Who is Nayib Bukele, the world's 'coolest dictator', who has claimed a win in El Salvador's presidential polls?
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Who is Nayib Bukele, the world's 'coolest dictator', who has claimed a win in El Salvador's presidential polls?

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Salvadorans are celebrating President Nayib Bukele’s victory in the elections that ended on Sunday, even before the results are announced. Unapologetic “dictator” El Salvador’s gang-busting President Nayib Bukele, who claimed re-election with an overwhelming majority Sunday, has sarcastically embraced the moniker of “dictator” and breezily shrugs off criticism of human rights transgressions. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele greets supporters from the balcony of the National Palace next to his wife Gabriela de Bukele, after declaring himself the winner in the presidential election in San Salvador, El Salvador. He claimed Sunday, before official results were announced, to have swept elections with at least 85 per cent of votes cast: a “record in the entire democratic history of the world.” ‘Devotion’ Bukele is a social media whiz with a sharp beard who spurns convention and often ditches ties and the presidential sash in favour of jeans and a baseball cap — which he also sported when voting. El Salvador president Nayib Bukele and his wife Gabriela Rodriguez show their inked fingers after voting in the general election in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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