President of El Salvador - Definition and Overview

This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador.

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 Augilar: 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
• Miguel 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 - 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
• 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
• Revolutionary 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: 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.