El Salvador
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21 Sep 1821 - 22 Feb 1822
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31 Jul 1823 - 21 Aug 1823
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1838 - 28 Apr 1865
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28 Apr 1865 - Jun 1865 (9 stars)
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Jun 1865 - Feb 1869 (11 stars)
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Feb 1869 - Feb 1873 (12 stars)
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Feb 1873 - Feb 1877 (13 stars)
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Feb 1877 - 17 May 1912 (14 stars)
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Obverse 9 May 1865 - 14 Nov 1875
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Civil Ensign and Alternate
State Flag
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Adopted 17 May 1912
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Adopted
17 May 1912 Civil Flag
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Adopted 17 May 1912 State Flag
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Map
of El Salvador
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Hear
National Anthem
"Himno Nacional de El Salvador"
(National Anthem of El Salvador)
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Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 15 Sep 1879
(officially from 11 Dec 1953)
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Constitution
(20 Dec 1983)
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Capital: San Salvador
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Currency: US Dollar (USD); to 2001 Salvadoran Colon (SVC)
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National Holiday: 15 Sep (1821) Independence Day
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Population: 7,066,403 (2008)
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GDP: $43.9 billion (2008)
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Exports: $4.55 billion (2008) Imports: $9.75 billion (2008)
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Ethnic groups: mestizo 88.3%, Amerindian 9.1%, white 1.6%, other 1% (2000)
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Total Active Armed Forces: 15,500 (2006) Merchant marine: None (2008)
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Religions: Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other
religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACS, APM, BCIE, BTWC, CACM, CAFTA, CAP, CTBT, FAO,
G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISA (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU,
ITUC, KP, LAES, LAIA (observer), LAP, LU, MIGA, NAM (observer), NPT, NTBT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW,
PCA, RG, SEGIB, SICA, UN, UNCLOS (signatory), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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El Salvador
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Chronology
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Jun 1524
Spanish possession (part of Guatemala,
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which is subordinate to New Spain [Mexico]).
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Apr 1525
San Salvador founded
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Nov 1542
Divided into three administrative districts
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(Los Izalcos [from 1552 Sonsonate], Cuzcatlán,
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and San Miguel).
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27 Sep 1546
San Salvador alcaldia formed from Cuzcatlán,
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Choluteca, and San Miguel.
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17 Sep 1785
Intendecia of San Salvador (still subordinate
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to Guatemala).
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5 Nov 1811 - 3 Dec 1811 Independence of San Salvador
declared (not
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recognized).
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21 Sep 1821
Independence declared (Province of San Salvador,
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constituent of the Kingdom of Guatemala which
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declared its independence 15 Sep 1821).
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11 Jan 1822
The province repudiates the decision by the
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Guatemala junta to incorporate the Kingdom of
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Guatemala into Mexico, and declares its
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secession.
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2 Dec 1822
Government requests annexation to United States.
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10 Feb 1823
Incorporation into Mexico.
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1 Jul 1823
Central America (the former Kingdom of Guatemala)
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proclaims its independence from Spain and
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Mexico; Province of San Salvador is part of the
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newly established republic (see Guatemala).
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22 Apr 1824
Constituent state of the Central American
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Republic (State of Salvador)(Estado del
- Salvador).
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Apr 1840
Federal authorities cease to exist.
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2 Feb 1841
Secession by Salvador formally decreed.
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22 Apr 1851 - 1852
Part of Central American Federation (El Salvador,
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Honduras and Nicaragua)(see under Guatemala).
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18 Feb 1859
Republic of Salvador (República del Salvador)(also
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in sporadic official use since 7 Oct 1890,
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Republic of El Salvador).
17 Sep 1896 - 25 Nov 1898 State of El Salvador (Estado
de El Salvador), -
during a later aborted attempt at recreating
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a Central American Federation.
- 25 Nov 1898
Republic of El Salvador (República de El Salvador).
- 9 Jun 1915 Use of the form "El Salvador" as part of official
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name of the Republic is legally certified.
- 1 Oct 1921 - 4 Feb 1922 State of El Salvador (Estado
de El Salvador),
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during a later aborted attempt at recreating
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a Central American Federation.
- 4 Feb 1922
Republic of El Salvador (República de El Salvador).
