Nelson Fuentes

{{short description|Salvadoran economist and politician}}

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|office = Minister of Finance of El Salvador

|president = Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Nayib Bukele

|term_start = March 2018

|term_end = 28 July 2020

|predecessor = Carlos Cáceres Chávez

|successor = Alejandro Zelaya

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|birth_name = Nelson Eduardo Fuentes Menjívar

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|9|29}}

|birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador

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|occupation = {{flatlist|

• Economist
• Researcher

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|education = Economics (Lic.)

|alma_mater = Central American University

|party = Grand Alliance for National Unity

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Nelson Eduardo Fuentes Menjívar is a Salvadoran economist and researcher. He served as El Salvador's Minister of Finance, first in the Cabinet of Salvador Sánchez Cerén from March 2018 to 1 June 2019, then in the Cabinet of Nayib Bukele from 1 June 2019 until his resignation on 28 July 2020.{{cite web |title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: El Salvador |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/ES.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010307/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/ES.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |accessdate=March 31, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/mas-fondos-para-la-ues-es-punto-de-honor-del-fmln-en-presupuesto-2020/664815/2019/|title=Más fondos para la UES es punto de honor del FMLN en presupuesto 2020|date=2019-12-02|website=Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com|language=es|access-date=2019-12-03}}