
|-
! [[2009 Salvadoran presidential election|2009]]
| [[Vice President of El Salvador]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}};" |
| [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]]
| [[Arturo Zablah]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}};" |
| [[Nationalist Republican Alliance|ARENA]]
| 1,354,000
| 51.32
| 1st
| N/A
| {{yes2|Won}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}};" |
| '''Gain'''
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[2014 Salvadoran presidential election|2014]]
| rowspan="2" | [[President of El Salvador]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}};" |
| rowspan="2" | FMLN
| rowspan="2" | [[Norman Quijano]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}};" |
| rowspan="2" | ARENA
| 1,315,768
| 48.93
| 1st
| N/A
| Runoff
| colspan="2" | N/A
|
|-
| 1,495,815
| 50.11
| 1st
| N/A
| {{yes2|Won}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}};" |
| Hold
|
|}

== See also ==

* [[List of heads of state and government who have been in exile]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180505060612/http://www.sanchezceren.com/ Archived official website] {{In lang|es}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/diputados/sceren.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080207193143/http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/diputados/sceren.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2008 |title=Salvador Sánchez Cerén |access-date=16 March 2009 |work=Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador |language=es}}

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