El Salvador's Bukele Registers to Run for Third Term
Bukele’s filing follows reforms allowing indefinite re-election and a six-year term, as he and Félix Ulloa enter the ruling party’s 2027 primary.
- On Sunday, Salvador President Nayib Bukele registered as the New Ideas party's presidential pre-candidate, launching his bid for a third consecutive term in the February 2027 general election.
- The Legislative Assembly approved constitutional reforms in 2025 authorizing indefinite presidential reelection and extending the presidential term from five years to six, enabling this candidacy.
- Vice President Ulloa will again run alongside Bukele as the party's ticket, according to documents released by President Xavi Zablah Bukele confirming both submitted registration requests.
- In late 2025, Bukele told Spanish YouTuber TheGrefg he would like to govern for "10 more years," a goal that became legally possible following the constitutional reforms.
- While Bukele maintains high approval ratings in Salvador, opposition groups and international organizations have raised concerns that the reforms could weaken institutional checks and balances.
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SAN SALVADOR.– Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele formalized his candidacy in the presidential elections of February 2027 in the primeries of the ruling New Ideas party, opening the door to a possible third consecutive term.Bukele came to power in the Central American country in 2019 and is serving a second term, after controversial legal reforms that allowed him to be re-elected.In December he said he was open to remain in the presidency for ano…
Bukele Registers to Campaign for Third Term in 2027 After Term Limits Abolished.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has formally registered his pre-candidacy for a third presidential term, following constitutional reforms eliminating term limits.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has officially registered his pre-candidacy for the 2027 presidential elections, seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term. The move comes after the elimination of presidential term limits by Bukele’s New Ideas …
El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, formalized his registration as his party's presidential candidate, New Ideas, with the aim of competing for a third consecutive term in the elections scheduled for 2027. The nomination is possible after the constitutional reform approved in 2025, which removed the restrictions on presidential reelection and modified the electoral calendar. The confirmation came through the social networks of Xavi Bukele pre…
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, registered his pre-candidate to seek a third consecutive term in the general elections of 2027, an option enabled by a constitutional reform of 2025 that allows indefinite re-election, as reported on Sunday night by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI). “We are ready”, published in X the president of the party and cousin of the president, Xavi Bukele, and accompanied the message with a photograph of the …
Nayib Bukele is not willing to leave power in El Salvador. The popular and controversial president has registered his pre-candidacy to seek the nomination of his party for the presidential elections of 2027, so he aspires to a third term in a country where he has a high popularity for the drastic reduction of rates of violence.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxEl Salvador's governor was enrolled in his party's primaries to be elected as a third-time presidential candidate.
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