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This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador. There has been a total of 55 presidents; many have served in office more than once.

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[edit] Latest election

Main article: Salvadoran presidential election, 2004

[edit] Presidents of El Salvador (1841-Present)

[edit] Post-Central American Dissolution (1841-1931)

  1. Juan Lindo (provisional): 22 February 1841 - 1 February 1842
  2. José Escolástico Marín (acting): 1 February - 14 April 1842
  3. Juan José Guzmán: 14 April 1842 - 1 February 1844
  4. Fermín Palacios (acting): 1 - 7 February 1844
  5. Francisco Malespín: 7 February 1844 - 15 February 1845
  6. Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán: 15 February 1845 - 1 February 1846
  7. Fermín Palacios (acting): 1 - 21 February 1846
  8. Eugenio Aguilar: 21 February 1846 - 1 February 1848
  9. Tomás Medina (acting): 1 - 3 February 1848
  10. José Félix Quirós (acting): 3 - 7 February 1848
  11. Doroteo Vasconcelos: 7 February 1848 - 1 February 1850
  12. Ramón Rodríguez (acting): 1 - 4 February 1850
  13. Doroteo Vasconcelos: 4 February 1850 - 1 March 1851
  14. José Félix Quirós (acting): 1 March - 3 May 1851
  15. Francisco Dueñas: 13 May 1851 - 30 January 1852
  16. José María San Martín (acting): 30 January - 1 February 1852
  17. Francisco Dueñas: 1 February 1852 - 1 February 1854
  18. Vicente Gómez (acting): 1 - 15 February 1854
  19. José María San Martín: 15 February 1854 - 1 February 1856
  20. Francisco Dueñas (acting): 1 - 12 February 1856
  21. Rafael Campo: 12 February 1856 - 1 February 1858
  22. Lorenzo Zepeda (acting): 1 - 7 February 1858
  23. Miguel Santín del Castillo: 7 February 1858 - 1 February 1860
  24. Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (acting): 24 January - 15 February 1859
  25. José María Peralta (acting): 15 February - 12 March 1859
  26. Gerardo Barrios: 12 March 1859 - 26 October 1863
  27. Francisco Dueñas: 26 October 1863 - 15 April 1871
  28. Santiago González: 15 April 1871 - 1 February 1876
  29. Andrés del Valle: 1 February - 1 May 1876
  30. Rafael Zaldívar: 1 May 1876 - 21 June 1885
  31. Francisco Menéndez: 21 June 1885 - 22 June 1890
  32. Carlos Ezeta: 22 June 1890 - 9 June 1894
  33. Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez: 10 June 1894 - 13 November 1898
  34. Tomás Regalado: 14 November 1898 - 1 March 1903
  35. Pedro José Escalón: 1 March 1903 - 1 March 1907
  36. Fernando Figueroa: 1 March 1907 - 1 March 1911
  37. Manuel Enrique Araujo: 1 March 1911 - 8 February 1913
  38. Carlos Meléndez (provisional): 9 February 1913 - 29 August 1914
  39. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (provisional): 29 August 1914 - 1 March 1915
  40. Carlos Meléndez: 1 March 1915 - 21 December 1918
  41. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (acting): 21 December 1918 - 1 March 1919
  42. Jorge Meléndez: 1 March 1919 - 1 March 1923
  43. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina: 1 March 1923 - 1 March 1927
  44. Pío Romero Bosque: 1 March 1927 - 1 March 1931
  45. Arturo Araujo: 1 March - 2 December 1931

[edit] Military Presidents (1931-1979)

  1. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (acting): 4 December 1931 - 28 August 1934
  2. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 29 August 1934 - 1 March 1935
  3. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez: 1 March 1935 - 9 May 1944
  4. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 9 May - 20 October 1944
  5. Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (provisional): 21 October 1944 - 1 March 1945
  6. Salvador Castaneda Castro: 1 March 1945 - 14 December 1948
  1. Óscar Osorio: 14 September 1950 - 14 September 1956
  2. José María Lemus: 14 September 1956 - 26 October 1960
  1. Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (provisional): 25 January - 1 July 1962
  2. Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo: 1 July 1962 - 1 July 1967
  3. Fidel Sánchez Hernández: 1 July 1967 - 1 July 1972
  4. Arturo Armando Molina: 1 July 1972 - 1 July 1977
  5. Carlos Humberto Romero: 1 July 1977 - 15 October 1979

[edit] Civil War and Modern Elections (1979-1994)

  1. Álvaro Magaña: 2 May 1982 - 1 June 1984
  2. José Napoleón Duarte: 1 June 1984 - 1 June 1989
  3. Alfredo Cristiani: 1 June 1989 - 1 June 1994

[edit] Post-Civil War Era (1994-Present)

  1. Armando Calderón Sol: 1 June 1994 - 1 June 1999
  2. Francisco Flores: 1 June 1999 - 1 June 2004
  3. Antonio Saca: 1 June 2004 -


See also: lists of incumbents, History of El Salvador, History of Central America.