Isolda Menjivar

  

Isolda Menjivar
4th Governor of Distrito Capital
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2014
Deputy	Gabriel Osorio
Preceded by	Simeón Regalado
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party
Incumbent
Assumed office May 15, 2016
Preceded by	Raúl Gavidia
Member of Distrito Capital Legislative Assembly from Sonzacate
In office August 15, 2008 – April 11, 2014 Serving with Miguel Regalado
Governor	Simeón Regalado
Personal details
Born	(1986-09-08) September 8, 1986 Template:Country data Distrito Capital Sonzacate, Distrito Capital
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (2008–present)
Alma mater	Sonsonate Federal University
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Roman Catholic

Isolda Menjivar
Born	Isolda Menjivar Aragón (1986-09-08) September 8, 1986 Sonzacate, Distrito Capital
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Central America 2004 Reinado de Centroamerica 2006
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Central America 2004 (Winner) Miss Universe 2004 (Unplaced) Reinado de Centroamerica 2006 (Winner) Miss Earth 2006 (Top 16)

Isolda Menjivar Aragón (born September 8, 1986) is a lawyer, politician, and former beauty queen. She is currently served as Governor of Distrito Capital since 2014 and also the current party leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party since 2016 following the resignation of Raúl Gavidia in the same year. She previously served as member of Legislative Assembly representing Sonzacate together with Miguel Regalado. She was crowned as Miss Central America 2004 and Reinado de Centroamerica 2006 prior entering politics.

Born and raised in Sonzacate, Menjivar graduated from Sonsonate Federal University with a law degree. During her pageantry, she won as Miss Central America in 2004 to represent the country in Miss Universe of the same year but she unplaced. She competed in Reinado de Centroamerica in 2006 and she won to compete on Miss Earth where she finished in the top 16. Menjivar announced her retired from pageantry in 2007 as she focused on working as a public attorney. In 2008, she ran for the Legislative Assembly representing Sonzacate under the Christian Democratic Union Party. As a legislator, she enacted laws for freedom of religion, women's rights, and protection against child abuse. Menjivar resigned as legislator in 2014 to ran for Governor of Distrito Capital at the same year as she won via landslide victory.