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Rulers
Jun 1524 - 4 Jul 1524 Pedro de Alvarado
y Contreras (b. c.1486 - d. 1541)
1 Apr 1525 - 1528?
Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras
1 Apr 1528 - 1530
Diego de Alvarado
1530
Martin Estete
1530 - 15..
Luis de Moscoso
Intendants
17 Sep 1785 - 1789
José Ortiz de la Peña
1789 - 1791
Francisco Luis Héctor de
(b. 1747 - d. 1807)
Carondelet de Novelles,
baron de Carondelet
1791 - 1800
Ignacio Santiago Ulloa
1800 - 1804
Antonio Isidor Palomo (interim)
1804 - 5 Nov 1811
Antonio Basilio Gutierrez de
Ulloa
5 Nov 1811 - 3 Dec 1811 Manuel José Arce
(b. 1787
- d. 1847)
3 Dec 1811 - Aug 1813 José
Alejandro de Aycinena y
Aldeco Carrillo y Gálvez (acting)
Aug 1813 - 1819
José María Peinado
1819 - 21 Sep 1821
Simon Gutierrez
Intendant and Superior Political Chief
21 Sep 1821 - 28 Nov 1821 Pedro Barriere de la Barriere
(d. 1827)
Intendants and Governors
28 Nov 1821 - 9 Feb 1823 José Matías
Delgado y de León (b. 1767 - d. 1832)
(from 11 Jan 1822, President of the Junta of Government)
10 Feb 1823 - 7 May 1823 Vicente Filisola
(b. 1789 - d. 1850)
7 May 1823 - 25 May 1823 Felipe Codallos
25 May 1823 - 17 Jun 1823 Consultative Junta
- Mariano Prado Baca (b. 1776 - d. 1837)
- José Milla
- José Rivas
Supreme Political Chief
1 Jul 1823 - 22 Apr 1824 Mariano Prado Baca (s.a.)
Chief of State
22 Apr 1824 - 1 Oct 1824 Juan Manuel Rodríguez
(b. 1771 - d. 1847)
Supreme Chiefs of State
1 Oct 1824 - 13 Dec 1824 Mariano Prado Baca (1st time)
(s.a.)
Lib
(acting)
13 Dec 1824 - 1 Nov 1826 Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz
(b. 1764 - d. 1828) Lib
1 Nov 1826 - 30 Jan 1829 Mariano Prado Baca (2nd time) (s.a.) Lib
(acting)
30 Jan 1829 - 29 Mar 1832 José María Cornejo
Merino y (b. 1788 - d. 1864) Con
Guevara
16 Feb 1830 - 25 Feb 1830 José Damian Villacorta Cañas
(b. 1796 - d. 1860)
(acting for Cornejo Merino)
29 Mar 1832 - 13 May 1832 José Francisco Morazán
Quezada (b. 1792 - d. 1842) Lib
(1st time) (provisional)
13 May 1832 - 25 Ju1 1832 Joaquín de San Martín
y Ulloa (b. 1770 - d. 1854) Con
(1st time) (acting)
25 Ju1 1832 - 1 Jul 1833 Mariano Prado Baca (3rd time) (s.a.) Lib
Jan 1833 - 23 Apr 1833 Anastasio Aquino
(b. 1792 - d. 1833)
("king" of Nonualco indians; in rebellion)
1 Jul 1833 - 23 Jun 1834 Joaquín de San Martín
y Ulloa (s.a.) Con
(2nd time)
23 Jun 1834 - 13 Jul 1834 Carlos Salazar Castro
(b. 1800 - d. 1867)
(provisional; in rebellion from 12 Jun 1834)
13 Jul 1834 - 30 Sep 1834 direct rule by the federal government
30 Sep 1834 - 14 Oct 1834 Joaquín Escolán y
Balibrera
14 Oct 1834 - 10 Apr 1835 José María Silva
(1st time) (b. 1804? - d. 1876)
(acting)
10 Apr 1835 - 15 Nov 1835 Nicolás Espinosa
(b. 1795 - d. 1845) Lib
15 Nov 1835 - 7 Mar 1836 Francisco Gómez de
Altamirano (b. 1796 - d. 1838)
y de Elizondo (acting)
7 Mar 1836 - May 1838 Diego Fernández
Vigil y Cocaña (b. 1799 - d. 1845) Lib
May 1838 - 1 May 1839 Timoteo Menendez
(1st time) Lib
1 May 1839 - 13 Jul 1839 Antonio José Cañas
Quintanilla (b. 1785 - d. 1844)
(1st time)(acting)
13 Jul 1839 - 4 Apr 1840 José Francisco Morazán
Quezada (s.a.)
