José Francisco Merino
Salvadoran politician
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José Francisco Merino López (born 29 February 1952) is a politician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994.[1]
José Francisco Merino López | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of El Salvador | |
| In office 1 June 1989 – 1 June 1994 | |
| President | Alfredo Cristiani |
| Preceded by | Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Borgo Bustamante |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from Santa Ana | |
| In office 1 May 2000 – 1 May 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 February 1952 San Miguel, El Salvador |
| Party | Nationalist Republican Alliance (1981–1996) National Coalition Party (since 1996) |
Merino was born on 29 February 1952,[2] in San Miguel.[3] He studied in the University of El Salvador.[3]
Merino was reported to have been a confidant of right-wing death squad leader Roberto d'Aubuisson.[4] He was a member of the constituent assembly from 1982 to 1984.[3]
Merino was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1989 elections, and served in the presidency of Alfredo Cristiani until 1994.[3] He was additionally Minister of Interior from 1989 to 1990.[3] He was a elected as a member of Central American Parliament from 1994 to 1999.[3] In 1996 he left Nationalist Republican Alliance and joined National Conciliation Party.[3] He was president of the Court of Accounts from 1998 to 1999.[3]
Merino has been elected to Legislative Assembly of El Salvador consequently from 2000 to 2021.[3]
