Vice President of El Salvador

{{Short description|Political position in El Salvador}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Vice President

| body = the Republic of El{{nbsp}}Salvador

| native_name = Vicepresidente de la República de El{{nbsp}}Salvador

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| insignia = Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg

| insigniasize = 125px

| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of El Salvador

| termlength = Five years, renewable once{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/elections-el-salvador-9dcbdb58df7fec5b43b289c3eb269730|title=El Salvador Court Drops Ban on Presidential Reelection|first=Marcos|last=Aleman|language=en|website=AP News|date=5 September 2021|access-date=5 September 2021}}

| status =

| residence =

| seat =

| image = Félix Ulloa with the TSE (cropped).jpg

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| incumbent = Félix Ulloa

| incumbentsince = 1 June 2019

| salary =

| inaugural = {{ill|Pedro José Arce|es}}

| formation = September 1842

| constituting_instrument = Constitution of El Salvador

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{{Politics of El Salvador}}

The vice president of El Salvador ({{langx|es|Vicepresidente de El Salvador}}) is a political position in El Salvador which is elected concurrently with the position of President of El Salvador.

A list of the office holders follows. The list may not be complete.

List of vice presidents

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! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}!! rowspan="2" | Portrait !! rowspan="2" | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" width="100" | Term of office !! rowspan="2" width="100" | Political affiliation!! rowspan="2" |President!!rowspan=2|{{Abbr|Refs.|References}}

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |1

|80px

|{{ill|Pedro José Arce|es}}
{{small|(1801–1871)}}

| September 1842

| 7 February 1844

| –

|Independent

|Juan José Guzmán

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Cayetano Antonio Molina

----

Pedro José Arce

----

Cayetano Antonio Molina

----

Pedro José Arce

----

Fermín Palacios

|{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0vNkAAAAMAAJ|title=El Salvador de hoy|first=Ricardo González|last=Ruiz|date=July 17, 1952|publisher=Talleres Martinez|via=Google Books}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |2

| 80px

|Luis Ayala
{{small|(1801–1883)}}

| 7 February 1844

| 29 February 1844

|{{age in years and days|1844|02|07|1844|02|29|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Francisco Malespín

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |3

|80px

|Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
{{small|(1801–1875)}}

| 29 February 1844

| 1 February 1846

|{{age in years and days|1844|02|29|1846|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Francisco Malespín

----

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán

|{{cite web| url=http://www.redicces.org.sv/jspui/bitstream/10972/1810/1/Nociones%20de%20Historia%20de%20El%20Salvador.%201920.%20Rafael%20Reyes.pdf | title=Historia de El Salvador | last=Reyes | first=Rafael}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |4

|80px

|José Campo
{{small|(1806–1881)}}

| 1 February 1846

| 1 February 1848

|{{age in years and days|1846|02|01|1848|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Eugenio Aguilar

|{{cite web |title=Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador 1824-2006 / Tomo I 1824-1864 |url=https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/2021-08/Tomo_I_Historia_AsambleaLegislativa.pdf |website=www.asamblea.gob.sv |publisher=Legislative Assembly |page=161}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |5

|80px

|José Félix Quirós
{{small|(1811–1883)}}

| 1 February 1848

| 1 February 1852

|{{age in years and days|1848|02|01|1852|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Tomás Medina

----

José Félix Quirós

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Doroteo Vasconcelos

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Ramón Rodríguez

----

Doroteo Vasconcelos

----

Francisco Dueñas

----

José Félix Quirós

----

Francisco Dueñas

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José María San Martín

|{{Cite web |url=http://adoremango.com/category/h/historien-om-den-salvadoranske-by-santa-ana.php |title=Historien om den salvadoranske by Santa Ana | language=da |access-date=2018-11-17 |archive-date=2018-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035332/http://adoremango.com/category/h/historien-om-den-salvadoranske-by-santa-ana.php |url-status=dead }}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |6

|80px

|Tomás Medina
{{small|(1803–1884)}}

| 1 February 1852

| 1 February 1854

|{{age in years and days|1852|02|01|1854|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Francisco Dueñas

