Hugo Martínez (politician)

Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla (born 2 January 1968) is a Salvadoran industrial engineer, politician, diplomat and writer.

He is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), one of the two major political parties in El Salvador.

In April 2018, Martínez announced that he would resign from the foreign ministry in order to seek the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party nomination in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election.

[3] FMLN party members also selected Karina Sosa, a deputy in the National Assembly, as Martinez's running mate for Vice President of El Salvador.

[1] Martínez also pledged to support several social programs begun by President Sánchez and create education and development initiatives in rural areas.

Martinez meets with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly in Washington, D.C., on 18 May 2017.