Isaac Farchi Sultán (born 12 June 1960) is a Guatemalan businessman and politician. He is the son of the businessman Nissim Farchi Finkelstain, an Israeli born in
Bulgaria
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, and Vilma Sultan Berchowitz, a Guatemalan of Israeli origin. Farchi was the first
Jew
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to hold a public office in
Guatemala
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. He ran as a presidential candidate in the
2019
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and
2023
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general elections, placing fifth place in the latter election.
He is currently the Government Commissioner for Investment and Tourism of Guatemala.
References
Living people
Guatemalan Jews
21st-century Guatemalan politicians
1960 births
Politicians from Guatemala City
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