{{Short description|Guatemalan politician}} {{family name hatnote|Farchi|Sultán|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Isaac Farchi | image = Isaac Farchi (cropped).jpg | office = Deputy of the Congress of Guatemala | term_start = 14 January 1996 | term_end = 14 January 2000 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|12}} | birth_place = Guatemala City | death_date = | death_place = | party = Blue Party | other_party = Vision with Values<br />Guatemalan Republican Front<br/>{{small|(until 1998)}}<br/>National Advancement Party<br/>{{small|(until 2018)}} | spouse = Rita de Farchi | children = Ruthy Farchi, Jacob Farchi, Sarah Farchi, Nissim Farchi | caption = Farchi in 2020 }} '''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, and Vilma Sultan Berchowitz, a Guatemalan of Israeli origin. Farchi was the first Jew to hold a public office in Guatemala. He ran as a presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, placing fifth place in the latter election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli businessman running for president of Guatemala|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/israeli-businessman-running-for-president-of-guatemala-583035|publisher=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Isaac Farchi: Presidential Candidate Interview|url=https://eightify.app/summary/interviews/isaac-farchi-presidential-candidate-interview|publisher=eightify}}</ref> He is currently the Government Commissioner for Investment and Tourism of Guatemala.
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