President of El Salvador

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.

Latest election

Presidents of El Salvador (1841-Present)

=Post-Central American Dissolution (1841-1931)=

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

Military Presidents (1931-1979)

#Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (acting): 4 December 1931 - 28 August 1934
#Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 29 August 1934 - 1 March 1935
#Maximiliano Hernández Martínez: 1 March 1935 - 9 May 1944
#Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 9 May - 20 October 1944
#Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (provisional): 21 October 1944 - 1 March 1945
#Salvador Castaneda Castro: 1 March 1945 - 14 December 1948
*"Revolutionary Council of Government": 15 December 1948 - 14 September 1950
#Óscar Osorio: 14 September 1950 - 14 September 1956
#José María Lemus: 14 September 1956 - 26 October 1960
*"Junta of Government": 26 October 1960 - 25 January 1961
*"Civic-Military Directory": 25 January 1961 - 25 January 1962
#Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (provisional): 25 January - 1 July 1962
#Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo: 1 July 1962 - 1 July 1967
#Fidel Sánchez Hernández: 1 July 1967 - 1 July 1972
#Arturo Armando Molina: 1 July 1972 - 1 July 1977
#Carlos Humberto Romero: 1 July 1977 - 15 October 1979

Civil War and Modern Elections (1979-1994)

*Revolutionary Government Junta: 15 October 1979 - 2 May 1982
#Álvaro Magaña: 2 May 1982 - 1 June 1984
#José Napoleón Duarte: 1 June 1984 - 1 June 1989
#Alfredo Cristiani: 1 June 1989 - 1 June 1994

Post-Civil War Era (1994-Present)

#Armando Calderón Sol: 1 June 1994 - 1 June 1999
#Francisco Flores: 1 June 1999 - 1 June 2004
#Antonio Saca: 1 June 2004 -

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