Funes announces several members of his Cabinet

Several names of President-elect Mauricio Funes' Cabinet have been announced over the last couple of days. The positions include:

• Chief Advisor to the President and Chief of Staff: Alexander Segovia, Funes' current economic advisor,
• Treasury Minister: Carlos Cáceres, the former Executive Director of the Central Banking System,
• Economic Minister: Dr. Hector Dada, current Democratic Change (DC) Legislator,
• President of the Central Bank Reserve: Carlos Acevedo, an economist with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
• Agriculture Minister: Manuel Sevilla, another economist for the UNDP,
• Environment Minister: German Rosa Chávez, former Executive Director of the Salvadoran Program for Investigation of Development and the Environment (PRISMA),
• Public Works Minister: Gerson Martínez, current FMLN Legislator,
• Coordinator for State Modernization: Hato Hasbum, Funes' presidential campaign director,
• President of CEPA (Salvadoran Port Authority): Guillermo López, former Treasury Minister in the Saca administration, and
  
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Hugo Martínez, an FMLN Legislator

*Photo of Mauricio Funes and Hector Dada from Amigos de Mauricio.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator