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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.

Presidents of El Salvador (1841-Present)

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 - 24 January 1859
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 Ramirez (provisional): 9 February 1913 - 29 August 1914
39. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (provisional): 29 August 1914 - 1 March 1915
40. Carlos Meléndez Ramirez: 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

• Civic Directory: 2 - 4 December 1931

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

• Revolutionary Council of Government: 15 December 1948 - 14 September 1950

1. Óscar Osorio: 14 September 1950 - 14 September 1956
2. 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

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

Civil War and Modern Elections (1979-1994)

• Revolutionary Government Junta: 15 October 1979 - 2 May 1982

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

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 – 1 June 2009
4. Mauricio Funes: 1 June 2009 – present

Latest election

See also

• History of El Salvador
• History of Central America
• lists of incumbents