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Armando Calderón Sol (born June 24, 1948) was President of El Salvador from June 1, 1994 to June 1, 1999, representing the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).

[edit] Biography

Armando Calderón was born in San Salvador, on June 24, 1948.

In 1977, Calderón received a graduate degree in Jurisprudence and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional de El Salvador. He was a lawyer, a businessman, and one of the founders of ARENA (September 1981). As a Mayor in San Salvador he is remembered because he built the Monument to "Hermano Lejano" (Brother who lives Abroad). He also initiated a bicycle circuit in the San Jacinto neighborhood. During his term as Mayor in San Salvador from 1988 to 1994 he built the bust monuments along the Proceres Boulevard. Also he built a Community Centers in Colonia Dolores and Colonia Costa Rica neighborhoods in which reunions such as Quinceaneras, and other meetings are held. Later when he ran for president in 1994 he won the presidential office during the second elections against the Leftist candidate Dr. Ruben Zamora from the CD-FMLN coalition. Calderón is acknowledged in the press for restoring the status-quo after the civil war, which ended in 1992. He advocated the privatization of state-owned companies and pension funds to try to stimulate the economy and modernize the country's infrastructure.Calderón is also credited with the integration of former guerrillas combatants back into civilian life.

Preceded by Alfredo Cristiani	President of El Salvador 1994–1999	Succeeded by Francisco Flores

[edit] External links

Extended biography of Armando Calderón Sol at Fundación CIDOB

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