José Francisco Merino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Merino and the second or maternal family name is López.
José Francisco Merino López
Vice President of El Salvador
In office
1 June 1989 – 1 June 1994
PresidentAlfredo Cristiani
Preceded byRodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount
Succeeded byEnrique Borgo Bustamante
Personal details
Born29 February 1952
San Miguel
Political partyNationalist Republican Alliance (1981–1996)
National Conciliation Party (since 1996)

José Francisco Merino López is a politician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994.[1]

Merino was born on 29 February 1952,[2] in San Miguel.[3] He studied in the University of El Salvador.[3]

Merino was reported to have been a confidant of right-wing death squad leader Roberto d'Aubuisson.[4] He was a member of the constituent assembly from 1982 to 1984.[3]

Merino was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1989 elections, and served in the presidency of Alfredo Cristiani until 1994.[3] He was additionally Minister of Interior from 1989 to 1990.[3] He was a elected as a member of Central American Parliament from 1994 to 1999.[3] In 1996 he left Nationalist Republican Alliance and joined National Conciliation Party.[3] He was president of the Court of Accounts from 1998 to 1999.[3]

Merino has been elected to Legislative Assembly of El Salvador consequently from 2000 to 2021.[3]

References

  1. ^ "El sube y baja del poder electoral.pdf" (PDF). La Prensa Gráfica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  2. ^ "El Salvador - Legislative Assembly - Finance Committee". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. IPU.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CURRICULUM VITAE JOSÉ FRANCISCO MERINO LÓPEZ, DIPUTADO" (PDF). transparencia.asamblea.gob.sv/. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
  4. ^ Farah, Douglas (28 May 1989). "SALVADORAN PRESIDENT-ELECT FACING STIFF CHALLENGES". Washington Post.
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