CURRÍCULUM VITAE

NAME:Manuel de Jesús Salazar Tetzagüic

DATE AND PLACE Tecpán Guatemala, 2 de febrero de 1948,

BIRTH:del Pueblo Maya Kaqchikel.

MARITAL STATUS:Casado.

NAME OF SPOUSE: Vicenta Telón de Salazar.

STUDIES

  1. Teacher in grade school, graduate from the Santiago Indigenous Institute, Antigua Guatemala, en 1967.
  1. Bachelor in Letters and Philosophy, from the Universidad Rafael Landívar ofGuatemala, in 1978.
  1. University Technician in Management and Monitoring of Bilingual Education Programs, graduated from Universidad Rafael Landívar in 1985.
  1. Master Educational management, from the University of New Mexico, USA, in 1987.
  1. Musician by profession, specializedin Guatemalan Marimba.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  1. Teacher of children and young music bands, from 1968 to 1993.
  1. Professor of music in private and public secondary schools and institutes, 1973 to 1983.
  1. Professor of Literature, Philosophy and other similar subjects as member of the Technical-Pedagogicalstaff in Private Pedagogical Schools, from 1968 to 1972.
  1. Senior Professor of K’iche’ Language and Literature, maya Philosophy, Philosophy of Intercultural Bilingual Education and Oral Tradition of Indigenous Peoples in Universities Mariano Gálvez and Rafael Landívar of Guatemala.
  1. Senior Professor ofLanguage I and II, Philosophy I and II at the Training School for Teachersof Middle School at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.

POSTINGS

  1. Minister of Culture and Sports since January 14, 2004
  1. President of the Institute of Linguistics and Education of the University Rafael Landívar, from 1999 to January 2004
  1. Nacional Coordinator of the Project of Mobilization and Support of Maya Education, UNESCO/PROMEM, from 2002 to 2003
  1. UNESCO Consultant in Maya Education and Intercultural Bilingual Education, Specialist in Education of Indigenous Peoples in Central America, from 1996 to 2002
  1. Director of the Institute of Linguistics and Education of the University Rafael Landívar, from 1999 to 2000.
  1. dean of the School of Humanities of the University Rafael Landívar de Guatemala, from 1996 to 1998
  1. Deputy Minister for Technical Affairs from 1993 to 1995
  1. General Director for Grade School Education, Ministry of Education from 1991 to 1993
  1. Regional Director of Education, Central Region V based inAntigua Guatemala, from 1988 to 1991
  1. Founding Director of the Junior Choir and Orchestra “Fray Diego Martín” ofSan Francisco El Grande, Antigua Guatemala, from 1977 to 1989
  1. Founding Director of the Children Choir and Orchestra from Sumpango, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, from 1973 to 1989
  1. Head of the Department of Curricular Development of the National Program for Bilingual Education –PRONEBI- of the Ministry of Education, from 1984 to 1987
  1. Leader of the Marimba Band “Herencia Maya Quiché”, ofGuatemala, 1979 to 1981
  1. Director of the Indigenous Symphony Orchestra of the Indegenous Institute “Nuestra Señora del Socorro” from 1973 to 1978
  1. Director of the Marimba Band “Umayij Che´” of the Indigenous InstituteSantiago, Guatemala, from 1962 to 1973

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  1. Representative of the Guatemalan Government before the United Nations on the occasion of the “International Year of Indigenous Populations"
  1. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund for the Development of Guatemalan Indigenous Peoples - FODIGUA-, from 1994 to 1995.
  1. Advisor in the Peace Talks in reference to the topic “Identity and Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” signed between the URNG (guerrillas) and the Government of Guatemala, in March 1995.
  1. Member ofthe Commission in charge of the pursuance of the Peace Treaties inGuatemala, (as an ordinary citizen) from 1997 to 2003
  1. Member of the Consulting Commission of the Educational reform ofGuatemala, from 1999 to 2003.
  1. Member of the Inter American Cultural Committee of the Organization of American Status (OAS), 1995 – 1996.
  1. Member of the team of specialists who drafted the report on DEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA, MISSION OF ALL THE PEOPLE, International IDEA, 1998.
  1. Member of the Board of Directors of the University Rafael Landívar, from 1998 to 2003.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Características de la Literatura Maya Kaqchikel, Second Edition, ed. CHOLSAMAJ, Guatemala 1995. (Thesis in 1978)
  1. CHUXEKAJ COMALAPA (Under the Sky of Comalapa), Musical fantasy for marimba, 1981; recorded by the Marimba Herencia Maya K’iche’.
  1. The Son of Maya Style: Qojetz'an Ch'umil (¡Star, Let’s Play!); Runawal nutinamit (The Nawal of My People); Mazti' Ale' (The Friend Deers); and the Oberture: GUATEMAYA, as a tribute of the Steady and Stron Peace Treaty inGuatemala.
  1. RUK’UX MAYA NA’OJ (Maya Values) a philosophical analysis written with Vicenta Telón Sajcabún de Salazar as co-author; PROMEM/UNESCO/NETHERLANDS, Guatemala, 1998.
  1. KAMUL IYOM: Intercultural, Bilingual, Educational Communitiess; PROMEM/UNESCO/NETHERLANDS, Guatemala, 2000.
  1. Perfil de una Nueva Educación en la Nación Guatemalteca, Pluricultural y Multilingüe, PROMEM/UNESCO/NETHERLANDS, 1999.
  1. Cultures and Interculturalities in Guatemala, Institute of Linguistics and Education, UniversityRafaél Landívar, Guatemala, 2002.
  1. CHOMANIK TIJOJ (Mayan Local Units of Education -ULEM: A Developing Proposal); Series ofPedagogical Publication onMaya and Intercultural Bilingual Education I, UNESCO/PROMEM/NETHERLANDS, Guatemala, 2002.
  1. RUB'EYAL TIJONIK Q'OJOM (Teaching toPlay the Marimba); Series of Pedagogical Publications of Maya and Intercultural BilingualEducation, No. 2; UNESCO/PROMEM/NETHERLANDS, Guatemala, 2002.
  1. The Role and Significance of Maya Culture in National Education, edited together with Katherine Grigsby; UNESCO/PROMEM/NETHERLANDS, Guatemala 2004.