Ciro Cruz Zepeda

Ciro Cruz Zepeda
Cruz Zepeda in 2006
Cruz Zepeda in 2006
President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office
1 May 2009 – 1 February 2011
Preceded byRubén Orellana
Succeeded bySigfrido Reyes Morales
In office
1 May 2002 – 1 May 2006
Preceded byWalter Araujo
Succeeded byRubén Orellana
In office
1 May 2000 – 1 May 2001
Preceded byJuan Duch Martínez
Succeeded byWalter Araujo
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador
In office
1 May 1985 – 1 May 2012
Personal details
Born
Ciro Cruz Zepeda Peña

3 May 1945
Jutiapa, El Salvador
Died12 December 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 77)
El Salvador
Political partyNational Coalition Party
OccupationPolitician

Ciro Cruz Zepeda Peña (3 May 1945 – 12 December 2022) was a Salvadoran politician who served as the leader of the National Coalition Party. He was a deputy for San Salvador in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador between 1985 and 2012, and served as the President of the Legislative Assembly on three occasions from 2000 to 2001, 2002 to 2006, and 2009 to 2011.[1][2][3] On 8 December of the 2011, Cruz Zepeda chaired the plenary legislative while apparently drunk, causing anger among his fellow members of the legislature.[4][5]

Cruz Zepeda was born in Jutiapa on 3 May 1945. He died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 77.[6]

  1. ^ editorial in La Prensa Gráfica
  2. ^ Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador on Ciro Cruz Zepeda Peña
  3. ^ "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador 1824-2006: 1936-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Another editorial in La Prensa Gráfica". Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Ciro Cruz Zepeda en evidente estado de ebriedad presidió la sesión plenaria"
  6. ^ "A sus 77 años, fallece el político salvadoreño Ciro Cruz Zepeda" [At the age of 77, Salvadoran politician Ciro Cruz Zepeda dies]. La Prensa Gráfica. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.