Salvador Nasralla
Nasralla in 2022
First Vice President of Honduras
Assumed office
27 January 2022
PresidentXiomara Castro
Preceded byRicardo Álvarez Arias
Leader of the Savior Party of Honduras
Assumed office
12 November 2019
Preceded byParty established
Personal details
Born
Salvador Alejandro César
Nasralla Salum

(1953-01-30) 30 January 1953
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Political partyPSH
Other political
affiliations		PAC (2011-2017)
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile

Salvador Alejandro César Nasralla Salum (born 30 January 1953) is a Honduran sports journalist, television presenter, businessman, and politician who has served as the First Vice President of Honduras since 27 January 2022.

He is the presenter of the TV programs 5 Deportivo and X-0 da Dinero, and has been called "El señor de la televisión".[1] He was the founder of the Anti-Corruption Party[2] in 2011 and stood for president in the 2013 Honduran general election. He stood again in the 2017 general election for the political alliance Alianza de Oposición contra la Dictadura, comprising Liberty and Refoundation and the Innovation and Unity Party. He narrowly lost to incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández, despite widespread claims of fraud and irregularities.[3]

Early life

Nasralla was born in Tegucigalpa. His parents, Alejandro Nasralla and Alicia Salum, are Palestinian[4] and his mother was born in Chile. He spent his childhood in the northern city of Trujillo, Colón. At the age of eleven, his family returned to Tegucigalpa. There, he completed his secondary studies at Instituto San Francisco and obtained his high school diploma. During his adolescence he began working as a journalist, at Emisoras Unidas from 1966 to 1969, and in Uniradio and Radio Católica.[5] He also took classes in drama and television.

After high school, Nasralla was sent to live with his extended family in Chile. There, he attended the Catholic University of Chile where he graduated with honors. He obtained a degree in Civil Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration.[6]

Professional career

After returning from Chile, Nasralla became the CEO of Pepsi Honduras. He also became a professor at the National Autonomous University of Honduras, where he gave lectures on business and engineering.

In 1981, he started his career in television.

Political career

Nasralla in 2013

Nasralla has been harshly critical of the Honduran government since the 1980s. In particular, he has pinpointed widespread corruption at the highest levels of government as the main cause of the problems that afflict Honduran society.

With the living standards of many Hondurans deteriorating – perceived as resulting from traditional politicians' indifference or incompetence – Nasralla and others formed the Anti-Corruption Party in 2013.[7][8] This enabled Nasralla to participate in the 2013 presidential election.[9] He received 418.443 votes, 13.43% of the total.[10]

2017 election

In the 2017 presidential election he represented the left-wing coalition, gaining only slightly fewer votes than the incumbent winner. Despite allegations of widespread irregularities, the United States recognised the reelection of President Juan Orlando Hernandez.[11]

2021 election

Nasralla entered the race for president of Honduras again in 2021, this time as a candidate for the Savior Party. However, he later dropped out and became the running mate of LIBRE party nominee and former first lady Xiomara Castro.[12] They went on to win the election. Nasralla assumed office as First Vice President on 27 January 2022.[13][14]

2022 Congressional leadership dispute

One condition of Nasralla ending his presidential campaign and endorsing Castro’s was that if they gained a majority in Congress, the congressional president would be a member of the Savior Party. Castro’s Libre party won 50 seats, whilst Nasralla’s Savior party won 10. When the newly elected congress voted for a congressional president on 21 January 2022, 18 deputies from Castro’s party refused to honour the agreement. They voted for Luis Cálix, a member of Libre, rather than Luis Redondo from Nasralla’s party as the Savior members and the rest of the Libre deputies had done. Nasralla commented on the incident as "another coup like in 2009". As a consequence, the 18 deputies were expelled from Libre.[15][16] The dispute was resolved when Calíx and the expelled Libre deputies agreed to support Redondo. Their membership of Libre was restored when Libre's leader, former President Manuel Zelaya, reversed their expulsion.[17]

Personal life

Nasralla is married to former beauty queen Iroshka Elvir. They have one daughter, born in December, 2017.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Salvador Nasralla". Diario El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Historia | Mi PAC". www.mipac.org. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "El TSE declara a Juan Orlando Hernández ganador de las elecciones 2017". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Challenger with Palestinian background set to lead Honduras". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Televicentro HN Programas (23 August 2017). "Frente a Frente 23 de Agosto". Televicentro. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2017 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Nasralla salta del deporte y la farándula a la política". Diario El Heraldo. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Tribunal Electoral inscribe el partido de Salvador Nasralla". La Prensa (Honduras). La Prensa. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tribunal Supremo Electoral inscribe al Partido Anticorrupción de Salvador Nasralla". El Heraldo (Honduras). Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Salvador Nasralla aspira a la presidencia". Diez. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Declaratoria Elecciones Generales 2013 - Presidente y Designados Presidenciales" (PDF). La Gaceta. 12 December 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "U.S. backs re-election of Honduran president despite vote controversy". Reuters. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Hondurans weary of corruption look for change in election". News 8. 26 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Leftist wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes". AP. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Taiwan salutes Xiomara Castro on Honduran presidential election win". GlobalSecurity.org. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  15. ↑ Gustavo Palencia (22 January 2022). "Honduras' next president blasts party for 'betrayal' in Congress". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Libre Party of Honduran president-elect expels defector deputies". Radio Havana Cuba. 22 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Honduras political dispute resolved, paving way for president's anti-corruption agenda". Reuters. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Salvador Nasralla e Iroshka Elvir dan bienvenida a su hija". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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