Nelson Fuentes

Nelson Fuentes
Minister of Finance of El Salvador
In office
March 2018  28 July 2020
PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Nayib Bukele
Preceded byCarlos Cáceres Chávez
Succeeded byAlejandro Zelaya
Personal details
Born
Nelson Eduardo Fuentes Menjívar

(1978-09-29) September 29, 1978
San Salvador, El Salvador
Political partyGrand Alliance for National Unity
EducationEconomics (Lic.)
Alma materCentral American University
Occupation

Nelson Eduardo Fuentes Menjívar is a Salvadoran economist and researcher. He served as El Salvador's Minister of Finance, first in the Cabinet of Salvador Sánchez Cerén from March 2018 to 1 June 2019, then in the Cabinet of Nayib Bukele from 1 June 2019 until his resignation on 28 July 2020.