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Also Known As Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez
Born July 24, 1981 (age 45) ‱ San Salvador ‱ El Salvador
Title / Office president (2019-), El Salvador

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Nayib Bukele on election day
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Alfredo Cristiani
president of El Salvador
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Antonio Saca
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José Napoleon Duarte
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Carlos Humberto Romero
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American poet Carolyn Forché, 1989
Carolyn Forché
American poet
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St. Óscar Romero
St. Óscar Romero
Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop
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