Salvador Sánchez Cerén (Spanish pronunciation: [salβaˈðoɾ ˈsantʃes seˈɾen]; born 18 June 1944), also known by his nom de guerre Leonel González, is a Salvadoran former politician, guerrilla commander, and school teacher who served as the 42nd president of El Salvador from 2014 to 2019. He took office on 1 June 2014, after winning the 2014 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). He previously served as the 49th vice president under Mauricio Funes from 2009 to 2014. He was also an FMLN guerrilla leader during the Salvadoran Civil War and is the first former rebel to serve as El Salvador's president..
As President, he oversaw a ban on metal mining for environmental reasons, switching diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China, and a partial abortion legalization, but also a high homicide rate, for which he was heavily criticized. He left office deeply unpopular, with his approval rating dropping from 37% in 2015 to 22% by 2018. On June 1, 2019, he was replaced by Nayib Bukele. He has since moved to Nicaragua with his family, with an arrest warrant from Salvadoran authorities for illicit enrichment, embezzlement, and money laundering.