Prior to his appointment as Minister, he was an adviser to the Minister of Public Works. In 2020, Guatemalan authorities requested his extradition, but the Supreme Court of Justice declared this request inadmissible.
On Wednesday afternoon, the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, reported that he had appointed Juan Carlos Bidegaín Hananía, who was an advisor and deputy director at the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), as the new interior minister.
Bidegaín acted as such, despite his direct kinship with the Minister of Education, Carla Evelyn Hananía de Varela, of whom he is the son, as verified by El Diario de Hoy with official documents.
As a dispatch counselor at VMT, he had a salary of $ 3,621.
The official also has an open lawsuit in Guatemala for the ill-treatment of minors.
For this crime, the Guatemalan authorities requested the extradition of their Salvadoran counterparts, but in May 2020, the Supreme Court of El Salvador decided to declare this request inadmissible.
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Bidegaín Hananía lived for a few years in Guatemala, where he married Silvia Patricia TR in 2009.
“The new head of @GobernacionSV is: Juan Carlos Bidegaín. Since the beginning of our government, he has worked as a director at @VMTElSalvador “, Bukele posted on his Twitter account.
In addition, he assured that since September he has coordinated the logistics of the Health Emergency Program (PES) and the interdisciplinary epidemiological isolation team of the Ministry of Health.
The appointment corresponds to announcement number five of the ten that Bukele hopes to make in the next few hours and takes place weeks before Mario Durán, who was the president of the state portfolio, takes over as mayor of San Salvador.
This is another of the changes made in the government cabinet, the most recent took place on March 26 when Gustavo Villatoro was appointed Minister of Justice and Security, leaving his position in the Superintendence of the financial system.
Juan Carlos Bidegaín Hananía, who was an advisor and deputy director in the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), assumes the position of head of interior. Photo: Illustrative and non-commercial image / twitter.com / nayibbukele / status / 1379927054460784646
It is also known that Pablo Anliker has been replaced as Minister of Agriculture, and although the announcement of a new official has not yet been made official by the Presidency’s Press Secretariat, the former official has already withdrawn his position from his main account. on Twitter.
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Profile
Bidegaín is a graduate of Evangelical University with a degree in business administration and, in his work experience, the Information Portal highlights:
2016 -2019 EL RINCON. General manager
February 2008 – January 2014. DAESA SA DE CV. General manager
July 2004 – February 2008. AQUAPURA SA DE CV. Marketing Director.
January 2000 – July 2004. AQUAPURA SA DE CV. Sales executive.
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT ON THE EXTRADITION OF JUAN CARLOS BIDEGAIN HANANIA
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