Hugo Martínez (politician)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Bonilla.
Hugo Martínez
Martínez in 2016
Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
In office
1 June 2014 – 28 May 2018
PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded byJaime Miranda
Succeeded byCarlos Alfredo Castaneda
In office
1 June 2009 – 20 July 2013
PresidentMauricio Funes
Preceded byMarisol Argueta de Barillas
Succeeded byJaime Miranda
Secretary General of the Central American Integration System
In office
20 July 2013 – 30 May 2014
Preceded byJuan Daniel Alemán
Succeeded byVictoria Marina Velásquez
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office
1 May 2003 – 30 April 2009
Personal details
Born
Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla

(1968-01-02) 2 January 1968 (age 56)
Polorós, El Salvador
Political partyFarabundo Martí National Liberation Front
EducationUniversity of El Salvador
OccupationIndustrial engineer
Diplomat

Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla (born 2 January 1968) is a Salvadoran industrial engineer, politician, diplomat and writer. He is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), one of the two major political parties in El Salvador. Martínez served as Foreign Minister of El Salvador from 2009 until 2013 under former President Mauricio Funes and again from 2014 to 2018 within the government of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén.[1] In 2019, being the ruling party presidential candidate, he came 3rd with 14%.

2019 presidential election

Main article: 2019 Salvadoran presidential election
Martinez meets with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly in Washington, D.C., on 18 May 2017.

In April 2018, Martínez announced that he would resign from the foreign ministry in order to seek the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party nomination in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election.[2] On 27 May 2018, Martinez won the FMLN presidential nomination in the internal party election.[3] Martínez won the party nomination with 20,259 votes to defeat his primary opponent, former Minister of Public Works Gerson Martínez.[3] FMLN party members also selected Karina Sosa, a deputy in the National Assembly, as Martinez's running mate for Vice President of El Salvador. Sosa run unopposed for the vice presidential nomination.[4]

During the campaign, Martínez promised to continue the crime prevention Safe El Salvador Plan created by outgoing President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, which stations the National Civil Police of El Salvador throughout the country.[1] Martínez also pledged to support several social programs begun by President Sánchez and create education and development initiatives in rural areas.[1]

By late January 2019, just days before election, Martínez was polling in third place behind front runner Nayib Bukele of the Grand Alliance for National Unity and businessman Carlos Calleja of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).[5] The presidential election was held on 3 February 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c Sweigart, Emilie (30 January 2019). "El Salvador: Meet the Candidates in Latin America's First Election of 2019". Americas Quarterly. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ Velásquez, Eugenia (23 April 2018). "Hugo Martínez se inscribe como precandidato a la presidencia por el FMLN". elsalvador.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Soriano, Antonio (30 May 2018). "Hugo Martínez ganó con 20,259 votos en el FMLN". El Mundo (El Salvador). Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. ^ Hernández, William A. (20 July 2018). "Karina Sosa será la compañera de fórmula de Hugo Martínez del FMLN". El Diario de Hoy. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  5. ^ Sonneland, Holly K. (24 January 2019). "Poll Tracker: El Salvador's 2019 Presidential Election". Americas Society Council of the Americas. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.