Francisco Flores Pérez
| Francisco Flores Pérez | |
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| President of El Salvador | |
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In office June 1, 1999 – June 1, 2004 |
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| Vice President | Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt (1999-2004) |
| Preceded by | Armando Calderón Sol |
| Succeeded by | Elías Antonio Saca |
| President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador | |
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In office May 1, 1997 – 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Gloria Salguero Gross |
| Succeeded by | Juan Duch Martínez |
| Personal details | |
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October 17, 1959 Santa Ana, El Salvador |
| Died | January 30, 2016 (aged 56) San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Political party | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Lourdes Rodríguez de Flores |
| Children | Juan Marcos Gabriela |
| Religion | Christian |
Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez (October 17, 1959 – January 30, 2016) was a Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He was the first former Salvadorian president to be indicted and trialed for corruption. He was placed under house arrest during the latter days of his life.
During his tenure as President, he oversaw the replacement of the Salvadoran colón with the US dollar as El Salvador's official currency. Flores was accused in May 2014 of pocketing US$15million donated by Taiwan, intended for survivors of the 2001 El Salvador earthquakes.
Flores was born on October 17, 1959, in the city of Santa Ana, the capital of Santa Ana Department. He was one of three children of Maria Leonor Pérez de Flores, an ethnographer and folklorist, and Ulises Flores, an economist. Flores graduated from the Escuela Americana El Salvador. He earned an associate degree in sociology from the University of Hartford's Hillyer College, then, majored in political science at Amherst College in Massachusetts, United States, and received a master's degree in philosophy at World University, California. He also studied law, philosophy and economic development at Harvard University and history and literature at Trinity College, Oxford. He entered politics shortly before the assassination of his father-in-law, who was chief of staff to Alfredo Cristiani.
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