One of the new officials is Juan Carlos Bidegaín as the new Home Secretary, son of the current Education Minister.
In any case, this Wednesday, the appointments of four new government officials are announced to replace positions in some state portfolios.
In the afternoon, President Nayib Bukele swore to the new Interior Minister, Juan Carlos Bidegaín, who is also the son of the head of education Carla Hananía de Varela, as El Diario de Hoy has verified with official documents.
Bukele said via his Twitter account that Bidegaín has been part of his government since its inception, “he worked as a director at the Deputy Ministry of Transport and coordinated the logistics of the PES from September 2020 until now from the Ministry of Health, the SEM And the Interdisciplinary Epidemiological Containment Team.
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Bidegaín will take over from Mario Durán, who was in charge of that institution and who will take over as mayor of San Salvador in a few weeks’ time after winning elections last February.
Juan Carlos Bidegaín Hananía, son of the current Minister of Education, will be the new head of the Interior. Photo Courtesy: Twitter account: @nayibbukele
It was previously known that Pablo Anliker was deposed as head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). While the announcement of his resignation has not been made official by the Executive, Anliker has already withdrawn his position from his Twitter account.
David Martínez, a veterinarian graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, who worked at CENTA and was also Managing Director of Animal Husbandry at MAG, was appointed in his place.
David Martínez is the new Agriculture Minister. He was sworn in by Conan Castro, Legal Secretary to the Presidency. Non-commercial illustrative photo / twitter.com/Meganoticias19/status/1379894374784507904?s=20
The government cabinet changes are taking place a few days after the list of corrupt people in Central America is out, among which several Salvadoran officials are said to be named.
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Rolando Brizuela would also be hired as Superintendent of the Financial System (SSF), as confirmed by government sources to the El Faro newspaper.
Brizuela would take the position left by Héctor Gustavo Villatoro, who was sworn in as the new Justice and Security Minister on March 26, replacing Rogelio Rivas.
Bukele confirmed that the change at the Ministry of Security is the result of a “new vision” in the field of crime fighting. Photo: Courtesy / Press Secretary to the Presidency
Rivas had controlled that state portfolio since Nayib Bukele assumed the presidency on June 1, 2019. The president did not provide details of the reason for Rivas’s departure.
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In the afternoon, Bukele also announced another change: the creation of the National Directorate of Municipal Works with GOES funds, which “will be responsible for approving the projects requested by the mayors,” he explained.
The official responsible for this direction is Álvaro O’Byrne, the current director of FOVIAL.
While Bukele was FOVIAL’s new director, he confirmed Alexander Ernesto Beltrán, the MOP’s Director of Construction and Maintenance of Public Works.
Alexander Ernesto Beltrán, new director of FOVIAL. Photo: Courtesy of @nayibbukele