Ronal Umaña

Ronal Umaña
Leader of Cambio Total
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Party
In office
? – June 2002
Preceded byRené Aguiluz
Succeeded byRené Aguiluz
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador
In office
1 May 1997 – 1 May 2000
Personal details
Born
El Salvador
PartyCambio Total (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
OccupationPolitician, political analyst

Ronal Umaña is a Salvadoran politician and political analyst.[1] Since 2024, he has been the leader of the Cambio Total political party. He previously served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1997 to 2000 and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party before 2002.

Political career

Umaña was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1997. He was the Legislative Assembly's third vice president from 1997 to 2000.[2]: 158 

In June 2002, Umaña failed to be re-elected as the secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). He was succeeded by René Aguiluz.[3] Aguiluz was succeeded by Rodolfo Parker later that year.[4]

Umaña opposes the state of exception of the Salvadoran gang crackdown, arguing that "it was never needed" ("nunca se necesitó").[5] Umaña was a member of the "No to the Coup" Citizen Resistance Movement that proposed Joel Sánchez as a presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election.[6] Sánchez's candidacy was accepted by the Nationalist Republican Alliance, but he finished in third place behind Manuel Flores and winner Nayib Bukele.[7]

In October 2024, Umaña founded the Cambio Total political party to oppose Bukele's government.[8] In July 2025, Umaña indicated that a "new republic" ("nueva república") had to be founded after Bukele leaves office[9] and called on El Salvador's opposition parties to rally behind Cambio Total ahead of the 2027 election. He claimed that some members of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) supported Cambio Total.[10] In February 2026, according to Umaña, ARENA offered to nominate him as its candidate for mayor of San Salvador Centro or La Libertad Sur. Umaña said that he would accept this offer on the condition that ARENA, the FMLN, and Vamos form a coalition for the 2027 election.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Ronal Umaña: Diputados Están Viendo como Eliminan al Diputado Independiente" [Ronal Umaña: Deputies Are Seeing How to Eliminate the Independent Deputy]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ^ Cañas Dinarte, Carlos & Scarlett Cortez, Violeta (2006). Aguilar Avilés, Gilberto & De Aguilar, Lilian (eds.). Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador: 1824–2006 [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador: 1826–2006] (PDF) (in Spanish) (IV ed.). San Salvador, El Salvador: Albacrome. OCLC 319689765. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ Laínez, Luis (14 June 2002). "Umaña Cae y Aguiluz Asume la Secretaría General del PDC" [Umaña Falls and Aguiluz Assumes the Secretary-Generalship of the PDC]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Reynaldo Carballo es el Único Candidato para Tomar las Riendas del PDC" [Reynaldo Carballo is the Only Candidate to Assume the Reigns of the PDC]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  5. ^ Tobar, Tatiana (30 September 2023). "Ronal Umaña: "Nunca se Necesitó un Régimen de Excepción"" [Ronal Umaña: "The State of Exception Was Never Needed"]. Diario la Huella (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  6. ^ Benítez, Beatriz (15 June 2023). "Movimiento de Sociedad Civil Ofrece un Segundo Candidato Presidencial a Partidos Políticos" [Civil Society Movement Offers a Second Presidential Candidate to Political Parties]. Gato Encerrado (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  7. ^ Alemán, Ulevi (17 February 2024). "TSE Declara en Firme el Triunfo de Bukele" [TSE Firmly Declares Bukele's Triumph]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Ronal Umaña Confirma el Lanzamiento de su Nuevo Partido Político" [Ronal Umaña Confirms the Launch of His New Political Party.]. YouTube (in Spanish). Mágico TV. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Como «Caos Organizado» Califica Ronal Umaña Avances del País en la Gestión del Presidente Bukele" [Ronald Umaña Describes the Country's Progress under President Bukele's Term as "Organized Chaos"]. La Página (in Spanish). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  10. ^ Chávez, Gerson (10 July 2025). "Dirigente de la Oposición, Ronal Umaña, Publica Logo de Partido Político en Formación" [Opposition Leader, Ronal Umaña, Publishes Logo of a Political Party in Formation]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  11. ^ Lemus, Adonai (6 February 2026). "ARENA Habría Propuesto a Ronal Umaña como Candidato a Alcalde de San Salvador o Santa Tecla" [ARENA Could Propose Ronal Umaña as a Candidate for Mayor of San Salvador or Santa Tecla]. Diario la Huella (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
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