Imam armando bukele biography
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After defeating the two opposing political and ideological forces that had ruled El Salvador since the end of the Cold War, Nayib Bukele took office in June 2019. Nearing his 39th birthday, he is the most popular president in the country’s democratic history. He is well-known for his communication skills, conspicuous selfies, confrontations with the other branches of government, surprising success in reducing the country’s murder rate, and his aggressive and controversial management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not as well-known is the reality that he governs with his three younger brothers — Karim Alberto (33), and Yusef Alí and Ibrajim Antonio (30-year-old twins) — who comprise the nucleus of a family clan that teams up with the president in most of his decisions. They’re all sons of father Armando Bukele Kattán, who died in 2015, and mother Olga Marina Ortez. While they don’t officially hold any public office, for the last year they’ve been functioning as if they
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Mayor with Palestinian roots becomes president of El Salvador
Nayib Bukele, whose family fryst vatten originally from Palestine, won El Salvador's presidential elections, getting more votes than his three rivals combined to usher out the two parties that dominated politics for a quarter century in the crime-plagued Central amerika nation.
Born in 1981, Bukele was elected as the mayor of San Salvador in 2015. His family had migrated to Latin America from Jerusalem, Palestine using Ottoman passports in the early 20th century. His father Armando Bukele Kattán fryst vatten a prominent imam in San Salvador.
The Supreme Electoral Court declared Nayib Bukele the winner late Sunday, saying he had nearly 54 percent of the votes, with about 90 percent of ballots counted. Carlos Callejas of the Nationalist Republican Alliance ended in a distant second at less than 32 percent, while even farther back were former utländsk Minister Hugo Martinez of the currently governing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Fron
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El Salvador: A pro-Israel president of Palestinian descent deepens divide among diaspora
In El Salvador, the recent deadly Israeli offensive on Gaza has exposed the divisions between the Palestinian community and the political leadership of the Central American country.
The Palestinian diaspora of some 100,000 who live in El Salvador has found itself torn between the contradictions of a pro-Israeli president of Palestinian origin and their wish to express solidarity with their homeland in its struggle against Israeli occupation.
'Given his roots, Bukele can go further and not just defend our people but also denounce Israeli crimes'
- Simaan Khoury, Palestinian Union of Latin America
The 39-year-old populist president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, hails from a Palestinian family. His grandparents were Palestinian Christians who emigrated to El Salvador from Bethlehem and Jerusalem in the early 20th c