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |7

|80px

|José Mariano Hernández
{{small|(1786–1864)}}

| 1 February 1854

| 1 February 1856

|{{age in years and days|1854|02|01|1856|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Vicente Gómez

----

José María San Martín

|

style="background:#0000CD; color:white" |8

|80px

|Francisco Dueñas
{{small|(1810–1884)}}

| 1 February 1856

| 1 February 1858

|{{age in years and days|1856|02|01|1858|02|01|sep=and}}

|Conservative

|Francisco Dueñas

----

Rafael Campo

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |9

|80px

|Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
{{small|(1801–1875)}}

| 1 February 1858

| 1 February 1860

|{{age in years and days|1858|02|01|1860|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Lorenzo Zepeda

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Miguel Santín del Castillo

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Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán

----

José María Peralta

----

Gerardo Barrios

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.casapres.gob.sv/presidentes/pres/rcampo1856.htm |title=Casa Presidencial – República de El Salvador |access-date=2022-02-16 |archive-date=2009-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302084934/http://www.casapres.gob.sv/presidentes/pres/rcampo1856.htm |url-status=dead }}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |10

|80px

|José Félix Quirós
{{small|(1811–1883)}}

| 1 February 1860

| 23 October 1863

|{{age in years and days|1860|02|01|1863|10|23|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Gerardo Barrios

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865)
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |11

|80px

|Gregorio Arbizú
{{small|(1823–1872)}}

| 1 February 1865

| 1 February 1869

|{{age in years and days|1865|02|01|1869|02|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Francisco Dueñas

|{{cite book |last1=Flemion |first1=Philip F. |title=Historical dictionary of El Salvador |date=1972 |publisher=Scarecrow press |location=Metuchen (N.J.) |isbn=0-8108-0471-9}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |12

| 80px

|José María Parrilla
{{small|(1807–1883)}}

| 1 February 1869

| 15 April 1871

|{{age in years and days|1869|02|01|1871|04|15|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Francisco Dueñas

|{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPoiAQAAIAAJ&q=Parrilla+vicepresidente|title=Historia de El Salvador: 1843-1871|first=Francisco J.|last=Monterey|date=July 17, 1996|publisher=Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de El Salvador|via=Google Books}}

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872)
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |13

|80px

|Manuel Méndez
{{small|(?–1872)}}

| 1 February 1872

| 1 September 1872

|{{age in years and days|1872|02|01|1872|09|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Santiago González

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (1 September 1872 – 1 February 1876)
style="background:Maroon; color:white" |14

|80px

|Santiago González
{{small|(1818–1887)}}

| 1 February 1876

| 1 May 1876

|{{age in years and days|1876|02|01|1876|05|01|sep=and}}

|Liberal

|Andrés del Valle

|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYQFDgAAQBAJ|title=Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940|first=Erik|last=Ching|date=January 15, 2014|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|isbn=9780268076993|via=Google Books}}

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (1 May 1876 – 1 March 1887)
style="background:Maroon; color:white" |15

|80px

|Baltasar Estupinián
{{small|(?–?)}}

| 1 March 1887

| 17 March 1887

|{{age in years and days|1877|03|01|1877|03|17|sep=and}}

|Liberal

|Francisco Menéndez

|{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AM7AAAAIAAJ|title=Las constituciones de El Salvador|first1=El|last1=Salvador|first2=Ricardo|last2=Gallardo|date=July 17, 1961|publisher=Ediciones Cultura Hispánica|via=Google Books}}

