Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez was born on 24 July 1981 in San Salvador, El Salvador.[3] His father was Armando Bukele Kattán, a businessman and industrial chemist,[4][5] and his mother is Olga Marina Ortez. Bukele's father died in 2015.[6] Bukele was the couple's first child. He has three younger brothers, Karim, Yusef, and Ibrajim, and has four paternal half sisters and two paternal half brothers.[3][7] Bukele's father converted from Christianity to Islam in the 1980s, became an imam, and founded four mosques in El Salvador.[5] Bukele's mother is Catholic.[6] Bukele's paternal grandparents were Palestinian Christians who emigrated to El Salvador from Jerusalem and Bethlehem in 1921. His maternal grandfather was Greek Orthodox, and his maternal grandmother was Catholic.[4]