Norman Quijano

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Norman Quijano
106th President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office 1 May 2018 – 1 November 2019
Preceded by	Guillermo Gallegos
Succeeded by	Mario Ponce
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador
In office 1 May 2018 – 1 May 2021
Mayor of San Salvador
In office 1 May 2009 – 1 May 2015
Preceded by	Violeta Menjívar
Succeeded by	Nayib Bukele
Personal details
Born	Norman Noel Quijano González (1946-11-02) 2 November 1946 (age 78) Santa Ana, El Salvador
Political party	Nationalist Republican Alliance
Alma mater	University of El Salvador

Norman Noel Quijano González (born 2 November 1946) is a Salvadoran politician and former Mayor of San Salvador, under the Nationalist Republican Alliance ticket, serving from 1 May 2009 until his resignation on 15 August 2013 in order to run as a presidential candidate. He is said to have a net worth of $2.2billion. He was succeeded by Gloria Calderón de Oñate while the presidential campaign was taking place. After the election, he returned to the mayor office to resume his duties.

He served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from May 2018 to November 2019.^[1]

Quijano was born on 2 November 1946 in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He graduated from high school in National Institute General Francisco Menéndez, and then as a doctor of dental surgery from the University of El Salvador in 1977.^{[citation needed]}

He started in politics when he served as the Manager of Social Action of the Municipality of San Salvador during the municipal government of Armando Calderón Sol between the years 1989 to 1994. Since 1994, he has participated in five continuous legislative periods and was secretary of the Board of the Legislative Assembly during the period 2006 to 2009.

In 2008 he was nominated as the candidate of the Nationalist Republican Alliance for mayor of San Salvador, a position he obtained in open elections 18 January 2009 and took office on 1 May of the same year.^[2]

On 28 October 2012, Norman Quijano ordered a clean up in the historic center of San Salvador, the country's capital. The municipal police removed street vendors in the middle of the night.^[3][4]

According to official statements, the debt inherited from previous administrations exceeds the $32 million, currently has decreased to $27 million.^[5] According to economic analysts, for the first time in its history the mayorship of San Salvador achieved a surplus, it ended 2011 with nearly $4 million surplus.^[6]

On 20 August 2012, he was appointed as ARENA's presidential candidate for 2014 elections. On 15 August 2013, he resigned his position as mayor to run for president. In the first round on 2 February 2014, he placed second behind Salvador Sánchez Cerén with 39.0% of the vote but in the runoff on 9 March, he narrowly lost the runoff to Sánchez Cerén with 49.9% of the popular vote.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2024, Norman was sentenced in absentia to 13 years and 4 months imprisonment for illicit negotiations and electoral fraud.^[7]

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