Xavier Zablah Bukele

Xavier Eduardo Zablah Bukele is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who is the current president of the Nuevas Ideas political party. He is a cousin of Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador since 2019.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zablah and the second or maternal family name is Bukele.
Xavier Zablah Bukele
Zablah in 2020
2nd President of Nuevas Ideas
Assumed office
2 March 2020
Preceded byFederico Gerardo Anliker
Personal details
Born
Xavier Eduardo Zablah Bukele

El Salvador
Political partyNuevas Ideas
RelativesNayib Bukele (cousin)
EducationEscuela Panamericana

Early life

Xavier Eduardo Zablah Bukele's[1] mother is Mary Nelly Bukele Kattán, a sister of Armando Bukele Kattán. Through his uncle, Zablah is a cousin of Nayib Bukele, the incumbent president of El Salvador.[2][3] Zablah owns shares in four companies: Astra Motors, Check Out, Ahead, and Altermedia.[4]

Political career

Zablah was elected as the president of the Nuevas Ideas political party on 1 March 2020.[5] Zablah won the party's internal elections with 31,476 votes, defeating challengers Isabel Monje, who won 3,806 votes, and Israel Juárez, who won 868 votes. Zablah succeeded Federico Gerardo Anliker as the party's president.[6][7]

Electoral history
Year Office Type Party Main opponent Party Votes for Zablah Result Swing
Total  % P. ±%
2020 President of Nuevas Ideas Internal NI Isabel Monje NI 31,476 87.07 1st N/A Won N/A

References
  1. "Partido Políticos – Legalmente Inscritos" [Political Parties – Legally Registered]. Supreme Electoral Court. c. 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. Arauz, Sergio (24 January 2020). "Un Primo de Nayib Bukele se Perfila como Nuevo Jefe de Nuevas Ideas" [A Cousin of Nayib Bukele Become the New Leader of Nuevas Ideas]. El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. Alvarado, Jimmy; Labrador, Gabriel; Arauz, Sergio (17 June 2020). "The Bukele Clan that Rules with Nayib". El Faro. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. Villarroel, Gabriela (24 February 2020). "Xavier Zablah Bukele, el Favorito de la Dirigencia para Presidir Nuevas Ideas" [Xavier Zablah Bukele, the Leadership's Favorite to Preside Over New Ideas]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. "Xavier Zablah Bukele Nuevo Presidente del Partido Nuevas Ideas" [Xavier Zablah Bukele, New President of the Nuevas Ideas Party]. YouTube (in Spanish). Canal 12 El Salvador. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. "Xavier Zablah Bukele Sería el Máximo Líder de Nuevas Ideas" [Xavier Zablah Bukele will be Supreme Leader of Nuevas Ideas]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. "Xavi Zablah Bukele se Declara Secretario General de Nuevas Ideas" [Xavier Zablah Bukele is Declared as the Secretary General of Nuevas Ideas]. 102 Nueve (in Spanish). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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