Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara
Designated president of El Salvador since 2023 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claudia Juana Rodríguez de Guevara (born 1980 or 1981) is a Salvadoran accountant who briefly served as presidential designate and the acting president of El Salvador from 1 December 2023 to 1 June 2024. She assumed presidential powers and duties after President Nayib Bukele was granted a leave of absence by the Legislative Assembly to focus on his 2024 re-election campaign, which some constitutional lawyers have argued violates the country's constitution.[2][3]
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara | |
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President of El Salvador | |
In office 1 December 2023 – 31 May 2024 | |
President | Nayib Bukele (suspended) |
First Presidential Designate of El Salvador | |
In office 1 December 2023 – 1 June 2024 | |
President | Nayib Bukele |
Preceded by | Medardo González[1] |
Director of Municipal Works | |
Assumed office 25 November 2021 | |
President | Nayib Bukele |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 42–43) El Salvador |
Political party | Nuevas Ideas |
Occupation | Accountant |
Rodríguez served as a finance manager for Bukele both before and during his presidency from 2019 to 2023. In 2021, Rodríguez was appointed as the Director of Municipal Works, and in 2022, she was named as Bukele's private secretary. On 30 November 2023, after granting Bukele and Vice President Félix Ulloa a leave of absence to run for re-election in the 2024 election, Rodríguez was selected by the Legislative Assembly to serve as designated president, a position she assumed the following day. Her appointment as presidential designate to assume presidential duties and powers has been criticized by lawyers as unconstitutional. Rodríguez is the first woman to hold presidential powers in El Salvador.