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (17 March 1887 – 1 March 1891)
style="background:Maroon; color:white" |16

|80px

|Antonio Ezeta
{{small|(?–?)}}

| 1 March 1891

| 9 June 1894

|{{age in years and days|1891|03|01|1894|06|09|sep=and}}

|Liberal

|Carlos Ezeta

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (9 June 1894 – 1 March 1895)
style="background:Maroon; color:white" |17

|80px

|Prudencio Alfaro
{{small|(1861–1915)}}

| 1 March 1895

| 13 November 1898

|{{age in years and days|1895|03|01|1898|11|13|sep=and}}

|Liberal

|Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (14 November 1898 – 1 March 1899)
style="background:Maroon; color:white" |18

|80px

|Francisco Antonio Reyes Gálvez
{{small|(1860–1951)}}

| 1 March 1899

| 1 March 1903

|{{age in years and days|1899|03|01|1903|03|01|sep=and}}

|Liberal

|Tomás Regalado

|{{Cite web |url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1850-1899.html |title=Elections and Events 1850-1899 |access-date=2018-11-17 |archive-date=2021-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323211303/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1850-1899.html |url-status=dead }}

style="background:#0000CD; color:white" |19

|80px

|Calixto Velado Eduardo
{{small|(1855–1927)}}

| 1 March 1903

| 1 March 1907

|{{age in years and days|1903|03|01|1907|03|01|sep=and}}

|Conservative

|Pedro José Escalón

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |20

|80px

|Manuel Enrique Araujo
{{small|(1865–1913)}}

| 1 March 1907

| 1 March 1911

|{{age in years and days|1907|03|01|1911|03|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Fernando Figueroa

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |21

|80px

|Onofre Durán Santillana
{{small|(1836–?)}}

| 1 March 1911

| 9 February 1913

|{{age in years and days|1911|03|01|1913|02|09|sep=and}}

|Independent

|Manuel Enrique Araujo

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (9 February 1913 – 1 March 1915)
style="background:#90EE90; color:black" |22

|80px

|Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
{{small|(1874–1950)}}

| 1 March 1915

| 1 March 1923

|{{age in years and days|1915|03|01|1923|03|01|sep=and}}

|National Democratic Party

|Carlos Meléndez Ramirez

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Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

----

Jorge Meléndez

|

style="background:#90EE90; color:black" |23

|80px

|Pío Romero Bosque
{{small|(1860–1935)}}

| 1 March 1923

| 1 March 1927

|{{age in years and days|1923|03|01|1927|03|01|sep=and}}

|National Democratic Party

|Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

|

style="background:#90EE90; color:black" |24

|80px

|Gustavo Vides
{{small|(?–?)}}

| 1 March 1927

| 1 March 1931

|{{age in years and days|1927|03|01|1931|03|01|sep=and}}

|National Democratic Party

|Pío Romero Bosque

|

style="background:#FF0000; color:white" |25

|80px

|Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
{{small|(1882–1966)}}

| 1 March 1931

| 2 December 1931

|{{age in years and days|1931|03|01|1931|12|02|sep=and}}

|National Republican Party

|Arturo Araujo

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (2 December 1931 – 1 March 1945)
style="background:#DAA520; color:white" |26

|80px

|Manuel Adriano Vilanova
{{small|(1873–?)}}

| 1 March 1945

| 14 December 1948

|{{age in years and days|1945|03|01|1948|12|14|sep=and}}

|Unification Social Democratic Party

|Salvador Castaneda Castro

|{{Cite web|url=http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/about/collections-of-distinction/latin-american-elections-statistics/el-salvador/elections-and-events-1935-1969.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022045810/http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/about/collections-of-distinction/latin-american-elections-statistics/el-salvador/elections-and-events-1935-1969.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-22|title=Elections and Events 1935-1969 - The Library|date=October 22, 2015}}

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (14 December 1948 – October 1950)
style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |27

| 80px

|José María Peralta Salazar
{{small|(1907–?)}}{{cite web |title=Períodos presidenciales y constituciones federales y políticas de El Salvador |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3AqAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de Publicaciones |language=es |date=1980}}

| October 1950

| 14 September 1956

|

| Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

|Óscar Osorio

| No vice president, Peralta was elected as the presidential designate{{cite web |title=Ahora: revista mensual ilustrada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4UvAAAAYAAJ |language=es |date=1950}}{{cite web |title=Diario Oficial|url=http://abaco.uca.edu.sv/acervo/Diario_Oficial/1950/1950-10.pdf}}

