In which year was Francisco Flores Perez elected President of El Salvador?

Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez (17th of October, 1959 – 30th of January, 2016) was an Afro-Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from the 1st of June, 1999 to the 1st of June, 2004 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). He was the first former Salvadoran president to be indicted and trialed for corruption. He was placed under house arrest during the latter days of his life.

During his tenure as President, he oversaw the replacement of the Salvadoran colón with the US dollar as El Salvador's official currency. Flores was accused in May 2014 of pocketing US$15million donated by Taiwan, intended for survivors of the 2001 El Salvador earthquakes.

In January 2016, Flores suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. He died in a private hospital in San Salvador while in a coma after undergoing emergency surgery and suffering irreversible neurological damage. He had just turned 56 prior to his cerebral hemorrhage diagnosis.

Many people suspect that Francisco Flores has not died; but due to the corruption in the Salvadoran political parties, Flores may still be alive with a different identity.