Ernesto Castro

Ernesto Alfredo Castro Aldana[1] (born 26 May 1971)[2][3] is a Salvadoran politician who is the incumbent president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Aldana.
Ernesto Castro
President of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1 May 2021
PresidentNayib Bukele
Preceded byMario Ponce
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly
from San Salvador
Assumed office
1 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1971-05-26) 26 May 1971
El Salvador
Political partyNuevas Ideas
SpouseMichelle Sol
OccupationPolitician
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Political career

From 2012 to 2015, Castro was the secretary and private advisor to the municipal mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán, who was then Nayib Bukele.[4] From 2015 to 2018, he served as Bukele's Secretary and Private Advisor when he was serving as Mayor of San Salvador.[4] Castro became the private secretary to President Bukele on 1 June 2019.[4][5]

In the 2021 Salvadoran legislative election, Castro was elected as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from the department of San Salvador.[6] On 1 May 2021, he was voted in as the President of the Legislative Assembly with 64 votes in favor of him and 20 abstentions.[1][6][7][lower-alpha 1]

Personal life

Castro is married to Michelle Sol, the Minister of Housing of El Salvador.[5]

Notes
  1. 64 votes in favor from Nuevas Ideas, the Grand Alliance for National Unity, the National Coalition Party, and the Christian Democratic Party. 20 abstentions from the Nationalist Republican Alliance, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, Vamos, and Nuestro Tiempo.

References
  1. Magaña, Yolanda (1 May 2021). "¿Quién es el Nuevo Presidente de la Nueva Asamblea Legislativa?" [Who is the New President of the New Legislative Assembly?]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. "Birthdate of Ernesto Castro". Twitter (in Spanish). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. "El Salvador". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.
  4. "Ernesto Castro Aldana". Transparencia.gob (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. "El Equipo de Gobierno, el Secreto Mejor Guardado del Presidente Nayib Bukele" [The Government Team, the Most Guarded Secret of President Nayib Bukele]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. Segura, Edwin (1 May 2021). "Ernesto Castro, Favorito para Dirigir la Asamblea Legislativa" [Ernesto Castro, Favorite to Lead the Legislative Assembly]. LaprensaGrafica (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. Velásquez, Eugenia (1 May 2021). "Ernesto Castro Será el Nuevo Presidente de la Asamblea para los Tres Años de la Legislatura" [Ernesto Castro Will be the New President of the Assembly for the Three Years of the Legislature]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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