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |28

| 80px

|Humberto Costa
{{small|(1906–?)}}

| 14 September 1956

| 26 October 1960

|

|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification{{cite book |last1=Steinberg |first1=S. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KI3JDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22humberto+costa%22+1956&pg=PA971 |publisher=Springer |language=en |date=23 December 2016|isbn=9780230270879 }}

|José María Lemus

| {{cite book |last1=Gómez |first1=Arturo Soto |title=Todos los presidentes, 1821-2004: elecciones presidenciales en El Salvador |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BD1rAAAAMAAJ |language=es |date=2005|publisher=Insta Prints |isbn=9780004957005 }}{{cite web |last1=Systems (U.S.) |first1=Institute for the Comparative Study of Political |title=El Salvador Election Factbook, March 5, 1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBk7AAAAMAAJ |language=en |date=1967}}

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (26 October 1960 – 25 January 1962)
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |29

|80px

|Francisco José Guerrero
{{small|(1925–1989)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/2017-12/Tomo_IV_Historia_AsambleaLegislativa.pdf|title=Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la Replública de El Salvador |access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2019-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706085226/https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/2017-12/Tomo_IV_Historia_AsambleaLegislativa.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| rowspan=2| 25 January 1962

| rowspan=2| 1 July 1962

| rowspan=2| {{age in years and days|1962|01|26|1962|07|01|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

| rowspan=2| Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/constitucion-politica-de-la-republica-de-el-salvador-de-1962/html/606cbf2f-968f-46af-85c3-c9e12a63781f_2.html|title=Constitución Política de la República de El Salvador de 1962|first=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de|last=Cervantes|website=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes}}

80px

|Salvador Ramírez Siliézar
{{small|(?–?)}}

|Independent

style="background:#4169E1; color:white" |30

|80px

|Francisco Roberto Lima
{{small|(1917–2008)}}

| 1 July 1962

| 1 July 1967

|{{age in years and days|1962|07|01|1967|07|01|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

|Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo

|{{cite web |url=http://aps.isss.gob.sv/profesional/publicaciones/Historia%20del%20Instituto%20Salvadore%C3%B1o%20del%20Seguro%20Social%20(parte%20I) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007092145/http://aps.isss.gob.sv/profesional/publicaciones/Historia%20del%20Instituto%20Salvadore%C3%B1o%20del%20Seguro%20Social%20(parte%20I) |archive-date=2018-10-07 |access-date=2023-03-30 |title=Historia del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (parte I) |language=es |date=2017-06-01 |author=Lic Carlos Joya}}

style="background:#4169E1; color:white" |31

|80px

|Humberto Guillermo Cuestas
{{small|(1921–2005)}}

| 1 July 1967

| 1 July 1972

|{{age in years and days|1967|07|01|1972|07|01|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

|Fidel Sánchez Hernández

|

style="background:#4169E1; color:white" |32

|80px

|Enrique Mayorga Rivas
{{small|(1926–1987)}}

| 1 July 1972

| 1 July 1977

|{{age in years and days|1972|07|01|1977|07|01|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

|Arturo Armando Molina

|

style="background:#4169E1; color:white" |33

|80px

|Julio Ernesto Astacio
{{small|(born 1932)}}{{cite web |title=State Dept. cable 1978 / 224039 |url=https://archive.org/stream/StateDeptcable1978-224039/State%20Dept%20cable%201978-224039_djvu.txt |publisher=US Department of State |language=en-us |date=1978}}

| 1 July 1977

| 15 October 1979

|{{age in years and days|1977|07|01|1979|10|15|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

