Bukele appoints new officials to his state cabinet

A deputy Bokil sworn in new officials in his government on Friday. As Deputy Minister of the Interior and Regional Development, Raul Antonio Juarez Sestone, who held the position of National Director in the Ministry of Education, was appointed.

Cestoni is an architect who graduated in 1993, holds a master’s degree in business administration, business school and industrial organization from Complutense University in Spain, and has training in finance and project management, according to data from the Transpar.gob.sv portal.

In 2019, following the arrival of the current administration of the central government, he took the position of Deputy Minister of Transport and resigned in August, less than two months after taking office. And he claimed in his resignation “personal matters.”

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Casa Presidencial said in a statement that Sestone would replace Franklin Castro who also held the post of General Manager of the Post Office, a position of advertising honor for which he also resigned.

As of this Friday, Adriana Mira is the new Deputy Foreign Minister. Photo courtesy of the Republic Presidency

Among the other appointments announced on Friday was that of Adriana Mira as Deputy Minister for External Relations, Integration and Economic Promotion. To succeed Patricia Commandary Zenotti.

Mira has held the position of Director of Economic Promotion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since February 2020.

Through the message, the presidency said: “She holds a degree in foreign relations with a master’s degree in business and international law.”