Enrique Borgo Bustamante Explained

Enrique Borgo Bustamante
Office:Vice President of El Salvador
President:Armando Calderón Sol
Predecessor:José Francisco Merino López
Successor:Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
Termstart:1 June 1994
Termend:1 June 1999
Birth Date:22 August 1928
Birth Place:San Salvador, El Salvador
Party:Nationalist Republican Alliance
Education:Lawyer
Alma Mater:University of El Salvador

Enrique Borgo Bustamante is a politician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador from 1994 to 1999.[1]

Borgo was born on 22 August 1928 in San Salvador.[2] He graduated as a lawyer from the University of El Salvador in 1952,[3] and did a postgraduate degree in public finances, commercial and civil law in the University of Rome, as well as a degree in economic sciences in the University of El Salvador in 1967. Borgo is a businessman, former executive president of TACA International Airlines.

Borgo's political life started in 1960 as a private secretary of a government junta. Later he was elected by Legislative Assembly of El Salvador Borgo became the first designated person or first in the line of succession to the presidency (primer designado a la presidencia) between July 1977 and October 1979 for president general Carlos Humberto Romero. In 1990 President Alfredo Cristiani appointed him as an advisor to the El Salvador's UN mission in New York.

Borgo was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1994 elections, and served in the presidency of Armando Calderón Sol until 1999. He was also minister in the presidency.[4]

He was El Salvador's ambassador to Spain from 2004 to 2009.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enrique Borgo Bustamante: "Es hora de olvidar lo que pasó en el país hace 30 años" . elsalvador.com . es . 19 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Refworld El Salvador: Information on Enrique Borgo Bustamante (follow-up to SLV18558.E of 3 October 1994) . Refworld . United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . en.
  3. Web site: Latin Lawyer 250: Latin America's Leading Business Law Firms . Latin Lawyer, Law Business Research . en . 2009.
  4. Web site: ACUERDOS EJECUTIVOS DE ENCARGO DE DESPACHO PRESIDENCIAL 1994-1999 . www.transparencia.gob.sv . Portal de Transparencia - El Salvador.
  5. Web site: Los vicepresidentes posteriores a los Acuerdos de Paz - MedioLleno . MedioLleno . 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414230355/http://mediolleno.com.sv/noticias/los-vicepresidentes-posteriores-a-los-acuerdos-de-paz . 2019-04-14 .