Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno was the ambassador from El Salvador to the United States (April 17, 2016 - June 2019) and a Doctor with a specialization in public health. [1]
Sources differ on why she left Washington. It was reported she resigned on June 8, 2019 [1] and also that President Nayib Bukele dismissed her, among other officials, “for allegedly forming a network of administrative nepotism with which Sánchez would have taken over the country's institutions.” [2] Her father, Carlos Canjura, was Secretary of Education under Sánchez. [1] [2]
Before replacing Francisco Altschul who left to become ambassador to Spain, Canjura de Centeno was ambassador to Russia since 2012. She began her foreign service career in 2009 as a representative to Guatemala after spending several years working in health care. [3]
She graduated from the University of El Salvador (UES) and has a master's degree in Public Health from the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA). [3]
Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno was the ambassador from El Salvador to the United States (April 17, 2016 - June 2019) and a Doctor with a specialization in public health. [1]
Sources differ on why she left Washington. It was reported she resigned on June 8, 2019 [1] and also that President Nayib Bukele dismissed her, among other officials, “for allegedly forming a network of administrative nepotism with which Sánchez would have taken over the country's institutions.” [2] Her father, Carlos Canjura, was Secretary of Education under Sánchez. [1] [2]
Before replacing Francisco Altschul who left to become ambassador to Spain, Canjura de Centeno was ambassador to Russia since 2012. She began her foreign service career in 2009 as a representative to Guatemala after spending several years working in health care. [3]
She graduated from the University of El Salvador (UES) and has a master's degree in Public Health from the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA). [3]