Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo[a] (born 9 May 1952) is a Salvadoran politician, businessman, and electrical engineer. He has served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly since 2018. As a deputy of the Legislative Assembly, he is serving as the legislature's third secretary; from 2021 to 2024, he served as its fourth secretary. Before becoming a politician, Carballo established several companies and education institutes.
Reinaldo Carballo | |
|---|---|
 Carballo in 2024 | |
| Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Miguel | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Secretary-General of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rodolfo Parker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo 9 May 1952 Chapeltique, El Salvador |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Atlantic International University |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman, electrical engineer |
Early life
editReinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo was born on 9 May 1952 in Chapeltique, El Salvador.[1] He studied electrical engineering at the Ricaldone Technical Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador and completed his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering at the Atlantic International University in Honolulu, Hawaii.[2]
Business career
editCarballo has founded five companies: the Exsal Industrial Electromanic Workshop (1975); the Concentrated Animal Food Factory (1979); the Carballo Family Industry and Service Company, S.A. de C.V. (1984); the Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Investment and Development Company (1994); and Export Wood and Furniture (2001). He has also founded four education institutes: the Salesian Alumni Technical Institute (1981), the Exsal Catholic School Center (1990); the Bilingual Technical Higher School in Aircraft Maintenance (2013); Bilingual Technical Higher School in Maritime Careers (2016).[2]
Carballo initially founded the Salesian Alumni Technical Institute to provide an education to his employees after one of his workers wanted to establish his own companies but that he did not have the education or resources to do so. According to Carballo, his education institutes donate a combined US$400,000 to 500,000 to scholarships to support impoverished Salvadorans from kindergarten to high school.[1]
Political career
editCarballo was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from the department of San Miguel during the 2018 legislative election.[2] He has two mottoes: "the only tool to escape poverty, is education" ("la única herramienta para salir de la pobreza, es la educación")[3] and "no to corruption, yes to education" ("no a la corrupción, sí a la educación").[2] During the 2019 presidential election, Carballo supported the candidacy of Nayib Bukele of the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA); Bukele won the election. In 2024, Carballo stated that he was almost expelled from the PDC for supporting Bukele's presidential election campaign. He also claimed that he and Juan José Martel, a deputy from Democratic Change, were the only two deputies of the 12th Legislative Assembly (2018–2021) to support Bukele's government.[4] Carballo voted in favor of funding Bukele's anti-gang initiative known as the Territorial Control Plan.[5]: 10
Carballo was re-elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly during the 2021 legislative election. He was the only member of the PDC in the Legislative Assembly.[6] Mario Miguel Espinal Rosales was elected as Carballo's supplement deputy.[7] On 1 May 2021, Carballo was elected as the fourth secretary of the Legislative Assembly.[8] On 7 May, he became the chairman of the Legislative Assembly's education and culture commission.[9] Carballo was also a member of the agriculture commission;[10] the politics commission;[11] the treasury and special budget commission;[12] and the youth and sports commission.[13] During Carballo's second term, he continued to support Bukele's government and was officially a part of the ruling government coalition consisting of Nuevas Ideas (the political party Bukele established), GANA, the National Coalition Party, and the PDC. On 1 May, Carballo voted in favor of removing Raúl Melara (the attorney general) and the five justices of the Supreme Court's Constitution Chamber from their positions, however, the PDC condemned the removals on Twitter.[5]: 10 Carballo also supported the Salvadoran gang crackdown and stated that repealing the state of emergency which made the crackdown possible would mean "return[ing] to the violent statistics of the past" ("regresar a los índices de violencia del pasado").[14]
On 16 October 2021, Carballo was elected unopposed as the secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Party, succeeding Rodolfo Parker after serving as the party's leader for 19 years.[15][16] Carballo announced that he would initiate in audit into the party's functions and that he would consider expelling Parker from the party for alleged breaches of the party's statutes.[17] Carballo also affirmed that the PDC supported Bukele's government, and that Parker was the only part of the party which opposed Bukele.[18] The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) recognized Carballo's leadership of the PDC on 26 October.[19] In December 2023, Carballo was elected to serve as the party's leader until December 2026.[20]
During the 2024 general election, Carballo won 46,510 marks and was re-elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly. He remained the only member of the PDC in the Legislative Assembly.[21] Additionally, Espinal was re-elected as Carballo's supplement deputy.[22] After Carballo's re-election, he reaffirmed that he would support Bukele's government in the Legislative Assembly and that he had always supported Bukele's policies.[23] On 1 May 2024, Carballo was elected as the third secretary of the Legislative Assembly with 57 of 60 votes in favor.[24]
Personal life
editAccording to the Gato Encerrado magazine, Carballo had a net worth of US$3,191,254 as of November 2022[update], making him the wealthiest member of the Legislative Assembly.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ Carballo's first name is sometimes rendered as "Reynaldo" rather than "Reinaldo".
