Hugo Martínez is El Salvador's chancellor since June 1, 2009. Three of the previous years before being appointed minister, he was president of the Culture and Education Parliament Commission and, in 2009 he was also elected chairman of the Legislative Commissions of Foreign Affairs, Central American Integration and Salvadorans Overseas. In addition, he was the associate coordinator of the FMLN Parliamentary group during the 2008-2009 terms. He worked as assistant to the secretary general of the University Superior Council of Central America; director of External Cooperation of the University of El Salvador and, from 2000 until his appointment, was member of the Consultative Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of El Salvador.