# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-francis-merino-monroy
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:51:33.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-francis-merino-monroy"
name: "René Francis Merino Monroy"
slug: "rene-francis-merino-monroy"
description: "René Francis Merino Monroy is a Salvadoran military officer who currently serves as the Minister of National Defense. He was appointed to the position by President Nayib Bukele in June 2019, becoming the first officer from the Salvadoran Navy to serve as minister of defense."
tagline: "Minister of Defense of El Salvador (2019–present)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9_Merino_Monroy_at_The_Pentagon%2C_16_April_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.84
  momentum:             3.062896352376257
  historical:           4.843704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/merino_monroy"
    handle:    "merino_monroy"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "رينيه فرانسيس ميرينو مونروى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Merino_Monroy"
    title: "René Merino Monroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Merino_Monroy"
    title: "René Merino Monroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Merino_Monroy"
    title: "René Merino Monroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Merino_Monroy"
    title: "René Merino Monroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67054108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump