President of El Salvador

This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador.

Latest election

Presidents of El Salvador, 1841-present

*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
*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
*�"scar 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
*Revolutionary Government Junta: 15 October 1979 - 2 May 1982
*Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja: 2 May 1982 - 1 June 1984
*José Napoleón Duarte: 1 June 1984 - 1 June 1989
*Alfredo Cristiani Burkard: 1 June 1989 - 1 June 1994
*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.