Person in history
Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79th President of El Salvador (born 1959)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · January 21
Their story
Who they were
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena was a Salvadoran politician and 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). He described himself as center-left, though he was also described as left-wing, and left-wing populist.
Why this date
Mauricio Funes appears on our January 21 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Mauricio Funes
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January 21 2025.
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