Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara facts for kids
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Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara
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Rodríguez as Director of Municipal Works
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| Acting President of El Salvador | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Nayib Bukele |
| Director of Municipal Works | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2021 |
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| President | Nayib Bukele |
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| Born | El Salvador |
| Alma mater | Francisco Gavidia University |
| Occupation | Politician, accountant |
Claudia Juana Rodríguez de Guevara is a Salvadoran politician and accountant who succeeded President Nayib Bukele as acting president of El Salvador on 1 December 2023 and previously served as his private secretary. She will serve as as acting president until 1 June 2024, the end of the current presidential term. Rodríguez is the first Salvadoran female head of state.
Early life
Rodríguez attended the Francisco Gavidia University where she graduated as a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Rodríguez previously served as a bidding and billing manager for Servicios Quirúrgicos de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. and as a finance manager for Obermet, S.A. de C.V., a company owned by the Bukele family.
Political career
From 2012 to 2015, she served as a finance manager for the municipality of Nuevo Cuscatlán while Nayib Bukele was its mayor. She served as the municipal treasurer of San Salvador while Bukele was its mayor from 2015 to 2018. Rodríguez previously served as the coordinator of the FANTEL-Dalton scholarships.
During Bukele's presidency, Rodríguez continued her service as a finance manager. In November 2022, Rodríguez became the director of the Emergency Committee and oversaw the allocation of US$2 billion of funds to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. On 25 November 2021, she was appointed by Bukele as the president of the board of directors of the Directorate of Municipal Works. On 17 March 2022, Bukele named Rodríguez as his private secretary. She replaced Ernesto Castro, who had earlier assumed office as president of the Legislative Assembly. On 21 April 2023, Rodríguez was named as the representative of the board of directors of the Road Conservation Fund.
Acting presidency
On 30 November 2023, the Legislative Assembly selected Rodríguez as the country's acting president after granting Bukele a leave of absence to focus on his 2024 re-election campaign. She was confirmed with 67 in favor and 11 against with 6 absent out of 84 votes. She officially assumed office on 1 December as the country's first female president and will serve until the end of the presidential term on 1 June 2024.
See also
In Spanish: Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara para niños
