page_title: Óscar Ortiz (El Salvador)
hierarchical_section_title: Óscar Ortiz (El Salvador)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Oscar Ortiz, vicepresidente de El Salvador, junto al vicepresidente brasileño Michel Temer
context_page_description: Óscar Samuel Ortiz Ascencio is a Salvadoran politician who served as the Vice President of El Salvador from 1 June 2014 to 1 June 2019. Previously he was the Mayor of Santa Tecla. He was first elected to that position in 2000, and he was re-elected in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012.
  Ortiz is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, the main left-wing party in El Salvador. In 2003 Ortiz lost the party's primary vote to Schafik Handal by 47% to 53% to decide who would be the party's candidate in the 2004 presidential election. In March 2014, he was elected as Vice President alongside the FMLN's presidential candidate, Salvador Sánchez Cerén. He took office on June 1, 2014 and has consistently failed in his role to make any kind of positive impact. The majority of the Salvadoran population have stated their dissatisfaction with his work and their desire to have Ortiz removed from all power.
  Ortiz was born in San Alejo in 1961. During El Salvador's civil war from 1980 to 1992, Ortiz was a combatant with the Popular Liberation Forces - Farabundo Martí, one of the five organizations that comprised the FMLN. He was member of parliament for the FMLN from 1994 to 2000.
context_section_description: Óscar Samuel Ortiz Ascencio (born 14 February 1961) is a Salvadoran politician who served as the Vice President of El Salvador from 1 June 2014 to 1 June 2019. Previously he was the Mayor of Santa Tecla. He was first elected to that position in 2000, and he was re-elected in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012.
  Ortiz is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the main left-wing party in El Salvador. In 2003 Ortiz lost the party's primary vote to Schafik Handal by 47% to 53% to decide who would be the party's candidate in the 2004 presidential election. In March 2014, he was elected as Vice President alongside the FMLN's presidential candidate, Salvador Sánchez Cerén. He took office on June 1, 2014 and has consistently failed in his role to make any kind of positive impact. The majority of the Salvadoran population have stated their dissatisfaction with his work and their desire to have Ortiz removed from all power. 
  Ortiz was born in San Alejo in 1961. During El Salvador's civil war from 1980 to 1992, Ortiz was a combatant with the Popular Liberation Forces - Farabundo Martí (FPL), one of the five organizations that comprised the FMLN. He was member of parliament for the FMLN from 1994 to 2000. He has been considered as one of the most successful Salvadoran mayors for his 13-year-long tenure in Santa Tecla (2000–2013), a post which he left when selected as candidate for the Vice Presidency in the 2014 presidential election.
caption: Óscar Ortiz in Brazil (2015)
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