Javier Simán | |
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Born | Javier Ernesto Simán Dada 14 June 1964 |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, politician |
Known for | SIMÁN, 2019 ARENA pre-candidate |
Political party | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
Javier Ernesto Simán Dada (born 14 June 1964) is a Salvadoran businessman. He is the current owner of the SIMÁN department store chain. As a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), he was a pre-candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
Javier Ernesto Simán Dada was born in El Salvador on 14 June 1964. [1]
In the 2019 presidential election, he was a pre-candidate for the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), but lost the party's nomination to Carlos Calleja. [1]
In April 2020, he was elected as the president of the National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP), [1] and served until April 2022. He was succeeded by Agustín Martínez. [2]
He was a potential presidential candidate for ARENA for the 2024 Salvadoran general election [3] but was ultimately not selected. ARENA nominated Joel Sánchez as its presidential candidate. [4]