|Carlos Humberto Romero

|

style="background:#ccc" colspan=9|No Vice President (15 October 1979 – 13 December 1980)
style="background:{{party color|Military Rule}}; color:white" |34

|

|Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez
{{small|(1936–2012)}}

| 13 December 1980

| 2 May 1982

|{{age in years and days|1980|12|13|1982|05|02|sep=and}}

|Military

|Revolutionary Government Junta
(José Napoleón Duarte)

|

rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" |35

|80px

|Raúl Molina Martínez
{{small|(born 1938)}}

| rowspan=3| 2 May 1982

| rowspan=3| 1 June 1984

| rowspan=3| {{age in years and days|1982|05|02|1984|07|01|sep=and}}

|National Conciliation Party

| rowspan=3| Álvaro Magaña

| rowspan=3|{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/03/world/new-leader-asks-unity-in-salvador.html|title=NEW LEADER ASKS UNITY IN SALVADOR|first1=Richard J.|last1=Meislin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 3, 1982}}{{cite magazine |last1=Sancton |first1=Thomas A. |title=El Salvador: The Making of a President |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,925374,00.html |magazine=Time |date=1982-05-10}}

80px

|Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro
{{small|(born 1942)}}

|Nationalist Republican Alliance

80px

|Pablo Mauricio Alvergue
{{small|(1930–2024)}}

|Christian Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)}}; color:white" |36

|80px

|Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount
{{small|(born 1936)}}

| 1 June 1984

| 1 June 1989

|{{age in years and days|1984|06|01|1989|06|01|sep=and}}

|Christian Democratic Party

|José Napoleón Duarte

|{{Cite web |url=http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20081115/nacion/El%20sube%20y%20baja%20del%20poder%20electoral.pdf |title=El sube y baja del poder electoral.pdf |publisher=La Prensa Gráfica |access-date=2011-02-24 |archive-date=2012-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607032523/http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20081115/nacion/El%20sube%20y%20baja%20del%20poder%20electoral.pdf |url-status=dead }}

style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white" |37

|80px

|José Francisco Merino López
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| 1 June 1989

| 1 June 1994

|{{age in years and days|1989|06|01|1994|06|01|sep=and}}

|Nationalist Republican Alliance

|Alfredo Cristiani

|

style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white" |38

|80px

|Enrique Borgo Bustamante
{{small|(born 1928)}}

| 1 June 1994

| 1 June 1999

|{{age in years and days|1994|06|01|1999|06|01|sep=and}}

|Nationalist Republican Alliance

|Armando Calderón Sol

|

style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white" |39

|80px

|Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
{{small|(born 1953)}}

| 1 June 1999

| 1 June 2004

|{{age in years and days|1999|06|01|2004|06|01|sep=and}}

|Nationalist Republican Alliance

|Francisco Flores Pérez

|

style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white" |40

|80px

|Ana Vilma de Escobar
{{small|(born 1954)}}

| 1 June 2004

| 1 June 2009

|{{age in years and days|2004|06|01|2009|06|01|sep=and}}

|Nationalist Republican Alliance

|Antonio Saca

|

style="background:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}}; color:white" |41

|80px

|Salvador Sánchez Cerén
{{small|(born 1944)}}

| 1 June 2009

| 1 June 2014

|{{age in years and days|2009|06|01|2014|06|01|sep=and}}

|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

|Mauricio Funes

|

style="background:{{party color|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}}; color:white" |42

|80px

|Óscar Ortiz
{{small|(born 1961)}}

| 1 June 2014

| 1 June 2019

|{{age in years and days|2014|06|01|2019|06|01|sep=and}}

|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

|Salvador Sánchez Cerén

|

style="background:{{party color|Nuevas Ideas}}; color:white" |43

|80px

|Félix Ulloa
{{small|(born 1951)}}

| 1 June 2019

| Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2019|06|01|sep=and}}

|Independent

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Nuevas Ideas

|Nayib Bukele

|

See also

References

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Category:Government of El Salvador

El Salvador