He is the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) not to have been elected as the candidate of one of the country's two major political parties: the left-wing [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN) and the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). | He is the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) not to have been elected as the candidate of one of the country's two major political parties: the left-wing [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] (FMLN) and the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). |