Salvador Sánchez Cerén

Salvador Sánchez Cerén is a Salvadoran politician and former guerrilla commander who served as president of El Salvador from 2014 to 2019.

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front: A Salvadoran political party formed from the coalition of leftist guerrilla groups that fought the government during the civil war. Sánchez Cerén helped lead the FMLN before it became a governing party.
People's Revolutionary Army (El Salvador): A Salvadoran leftist guerrilla organization that became one of the groups united in the FMLN. Sánchez Cerén was associated with this guerrilla organization during the civil war.
Presidency of El Salvador: The national executive office that leads the government of El Salvador. Sánchez Cerén exercised this office from 2014 to 2019.
Nationalist Republican Alliance: A Salvadoran conservative political party commonly known as ARENA. ARENA was the FMLN’s principal rival and governed before the party’s electoral victories.
Mauricio Funes: A Salvadoran journalist and politician who served as president from 2009 to 2014. Funes was the first FMLN president and preceded Sánchez Cerén in office.
Chapultepec Peace Accords: The 1992 agreements that ended El Salvador’s civil war and established reforms for political and security institutions. The accords transformed the FMLN from an armed coalition into a legal political party.
2014 Salvadoran presidential election: The election in which Salvador Sánchez Cerén won El Salvador’s presidency in a second-round vote. The close runoff gave Sánchez Cerén the mandate for his presidential term.
Salvadoran politics: The institutions, parties, and political contests through which El Salvador is governed. Sánchez Cerén’s presidency belongs to a broader transition from civil-war-era party competition.
Nayib Bukele: A Salvadoran politician who became president in 2019 after serving as mayor of San Salvador. Bukele succeeded Sánchez Cerén and campaigned against the established parties.
Salvadoran armed forces: The military institutions responsible for El Salvador’s national defense and security. The armed forces fought the guerrillas before the peace accords redefined their role.

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