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Salvador Sánchez Cerén

1944– · 20th century

Salvador Sánchez Cerén is a Salvadoran former schoolteacher and guerrilla commander of the FMLN during the civil war, and a signatory of the Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992. He served as vice-president from 2009 and as president from 2014 to 2019, the first former guerrilla to hold the office. He later went to live in Nicaragua.

Salvador Sánchez Cerén
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Salvador Sánchez Cerén. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/salvador-sanchez-ceren
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“Salvador Sánchez Cerén.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/salvador-sanchez-ceren. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Salvador Sánchez Cerén.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/salvador-sanchez-ceren.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Salvador Sánchez Cerén’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/salvador-sanchez-ceren (Accessed: ).

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