Professional Affiliation

Minister of Justice and Public Security, El Salvador

Expert Bio

Mauricio Ernesto Ramírez Landaverde was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Security in January 2016.  He is a career police officer and has served as the Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC) from 2014 to 2016 and as the PNC Deputy Director from 2012 to 2014.  During the Salvadoran Civil War, he led a cell of the Popular Liberation Forces “Farabundo Martí” (FPL), one of the five original founding organizations of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).  Subsequently, Ramírez Landaverde was demobilized and joined the newly created PNC through a quota system for former guerrilla and military forces.  He graduated from El Salvador’s Police Academy in 2000.  Ramírez Landaverde holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” and a Masters in Business Management from the Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador.