El Salvador President Nayib Bukele formally registered to run for a third consecutive term. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
June 29 (UPI) -- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele formally registered Sunday as the ruling New Ideas party's presidential pre-candidate, launching his bid for a third consecutive term in the country's February 2027 general election.
The registration was confirmed by New Ideas party President Xavi Zablah Bukele, who announced on X that the party's National Electoral Commission had formally received Bukele's application. Bukele will once again run alongside Vice President Félix Ulloa.
According to local newspapers El Mundo and La Prensa Gráfica, documents released by Zablah show that both Bukele and Ulloa submitted signed registration requests as part of the party's internal process to select candidates for the 2027 election.
The filing follows a constitutional reform approved by El Salvador's Legislative Assembly in July 2025 that allows Bukele to seek another presidential term in 2027.
