Norman Quijano
Salvadoran Politician
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 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.
Early life and education
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.
Political career
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.
On 28 October 2012, Norman Quijano ordered a clean up in the historic center of San Salvador, the country's capital.
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