Numan Pompilio Salgado García (born 11 January 1968) is a Salvadoran politician, lawyer, and businessman who served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2024. He also served as the first secretary of the Legislative Assembly from 2018 to 2021 and the second secretary from 2021 to 2024.
Numan Salgado | |
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 Salgado in 2021 | |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Miguel | |
| In office 1 May 2015 – 1 May 2024 | |
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| Born | Numan Pompilio Salgado García 11 January 1968 El Salvador |
| Political party | Grand Alliance for National Unity |
| Alma mater | Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer, businessman |
Early life
editNuman Pompilio Salgado García was born on 11 January 1968.[1] He graduated from the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School as a bachelor in judicial sciences.[2]
Political career
editDuring the 2012 legislative election, Salgado ran with the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) seeking to be elected as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly, however, he was not elected.[3]
During the 2015 legislative election, the Supreme Electoral Court suspended the candidacy of Sandra Salgado, his sister, as deputy to the Legislative Assembly. Salgado replaced his sister as one of GANA's candidate for deputy from San Miguel;[4] Salgado was elected as a deputy. He was a member of the women and gender equality commission, the narrator of the foreign relations, Central American integration, and Salvadorans in the exterior commission, and the president of the youth and sport commission.[2]
Salgado was re-elected in the 2018 legislative election.[2] Salgado's supplement deputy was Gloria Elizabeth Gómez, his former sister-in-law. Salgado was the first secretary of the Legislative Assembly.[3] He was also the narrator of the women and gender equality commission, the president of the foreign relations, Central American integration, and Salvadorans in the exterior commission, and the president of the youth and sport commission.[2] In February 2020, Salgado defended President Nayib Bukele's ordering of 40 soldiers of the Salvadoran Armed Forces to enter the meeting room of the Legislative Assembly amidst a political stalemate regarding the approval of a US$109 million loan to fund his Territorial Control Plan.[3]
Salgado was re-elected in the 2021 legislative election.[5] Salgado's supplement deputy was Karla Yuriko Salgado, his niece.[3] On 1 May 2021, he was elected as the second secretary of the Legislative Assembly.[6] That same day, he voted with the Nuevas Ideas supermajority in the Legislative Assembly to remove the 5 justices of the Supreme Court's Constitutional Court and remove Attorney General Raúl Melara.[3] He was a member of the public works, transportation, and housing commission.[7] On 8 June 2021, Salgado voted in favor of adopting the Bitcoin Law to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador.[3]
Salgado sought re-election in the 2024 legislative election;[8] Salgado lost re-election.[9]
Personal life
editSalgado owns the company Salgado Brothers Commercial San Miguel.[2]
Salgado has a sister, Sandra,[4] and a brother, Wilfredo, who formerly served as the mayor of San Miguel.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Numan Pompilio Salgado García". El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Diputado Numan Pompilio Salgado García" [Deputy Numan Pompilio Salgado García]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Numan Salgado – Diputado de GANA" [Numan Salgado – Deputy from GANA]. Alharaca (in Spanish). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "GANA Inscribe ante TSE a Numan Salgado como Candidato a Diputado de San Miguel" [GANA Registers Numan Saglado with the TSE as Deputy Candidate from San Miguel]. Diario1 (in Spanish). 17 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Alas, Saraí (7 March 2021). "GANA Ratifica Diputación de Numan Salgado en San Miguel" [GANA Ratifies Deputyship of Numan Saglado in San Miguel]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Velásquez, Eugenia (1 May 2021). "Ernesto Castro Será el Nuevo Presidente de la Asamblea para los Tres Años de la Legislatura" [Ernesto Castro Will be the New President of the Assembly for the Three Years of the Legislature]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Comisión: Obras Públicas, Transporte, y Vivienda" [Commission: Public Works, Transportation, and Housing]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "¿Quiénes son los Candidatos a Diputados Propietarios para la Asamblea Legislativa Inscritos en los Comicios 2024?" [Who Are the Proprietary Deputy Candidates for the Legislative Assembly Registered with the Rallies in 2024?]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Morales, David (18 February 2024). "Diputados de Nuevas Ideas, Aliados de Bukele y Opositores, Perdieron su Curul en la Asamblea Legislativa" [Deputies of Nuevas Ideas, Bukele's Allies, and Members of the Opposition who Lost Their Seat in the Legislative Assembly]. La Noticia SV (in Spanish). El Salvador. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Numan Salgado: FMLN Tiene Miedo que Mi Hermano Vuelva a Buscar Alcaldía de San Miguel" [Numan Saglado: The FMLN Is Scared that My Brother Will Again Seek to be Mayor of San Miguel]. Diario 1 (in Spanish). 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
