Armando Bukele Kattán

Armando Bukele Kattán
Born	(1944-12-16)16 December 1944 San Salvador, El Salvador
Died	30 November 2015(2015-11-30) (aged 70) San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality	Salvadoran
Alma mater	University of El Salvador
Occupation	Businessman

Armando Bukele Kattán (December 16, 1944 – November 30, 2015) was a Salvadoran businessman, intellectual, religious leader and father of the current president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.

Early years[]

Armando Bukele Kattán was born in San Salvador, on December 16, 1944, the son of Humberto Bukele Salman and Victoria Kattán de Bukele of Palestinian origin, who arrived in El Salvador from Bethlehem at the beginning of the 20th century. He completed his high school studies at the Liceo Salvadoreño.

Studies[]

In 1967 he graduated as a doctor in Industrial Chemistry from the University of El Salvador.^[1]

Entrepreneur[]

He founded companies dedicated to the textile industry, commerce, pharmaceuticals, advertising and the media. He also had a philanthropic vision through the work he did at the Kiwanis Club, a community service institution that brings together entrepreneurs and professionals.^[2]

Religious leader[]

He founded the first mosque in El Salvador in 1992,^[3] and throughout his life he founded a total of 4. He served as Imam of the Salvadoran Islamic Community and was part of the Islamic Organization for Latin America and the Caribbean. He was a founding member of the Council of Religions for Peace of El Salvador.

Published books[]

• The ABCs of Islam^[4]
• Clarifying Concepts in Physics^[5]

In 2017, the posthumous book “The precise relativity of the point” was published, an extensive compilation of Bukele's thoughts gathered on his Twitter account and his program “Clarifying Concepts”.

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