References
edit- ^ a b Pantaleón, Israel (30 December 2018). "Selección 2018 | El Empresario que Está Transformando la Educación en El Salvador" [Selection 2018 | The Businessman Who Is Transforming Education in El Salvador]. Forbes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Perfil Público Diputado Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo" [Deputy Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo Public Profile]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Reynaldo Carballo Afirma que Siempre ha Creído en el Proyecto de Nayib Bukele" [Reynaldo Carballo Affirms that He Had Always Believed in Nayib Bukele's Project]. Política Stereo (in Spanish). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b Aguilar, Luis (17 June 2021). "El PDC También Fue un Partido de "Nuevas Ideas"" [The PDC Was Also a Party of "New Ideas"] (PDF). Proceso (in Spanish). 2 (49). Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador: Central American University: 9–11. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Velásquez, Eugenia; Carranza, Enrique (2 March 2024). "Esta es la Proyección de los Nombres de los Nuevos Diputados que Conformarán la Asamblea Legislativa 2021–2024" [This is the Projection of the Names of the New Deputies Who Will Compose the 2021–2024 Legislative Assembly]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b Moreno, Karen (22 November 2022). Barrera, Ezequiel (ed.). "Los Más Ricos de la Nueva Asamblea" [The Richest of the New Assembly]. Gato Encerrado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Velásquez, Eugenia (1 May 2021). "Ernesto Castro Será el Nuevo Presidente de la Asamblea para los Tres Años de la Legislatura" [Ernesto Castro Will Be the New President of the Assembly for the Legislature's Three Years]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Reinaldo Carballo: "Tenemos que Estar Juntos la Comisión de Educación con la Ministra"" [Reinaldo Carballo: "The Education Commission and Minister Need to be Together"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Comisión: Agropecuaria" [Commission: Agriculture]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Comisión: Política" [Commission: Politics]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Comisión: Hacienda y Especial del Presupuesto" [Commission: Treasury and Special Budget]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Comisión: Juventud y Deporte" [Commission: Youth and Sports]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Reynaldo Carballo: "Gracias al Régimen de Excepción la Población Respira Tranquilidad y Confianza"" [Reynaldo Carballo: "Thanks to the State of Exception, the Population Breathes Tranquility and Confidence"]. Política Stereo (in Spanish). 30 August 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Cabrera, Amadeo (13 October 2021). "Reynaldo Carballo, Único Candidato para Tomar las Riendas de la Cúpula del PDC" [Reynaldo Carballo, the Only Candidate to Take the Reins of the PDC's Leadership]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Villarán, Julio (16 October 2021). "Reynaldo Carballo es Electo Secretario General del PDC" [Reynaldo Carballo is Elected as the Secretary General of the PDC]. La Página (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Reynaldo Carballo es Elegido Secretario General del PDC" [Reynaldo Carballo is Elected as Secretary-General of the PDC]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Erazo, Ronald (16 October 2021). ""La Única Oposición que Teníamos con el Gobierno se Llama Rodolfo Parker": Diputado Reynaldo Carballo" [The Only Opposition We Had with the Government Is Called Rodolfo Parker]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "TSE Reconoce a Reinaldo Carballo como Secretario General del PDC" [TSE Recognized Reinaldo Carballo as the Secretary General of the PDC]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Crespín, Verónica (30 June 2024). "¿Quiénes Conformarán la Nueva Dirigencia del PDC Hasta 2026?" [Who Will Conform the New Leadership of the PDC Until 2026?]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Galdámez, Eddie (1 March 2024). "El Salvador Legislative Assembly: 2024-2027 Legislative Term". El Salvador Info. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Magaña, Yolanda (14 March 2024). "Próxima Legislatura Tendrá 19 Diputadas Propietarias y 33 Suplentes: ¿Quiénes Son?" [The Next Legislature Will Have 19 Female Proprietary Deputies and 33 Female Supplement Deputies: Who Are They?]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Peñate, Susana (25 March 2024). "PDC Incrementó su Caudal de Votos en las Elecciones Legislativas y Municipales" [The PDC Increased Its Vote Share in the Legislative and Municipal Elections]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Toma de Posesión en Asamblea Legislativa: Ernesto Castro Mantendrá la Presidencia del Primer Órgano de Estado Durante Periodo 2024–2027" [Inauguration of the Legislative Assembly: Ernesto Castro Will Maintain the Presidency of the First Organ of the State During the 2024–2027 Period]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
Further reading
edit- "Reynaldo Carballo, Político y Empresario" [Reynaldo Carballo, Politician and Businessman]. Christian Democratic Party (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
External links
edit- "PDC – Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo – Diputado Coordinador de Grupo Parlamento" [PDC – Reinaldo Alcides Carballo Carballo – Coordinator Deputy of the Parliamentary Group]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
