Alejandro Zelaya

{{short description|Salvadoran politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Zelaya|Villalobo|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alejandro Zelaya

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| office = Minister of Finance of El Salvador

| term_start = 28 July 2020

| term_end = 18 July 2023

| predecessor = Nelson Fuentes

| successor = Jerson Posada

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José Alejandro Zelaya Villalobo is a Salvadoran politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President Nayib Bukele from 2020 to 2023.{{Cite news|date=29 July 2020|title=The Minister of Finance has resigned|work=U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities|url=https://www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org/resignation-nelson-fuentes/|access-date=2 March 2021}}{{Cite news|date=11 June 2019|title=Presidente Bukele juramenta a 31 nuevos funcionarios de gobierno|language=es|work=elsalvador.com|url=https://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/nacional/presidente-bukele-juramenta-a-nuevos-funcionarios-de-gobierno/611610/2019/|access-date=2 March 2021}}{{Cite news|date=12 June 2019|title=GANA y Nuevas Ideas suman miembros en nuevo gabinete|language=es|work=Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/GANA-y-Nuevas-Ideas-suman-miembros-en-nuevo-gabinete-20190611-0465.html|access-date=2 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvadors-president-appoints-finance-minister-zelayas-replacement-2023-07-18/|title=El Salvador's President Appoints Finance Minister Zelaya's Replacement|language=en|work=Reuters|first1=Nelson|last1=Renteria|first2=Natalia|last2=Siniawski|editor1-first=Tomasz|editor1-last=Janowski|date=18 July 2023|access-date=18 July 2023}}

He previously served as Deputy Minister of Revenue in the same cabinet from June 2019 to July 2020. In 2011, he got a degree in public accounting from University of El Salvador.{{cite web |title=Ministerio de Hacienda, El Salvador |url=https://www.mh.gob.sv/curriculum-vitae-sr-ministro-de-hacienda/ |date=28 September 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928104632/https://www.mh.gob.sv/curriculum-vitae-sr-ministro-de-hacienda/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}