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Félix Ulloa
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Ulloa in 2023
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| 50th Vice President of El Salvador | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2019 |
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| President | Nayib Bukele |
| Preceded by | Óscar Ortiz |
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| Born | 6 April 1951 Chinameca, San Miguel, El Salvador |
| Political party | Nuevas Ideas (from 2023) Independent (until 2023) |
| Spouse |
Lilian Alvarenga de Ulloa
(m. 1973) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Complutense University of Madrid (JD) |
Félix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garay (born 6 April 1951) is a Salvadoran politician, speaker, professor, and lawyer who has been serving as the Vice President of El Salvador since 1 June 2019.
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Biography
Early life
Ulloa was born in Chinameca, in the department of San Miguel, on 6 April 1951. His parents were Margarita Garay and Félix Ulloa, the latter of whom became the rector of the University of El Salvador, where he was killed in an attack carried out by paramilitaries.
Education and legal career
Ulloa obtained his law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, in 1979, and received his PhD in Law cum laude. He completed postgraduate studies in Public Policy and Public Administration at the International Institute of Public Administration in Paris, France, and at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Minnesota, United States. He also completed a postgraduate degree in Banking and Finance at the Technological University of El Salvador (UTEC).
Early political career
After the civil war, Ulloa was elected as a Magistrate of the first Supreme Electoral Tribunal of El Salvador, where he served from 1994 to 1999. He also joined the Board of Surveillance of Political Parties from 1993 to 1994 and the Special Sub-Commission of the CO-PAZ. In 1992 and 1993, he edited the Electoral Code. Additionally, Ulloa was a part of the Political Commission of the National Revolutionary Movement Party, which was founded by his father and is affiliated with the Socialist International.
Constitutional reform
Ulloa presented constitutional amendments against laws that he believed supported an anti-democratic electoral system and impaired the ability of democracy to take hold. These constitutional resolutions substantially changed the electoral system, which was a product of the demands of unconstitutionality presented by Ulloa and other Salvadoran jurists. Ulloa successfully passed several amendments, including:
- Elimination of the "National List," which prevents senior political leaders from perpetuating themselves in the legislative branch. This was issued on 26 July 2010, by the Constitutional Chamber.
- Vote for face, allowing citizens to see the photograph of the candidate they are voting for.
- Vote crossed, enabling citizens to vote for several deputies and even from different political parties.
- Residential vote, allowing citizens and party militants to vote only in their municipality.
- Independent Deputies, allowing citizens without party militancy to run for the Legislative Assembly.
Presidential run
Following an invitation from Nayib Bukele to accompany him in the presidential formula of the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), consisting of the political parties GANA, Democratic Change (CD), and Nuevas Ideas (NI); Ulloa ran for vice-president. Winning the elections of 3 February 2019, he became the Vice President-elect and took office on 1 June 2019 alongside President-elect Bukele.
Vice-presidential term
President Nayib Bukele appointed Ulloa to lead Central American Integration and the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador, which has the goal of combating corruption and impunity, inside and outside the state. He is in charge of leading the Trifinio Plan, a tri-national treaty that involves the vice-presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, to improve the living conditions of border communities and to develop a process of environmental and territory management.
Ulloa attended the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla on 6 May 2023.
On 25 June 2023, Ulloa registered with Nuevas Ideas as a pre-candidate for a vice presidential re-election bid for the 2024 general election.
On 30 November 2023, Ulloa was granted a leave of absence by the Legislative Assembly to campaign for his re-election.
Personal life
He married psychologist Lilian Alvarenga de Ulloa in 1973 and has three children.
Awards and decorations
SICA: Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco Morazán (25 September 2023)
See also
In Spanish: Félix Ulloa para niños
