Ernesto Muyshondt

Ernesto Luis Muyshondt García–Prieto (born 30 August 1975 San Salvador), is a Salvadoran businessman, politician and member of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party. He served as the Mayor of San Salvador, the capital and largest city in El Salvador, from 2018 to 2021. He was previously a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 2015 until 2018.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muyshondt and the second or maternal family name is García–Prieto.
Ernesto Muyshondt
Muyshondt in 2018
Mayor of San Salvador
In office
1 May 2018 – 30 April 2021
Preceded byNayib Bukele
Succeeded byMario Durán
Member of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for San Salvador
In office
1 May 2015 – 30 April 2018
Personal details
Born (1975-08-30) 30 August 1975
San Salvador, El Salvador
Political partyNationalist Republican Alliance
SpouseKarla Belismelis de Muyshondt
EducationJosé Matías Delgado University
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Biography

In 2017, incumbent San Salvador Mayor Nayib Bukele was expelled from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party. In response, Bukele announced that he would seek a new political party and run for president in the 2019 Salvadoran presidential election.[1] The political upheaval came less than six months before the 2018 Salvadoran municipal elections, when voters would choose a new Mayor of San Salvador.[1]

The right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) selected Ernesto Muyshondt, a deputy in the Legislative Assembly, as its candidate.[1] The ruling FMLN, which had held the mayor's office until it expelled Bukele from the party, chose Jackeline Rivera, a National Assembly deputy from Cuscatlán and former child soldier during the Salvadoran Civil War, as its candidate for mayor.[1] Observers believed that Muyshondt had the edge in the race.[1] Muyshondt easily defeated Rivera in the mayoral election on 4 March 2018.[2] Muyshondt received 88,194 votes, or 61.2%, while Rivera placed a distant second with 39,736 votes, or 27.61%.[3]

Muyshondt was inaugurated as Mayor of San Salvador on 1 May 2018.[4]

In the legislative elections, held in February 2021, Muyshondt lost re-election for the Mayor of San Salvador against the candidate of Nuevas Ideas, Mario Durán.[5] On 4 June 2021, he was placed under house arrest on suspicions of electoral fraud and illegal negotiations with gangs.[6] He was hospitalized in January 2023 following a "prolonged hunger strike".[7]

References
  1. Leidloff, Anne (30 October 2017). "El Salvador: Expelled by the FMLN, San Salvador's Mayor will Run for President". Latin America Bureau. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. "FMLN Goes Down to Defeat in El Salvador". El Salvador Perspectives. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. "Muyshondt Ganó Elección con 88 Mil 194 Votos" [Muyshondt Won the Election with 88 Thousand 194 Votes]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 14 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. Benitez, Beatriz (1 May 2018). "Ernesto Muyshondt Asume como Alcalde de San Salvador" [Ernesto Muyshondt Assumes Office of Mayor of San Salvador]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. Marsh, Aygen (3 March 2021). "New Ideas Won 17 Mayors Out Of 19 In San Salvador, According To Preliminary Results". Amico Hoops. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  6. Villarán, Julio (4 June 2021). "PNC Captura al Ernesto Muyshondt por Apropiación Indebida de Retenciones en Perjuicio de la Hacienda Pública" [PNC Captures Ernesto Muyshondt for Misappropriation of Retentions to the Detriment of the Public Finance]. La Página (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. López Vides, Carlos (26 January 2023). "Ernesto Muyshondt Está Hospitalizado tras Prolongada Huelga de Hambre" [Ernesto Muyshondt is Hospitalized after a Prolonged Hunger Strike]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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