Reynaldo Cardoza
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30 May 1975
Reynaldo Cardoza | |
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Cardoza (far-right) in 2025 | |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from Chalatenango | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza 30 May 1975 Dulce Nombre de María, El Salvador |
| Party | National Coalition Party |
| Spouse | Alma Yaneth Gutiérrez de López |
| Occupation | Politician |
Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza (born 30 May 1975) is a Salvadoran politician who serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. He served as the legislature's second secretary from 2024 to 2025.
Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza was born on 30 May 1975 in Dulce Nombre de María, El Salvador.[1]: 1
Political career
In 2009, Cardoza became a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from the Chalatenango Department as a member of the National Coalition Party (PCN).[1]: 2 Cardoza was a member of the directorial board of the AD Chalatenango association football team during the 2010s.[2]
On 1 May 2024, Cardoza was elected as the second secretary of the Legislative Assembly for the first half of the 14th legislative term, after which, he was be succeeded by fellow PCN deputy Serafín Orantes.[3] In 2025, Cardoza remarked that El Salvador was not "the world's prison" ("cárcel de todo el mundo"), in reference to the housing of prisoners from the United States in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).[4]
Cardoza is seeking re-election in the 2027 legislative election.[5]