Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, abbreviated FMLN) is a Salvadoran political party and former guerrilla rebel group.
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional | |
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| Abbreviation | FMLN |
| Secretary-General | Óscar Ortiz |
| Founded | 10 October 1980 |
| Registered | 14 December 1992 |
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| Headquarters | 27 Calle Poniente N. 1316. Colonia Layco, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Newspaper | Frente |
| Youth wing | Farabundo Martí Youth |
| Membership (2019) | 40,326 |
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Regional affiliation | Parliamentary Group of the Left |
| Continental affiliation | São Paulo Forum COPPPAL |
| Colors | Red |
| Seats in the Legislative Assembly | 4 / 84 |
| Municipalities | 20 / 262 |
| Seats in PARLACEN | 1 / 20 |
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The FMLN was formed as an umbrella group on 10 October 1980, from five leftist guerrilla organizations; the Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces (FPL), the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), the National Resistance (RN), the Partido Comunista Salvadoreño (PCS) and the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Centroamericanos (PRTC). The FMLN was one of the main participants in the Salvadoran Civil War. After the Chapultepec Peace Accords were signed in 1992, all armed FMLN units were demobilized and their organization became a legal left-wing political party in El Salvador.
On 15 March 2009, the FMLN won the presidential elections with former journalist Mauricio Funes as its candidate. Two months earlier in municipal and legislative elections, the FMLN won the majority of the mayoralties in the country and a plurality of the National Assembly seats. Funes is now wanted by the Salvadoran authority for corrupt actions, such as illegally laundering more than $700,000 in his personal bank account and was found guilty of illegal enrichment by the Supreme Court. Funes and his son fled to Nicaragua, where they were granted political asylum by Daniel Ortega and became citizens.