Ernesto Muyshondt

Ernesto Muyshondt
Muyshondt in 2018
126th Mayor of San Salvador
In office
1 May 2018 – 1 May 2021
Preceded byNayib Bukele
Succeeded byMario Durán
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador
In office
1 May 2015 – 1 May 2018
Personal details
BornErnesto Luis Muyshondt García Prieto
(1975-08-30) 30 August 1975
San Salvador, El Salvador
PartyNationalist Republican Alliance
SpouseKarla Belismelis de Muyshondt
RelativesAlejandro Muyshondt (cousin)
EducationJosé Matías Delgado University
OccupationBusinessman, politician
Criminal information
ConvictionsIllicit association
Electoral fraud
Criminal penalty18 years imprisonment

Ernesto Luis Muyshondt García Prieto (born 30 August 1975) is a Salvadoran businessman and politician. He served as the mayor of San Salvador, the capital and largest city in El Salvador, from 2018 to 2021 as a member of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He was previously a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 2015 until 2018. Muyshondt was convicted on 30 September 2025 of illicit association and electoral fraud committed in 2014 and 2015. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.