Karla Trigueros


Karla Edith Trigueros is a Salvadoran military officer and physician who has served as the minister of education of El Salvador since 14 August 2025.

Biography

Karla Edith Trigueros was born on 28 April 1990 in Sonzacate, El Salvador.
Trigueros enrolled in the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School in 2007. She also studied medicine at the. In her early career, Trigueros practiced medicine at the Central Military Hospital.
Trigueros was assigned to the Military Health Command in 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Trigueros coordinated vaccination logistics within COSAM. She led the country's National Vaccination Plan in coordination with the Ministry of Health.
On 14 August 2025, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele appointed Trigueros as El Salvador's Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, replacing José Mauricio Pineda.

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