In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Funes and the second or maternal family name is Cartagena.
Mauricio Funes
Funes in 2008
41st President of El Salvador
In office 1 June 2009 – 1 June 2014
Vice President
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded by
Antonio Saca
Succeeded by
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Personal details
Born
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
(1959-10-18) 18 October 1959 (age 64) San Salvador, El Salvador
Citizenship
El Salvador (until 2019)
Nicaragua (since 2019)
Political party
Independent (2014–present)
Other political affiliations
FMLN (2007–2014)
Spouse
Vanda Pignato
(m. 1993; sep. 2004)
Domestic partner
Ada Mitchell Guzmán (2014–present)
Criminal information
Criminal status
Convicted
Criminal charge
Illicit enrichment, tax evasion and corruption
Penalty
14 years in prison (Negoations relating to the 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce)
6 years in prison (Tax evasion and Corruption)
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 18 October 1959) is a Salvadoran politician and former journalist who served as the 41st President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party and took office on 1 June 2009. Since 2014, Funes and his immediate family have been living in exile in Nicaragua due to allegations of criminality during his tenure. In July 2023, he was placed under sanctions by the U.S. State Department due to his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to the gang truces he made while in office, illicit enrichment, and tax evasion.[1]
^"State Department sanctions 2 former Salvadoran leaders, dozens of officials in Central America". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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