- Keynote Speaker Highlights:
- Vice-President of El Salvador Law degree from Universidad Complutense in Madrid
- Postgraduate studies in Public Policy and Public Administration at the Institute international d'administration publique in Paris
- Magistrate of the first Supreme Electoral Tribunal of El Salvador, where he served from 1994 to 1999
- Served as Resident Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for more than 10 years in Haiti, Morocco and Nicaragua.
- Has integrated electoral observation and assistance missions in more than 20 countries around the world.
- Served as expert in the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs leading several Technical Assistance and Needs Assessment (NAM) Missions in Africa and Latin America.
- Joined the Board of Surveillance of Political Parties from 1993 to 1994 and the Special Sub-Commission of the CO-PAZ Member of the Legal Aid of the Externado San José
- Leader of the Workers Union of the Salvadoran Institute of Social Security Leader of National Union of Salvadoran Workers
- Established the Institute of Legal Studies of El Salvador (ILSEL) with several other lawyers.
- Recipient of multiple distinctions, awards and recognitions.
Felix Ulloa, hijo
Felix Ulloa ran for vice-president and won the elections of 3 February 2019, he became the Vice President-elect of El Salvador, taking office as Vice-President on June 1, 2019 alongside President-elect Nayib Bukele.Félix Ulloa is Doctor Cum Laude in Law. He obtained his law degree from Universidad Complutense in Madrid and completed postgraduate studies in Public Policy and Public Administration at the Institute international d'administration publique in Paris, and at the "Hubert H. Humphrey" Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In addition, he has a postgraduate degree in Banking and Finance from the Technological University of El Salvador (UTEC). After the civil war, Ulloa was elected as a Magistrate of the first Supreme Electoral Tribunal of El Salvador, where he served from 1994 to 1999. He also joined the Board of Surveillance of Political Parties from 1993 to 1994 and the Special Sub-Commission of the CO-PAZ. In 1992 and 1993, he reviewed the Electoral Code. Additionally, Ulloa was a part of the Political Commission of the National Revolutionary Movement Party, which was founded by his father and is affiliated with the Socialist International.A committed promoter of human rights, he was a defender of political prisoners during the armed conflict in his capacity as a lawyer for the National Union of Salvadoran Workers (UNTS).During the Salvadoran Civil War, he created the Institute of Legal Studies of El Salvador (ILSEL) with several other lawyers. He has been president of the ILSEL on several occasions. His experience and academic qualifications enabled him to be a professor of Political Science in the PhD program in Social Sciences of the Faculty of Humanities, of the Universidad del Salvador (UES), and in the Department of Law of the Central American University "José Simeón Cañas" (UCA).He was a visiting professor for several years at the Spanish School of Middlebury College in Vermont, United States, and guest lecturer at multiple universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and other countries. He has integrated electoral observation and assistance missions in more than 20 countries around the world and has been a consultant in projects related to elections, political parties and democracy of UPD/OAS, United Nations, IFES, International IDEA, IIHR/CAPEL, Carter Center and NDI. Ulloa served as Resident Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for more than 10 years in Haiti, Morocco and Nicaragua. He participated as an expert in the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs. And he has led several Technical Assistance and Needs Assessment (NAM) Missions in Africa and Latin America. The Vice president of El Salvador has been awarded as Lawyer of the Year by the El Salvador Bar Association (2012). Juris Doctor of the Extraordinary University Conclave (Assembly of Professors) of the UNED in Madrid, Spain, in 2004. Kentucky Colonel, Order of the Colonels of Kentucky, United States, in 1998. Diploma of Honor of the Association of Lawyers of El Salvador, in 1996. Diploma of Honor from the Center for Higher Strategic Studies of the Armed Forces of El Salvador, in 1996.