Cabinet of Nayib Bukele

Cabinet of Nayib Bukele
Cabinet of El Salvador
Incumbent
Nayib Bukele heading a cabinet meeting, November 2023
Date formed	1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
People and organisations
President	Nayib Bukele Claudia Rodríguez (acting) [a]
Vice President	Félix Ulloa
No. of ministers	16
Ministers removed	11
Total no. of members	27
Member party	Nuevas Ideas
Status in legislature	Opposition (2019–2021) Supermajority (2021–present)
History
Elections	2019 presidential election 2024 presidential election
Legislature terms	XII Legislative Assembly XIII Legislative Assembly XIV Legislative Assembly
Predecessor	Salvador Sánchez Cerén

The cabinet of Nayib Bukele formed on 1 June 2019 to serve as President Nayib Bukele's cabinet from 1 June 2019 until 1 June 2029.

List of cabinet members

Current cabinet members

After Bukele's second inauguration on 1 June 2024, the Salvadoran government announced that all cabinet members would retain their positions until further notice. ^[1]

Bukele's cabinet on 1 June 2019

Office	Officeholder		Assumed office	Ref.
Minister of the Interior		Juan Carlos Bidegain Hananía	7 April 2021	[2]
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Juana Alexandra Hill Tinoco	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Justice and Public Security		Héctor Gustavo Villatoro Funes	26 March 2021	[4]
Minister of Finance		Jerson Rogelio Posada Molina	18 July 2023	[5]
Minister of the Economy		María Luisa Hayem Breve	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Education		José Mauricio Pineda Rodríguez	22 February 2022	[6]
Minister of National Defense		René Francis Merino Monroy	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Labor		Óscar Rolando Castro	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock		Óscar Enrique Guardado Calderón	14 December 2022	[7]
Minister of Health		Francisco José Alabí Montoya	27 March 2020	[8]
Minister of Public Works		Édgar Romeo Rodríguez Herrera	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of the Environment		Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Tourism		Morena Ileana Valdéz Vigil	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Culture		Raúl Neftalí Castillo Rosales	19 June 2024	[9]
Minister of Housing		Irma Michelle Martha Ninette Sol Schweikert	1 June 2019	[3]
Minister of Local Development		María Ofelia Navarrete de Dubón	1 June 2019	[3]

Former cabinet members

Office	Officeholder		Assumed office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Health		Ana del Carmen Orellana Bendek	1 June 2019	27 March 2020	[3]
Minister of Finance		Nelson Eduardo Fuentes Menjívar	1 June 2019	28 July 2020	[3]
Minister of Culture		Suecy Beverly Callejas Estrada	1 June 2019	1 November 2020	[3]
Minister of the Interior and Territorial Development		Mario Edgardo Durán Gavidia	1 June 2019	20 November 2020	[3]
Minister of Justice and Public Security		Rogelio Eduardo Rivas Polanco	1 June 2019	26 March 2021	[3]
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock		Pablo Salvador Anliker Infante	1 June 2019	7 April 2021	[3]
Minister of Education		Carla Evelyn Hananía de Varela	1 June 2019	22 February 2022	[3]
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock		David Josué Martínez Panameño	7 April 2021	9 March 2022	[10]
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock		Enrique José Arturo Parada Rivas	9 March 2022	14 December 2022	[11]
Minister of Finance		José Alejandro Zelaya Villalobo	28 July 2020	18 July 2023	[12]
Minister of Culture		Mariemm Eunice Pleitez Quiñónez	30 July 2021	19 June 2024	[13]

See also

• Nayib Bukele

Notes

1. 1 December 2023 – 1 June 2024

References

1. "Gobierno de El Salvador da Luz Sobre Nuevo Gabinete" [Government of El Salvador Gives Light Regarding New Cabinet]. Prensa Latina (in Spanish). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
2. Beltrán Luna, Jorge; Hernández, Nancy (7 April 2021). "Bukele Nombra como Ministro de Gobernación a Hijo de Ministra de Educación" [Bukele the Son of the Minister of Education as the Minister of the Interior]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
3. Alas, Liseth (1 June 2019). "Estos son los Funcionarios que Integrarán el Gabinete de Nayib Bukele" [These Will be the Ministers Who Will Compose Nayib Bukele's Cabinet]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. Papadovassilakis, Alex (2 April 2021). "In El Salvador, a New Security Minister With a Dubious Past". InSight Crime . Retrieved 22 October 2023.
5. Renteria, Nelson; Siniawski, Natalia (18 July 2023). Janowski, Tomasz (ed.). "El Salvador's President Appoints Finance Minister Zelaya's Replacement". Reuters . Retrieved 18 July 2023.
6. "Bukele Nombra a José Mauricio Pineda como Ministro Interino de Educación" [Bukele Names José Mauricio Pineda as Interim Minister of Education]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
7. Alfaro, Xiomara (14 December 2022). "Gobierno Nombra a Cuarto Ministro de Agricultura en la Gestión de Nayib Bukele" [The Government Names a Fourth Minister of Agriculture During Nayib Bukele's Term]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
8. Fonseca, M. (27 March 2020). "Bukele Juramenta a Francisco Alabí como Nuevo Ministro de Salud" [Bukele Swears In Francisco Alabí as the New Minister of Health]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
9. "Nombran al Diputado Raúl Castillo como Nuevo Ministro de Cultura" [They Name Deputy Raúl Castillo as New Minister of Culture]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
10. "David Martínez es Juramentado como Nuevo Ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería" [David Martínez is Inaugurated as the New Minister of Agriculture and Livestock]. Government of El Salvador (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
11. Ramírez, Karla (9 March 2022). "Nombran a Enrique Parada como Nuevo Ministro Interino de Agricultura y Ganadería" [They Name Enrique Parada as the New Interim Minister of Agriculture and Livestock]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
12. Mejía, Juan Carlos (18 July 2023). "Gobierno Remueve a Alejandro Zelaya como Ministro de Hacienda y lo Nombra Director País del BCIE" [Government Removes Alejandro Zelaya as Minister of Finance and Names Him as National Director of BCIE]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
13. Merlos, Jessica (30 July 2021). "¿Cuál es el Perfil de la Nueva Ministra y el Viceministro de Cultura?" [What is the Profile of the New Minister and Vice Minister of Culture?]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.