| President | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Juan Lindo (provisional) |  | 22 February 1841 | 1 February 1842 | Conservative |
| José Escolástico Marín (acting) |  | 1 February 1842 | 14 April 1842 | None |
| Juan José Guzmán |  | 14 April 1842 | 1 February 1844 | Conservative |
| Fermín Palacios (acting) |  | 1 February 1844 | 7 February 1844 | None |
| Francisco Malespín | | 7 February 1844 | 15 February 1845 | Conservative |
| Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán | | 15 February 1845 | 1 February 1846 | None |
| Fermín Palacios (acting) | | 1 February 1846 | 21 February 1846 | None |
| Eugenio Aguilar | | 21 February 1846 | 1 February 1848 | Liberal |
| Tomás Medina (acting) | | 1 February 1848 | 3 February 1848 | None |
| José Félix Quirós (acting) | | 3 February 1848 | 7 February 1848 | None |
| Doroteo Vasconcelos | | 7 February 1848 | 1 February 1850 | Liberal |
| Ramón Rodríguez (acting) | | 1 February 1850 | 4 February 1850 | None |
| Doroteo Vasconcelos | | 4 February 1850 | 1 March 1851 | Liberal |
| José Félix Quirós (acting) | | 1 March 1851 | 3 May 1851 | None |
| Francisco Dueñas | | 13 May 1851 | 30 January 1852 | Conservative |
| José María San Martín (acting) | | 30 January 1852 | 1 February 1852 | Conservative |
| Francisco Dueñas | | 1 February 1852 | 1 February 1854 | Conservative |
| Vicente Gómez (acting) | | 1 February 1854 | 15 February 1854 | None |
| José María San Martín | | 15 February 1854 | 1 February 1856 | Conservative |
| Francisco Dueñas (acting) | | 1 February 1856 | 12 February 1856 | Conservative |
| Rafael Campo | | 12 February 1856 | 1 February 1858 | Conservative |
| Lorenzo Zepeda (acting) | | 1 February 1858 | 7 February 1858 | None |
| Miguel Santín del Castillo | | 7 February 1858 | 24 January 1859 | Conservative |
| Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (acting) | | 24 January 1859 | 15 February 1859 | None |
| José María Peralta (acting) | | 15 February 1859 | 12 March 1859 | None |
| Gerardo Barrios | | 12 March 1859 | 26 October 1863 | Liberal |
| Francisco Dueñas | | 26 October 1863 | 15 April 1871 | Conservative |
| Santiago González | | 15 April 1871 | 1 February 1876 | Liberal |
| Andrés del Valle |  | 1 February 1876 | 1 May 1876 | Liberal |
| Rafael Zaldívar |  | 1 May 1876 | 21 June 1885 | Liberal |
| Francisco Menéndez |  | 21 June 1885 | 22 June 1890 | Military |
| Carlos Ezeta |  | 22 June 1890 | 9 June 1894 | Military |
| Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez | | 10 June 1894 | 13 November 1898 | Military |
| Tomás Regalado |  | 14 November 1898 | 1 March 1903 | Military |
| Pedro José Escalón | | 1 March 1903 | 1 March 1907 | Military |
| Fernando Figueroa |  | 1 March 1907 | 1 March 1911 | Military |
| Manuel Enrique Araujo |  | 1 March 1911 | 8 February 1913 | None |
| Carlos Meléndez Ramirez (provisional) |  | 9 February 1913 | 29 August 1914 | National Democratic Party |
| Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (provisional) |  | 29 August 1914 | 1 March 1915 | National Democratic Party |
| Carlos Meléndez Ramirez | | 1 March 1915 | 21 December 1918 | National Democratic Party |
| Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (acting) | | 21 December 1918 | 1 March 1919 | National Democratic Party |
| Jorge Meléndez | | 1 March 1919 | 1 March 1923 | National Democratic Party |
| Alfonso Quiñónez Molina | | 1 March 1923 | 1 March 1927 | National Democratic Party |
| Pío Romero Bosque |  | 1 March 1927 | 1 March 1931 | National Democratic Party |
| Arturo Araujo | | 1 March 1931 | 2 December 1931 | Labor Party |
| Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (acting) |  | 4 December 1931 | 28 August 1934 | Military/National Pro-Patria Party |
| Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional) | | 29 August 1934 | 1 March 1935 | Military/National Pro-Patria Party |
| Maximiliano Hernández Martínez | | 1 March 1935 | 9 May 1944 | Military/National Pro-Patria Party |
| Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional) | | 9 May 1944 | 20 October 1944 | Military/National Pro-Patria Party |
| Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (provisional) | | 21 October 1944 | 1 March 1945 | Military |
| Salvador Castaneda Castro | | 1 March 1945 | 14 December 1948 | Military/Unification Social Democratic Party |
| Revolutionary Council of Government | | 15 December 1948 | 14 September 1950 | Revolutionary Council of Government |
| Óscar Osorio | | 14 September 1950 | 14 September 1956 | Military/Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification |
| José María Lemus | | 14 September 1956 | 26 October 1960 | Military/Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification |
| Junta of Government | | 26 October 1960 | 25 January 1961 | Junta of Government |
| Civic-Military Directory | | 25 January 1961 | 25 January 1962 | Civic-Military Directory |
| Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (provisional) | | 25 January 1962 | 1 July 1962 | None |
| Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo |  | 1 July 1962 | 1 July 1967 | Military/Party of National Conciliation |
| Fidel Sánchez Hernández |  | 1 July 1967 | 1 July 1972 | Military/Party of National Conciliation |
| Arturo Armando Molina | | 1 July 1972 | 1 July 1977 | Military/Party of National Conciliation |
| Carlos Humberto Romero |  | 1 July 1977 | 15 October 1979 | Military/Party of National Conciliation |
| Revolutionary Government Junta | | 15 October 1979 | 2 May 1982 | Revolutionary Government Junta |
| Álvaro Magaña | | 2 May 1982 | 1 June 1984 | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| José Napoleón Duarte |  | 1 June 1984 | 1 June 1989 | Christian Democratic Party |
| Alfredo Cristiani |  | 1 June 1989 | 1 June 1994 | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Armando Calderón Sol | | 1 June 1994 | 1 June 1999 | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Francisco Flores Pérez |  | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2004 | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Antonio Saca |  | 1 June 2004 | 1 June 2009 | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Mauricio Funes | .jpg) | 1 June 2009 | 1 June 2014 | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
| Salvador Sánchez Cerén |  | 1 June 2014 | Incumbent | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
