Rodrigo Ávila

Rodrigo Ávila
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from La Libertad
In office
1 May 2015  1 May 2024
In office
1 May 2003  1 May 2006
Personal details
Born
Rodrigo Ávila Avilés

(1964-06-24) 24 June 1964
San Salvador, El Salvador
Political partyNationalist Republican Alliance
SpouseCelina Denys de Ávila
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Rodrigo Ávila (born 25 June 1964) is a Salvadoran politician. He stood as the presidential candidate for the Nationalist Republican Alliance during the 2009 Salvadoran presidential election. Upon his nomination, Ávila also became the president of ARENA. He lost to Mauricio Funes of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), making him the first ARENA candidate to lose a presidential election since Roberto D'Aubuisson in 1984.