Rafael Montalvo (politician)
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Rafael Montalvo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Montalvo in 2023 | |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador | |
| In office 1 May 1988 – 1 May 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1942 |
| Died | 9 July 2024 (aged 81) |
| Party | Nationalist Republican Alliance National Action Party National Conciliation Party Solidary Force |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman, author, agriculturist, agricultural engineer |
| Nickname | Lito |
Rafael Montalvo, known as Don Lito, (10 August 1942 – 8 July 2024) was a Salvadoran politician, businessman, author, agriculturist, and agricultural engineer. He served in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador as a member of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party from 1988 until 1991.[1][2] Many of his writings focused on daily life in El Salvador.
Montalvo was born on 10 August 1942.[2] In 1964, Montalvo graduated from Zamorano, an agricultural school in Honduras, and became an agricultural engineer and businessman focusing on agricultural products.[1] He served as the president of the Land Bank (el Banco de Tierra) from 1983 until 1988.[2] He was then elected to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1988 to 1991 as a member of the conservative ARENA party during the Salvadoran Civil War.[1]
In 2000, Montalvo ran for Mayor of San Salvador as the candidate from the National Action Party.[2] He was also a candidate for Mayor of Antiguo Cuscatlán in 2006 on the National Conciliation Party (PCN) ticket, but lost the election.[2] Montalvo ran for president of the ARENA party in 2017, but lost the party's internal election.[1]
In the 2024 Salvadoran presidential election, he ran unsuccessfully for Vice President of El Salvador as the running mate of presidential candidate Javier Renderos on the Solidary Force party ticket.[1]
Montalvo died from a cardiac arrest on 9 July 2024, at the age of 81.[1][2]