Lib
(2nd time)
4 Apr 1840 - 15 Apr 1840 José María Silva
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)(leaves country on 5 Apr 1840; Municipal
Council of San Salvador then assumes the government)
5 Apr 1840 - 15 Apr 1840 Municipal Council of
San Salvador
(acting)
- Rafael Francisco Osejo
(b. 1790 - d. 1848)
(alcalde de primer voto)
- Ignacio Carrillo
- Isidro Viteri
15 Apr 1840 - 7 Jan 1841 Antonio José Cañas
Quintanilla (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting to 1840, then provisional)
7 Jan 1841 - 22 Feb 1841 Juan Nepomuceno Fernández
(b. 1790 - d. 1857) Con
Lindo y Zelaya (provisional)
Presidents
22 Feb 1841 - 1 Feb 1842 Juan Nepomuceno Fernández
(s.a.)
Con
Lindo y Zelaya (provisional)
1 Feb 1842 - 14 Apr 1842 José Escolástico
Marín (acting) (d. 1846)
14 Apr 1842 - 1 Feb 1844 Juan José Guzmán
(b. 1800 - d. 1947) Con
(acting to 20 Sep 1842)
1 Feb 1844 - 7 Feb 1844 Fermín Palacios
Ulloa (1st time)
(acting)
7 Feb 1844 - 15 Feb 1845 Francisco Malespín
Herrera (b. 1766 - d. 1846)
Con
15 Feb 1845 - 1 Feb 1846 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
Ugalde (b. 1801 - d. c.1875)
Alvarado (1st time)
(in rebellion from 2 Feb 1845)
1 Feb 1846 - 21 Feb 1846 Fermín Palacios Ulloa
(2nd time)
(acting)
21 Feb 1846 - 1 Feb 1848 Eugenio Aguilar González
Batres (b. 1804 - d. 1879) Lib
1 Feb 1848 - 3 Feb 1848 Tomás Medina Menéndez
(acting) (b. 1803 - d. 1884)
3 Feb 1848 - 7 Feb 1848 José Félix
Quirós Sánchez
(b. 1811 - d. 1883)
(1st time)(acting)
7 Feb 1848 - 1 Feb 1850 Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides y
(b. 1803 - d. 1883) Lib
Ladrón de Guevara (1st time)
1 Feb 1850 - 4 Feb 1850 Ramón Rodríguez
(acting)
4 Feb 1850 - 1 Mar 1851 Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides y
(s.a.)
Lib
Ladrón de Guevara (2nd time)
1 Mar 1851 - 3 May 1851 José Félix
Quirós Sánchez
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
3 May 1851 - 30 Jan 1852 Francisco Dueñas Díaz
(b. 1810 - d. 1884) Con
(1st time)(acting)
30 Jan 1852 - 1 Feb 1852 José María San
Martín y Fugón (b. 1811 - d.
1857) Con
(1st time)(acting)
1 Feb 1852 - 1 Feb 1854 Francisco Dueñas
Díaz
(s.a.)
Con
(2nd time)
1 Feb 1854 - 15 Feb 1854 Vicente Gómez (acting)
15 Feb 1854 - 1 Feb 1856 José María San
Martín y Fugón (s.a.)
Con
(2nd time)
1 Feb 1856 - 12 Feb 1856 Francisco Dueñas Díaz
(s.a.)
Con
(3rd time)(acting)
12 Feb 1856 - 1 Feb 1858 Rafael Campo Pomar
(b. 1813 - d. 1890) Con
1 Feb 1858 - 7 Feb 1858 Lorenzo Zepeda (acting)
7 Feb 1858 - 1 Feb 1860 Miguel Santín
del Castillo y (b.c.1830 - d. 1880) Con
Barroeta
(deposed de facto 19 Jan 1859)
25 Jan 1859 - 15 Feb 1859 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
Ugalde (s.a.)
Alvarado (2nd time)(acting)
15 Feb 1859 - 12 Mar 1859 José María Peralta
(acting) (b. 1807 - d. 1883)
12 Mar 1859 - 26 Oct 1863 José Gerardo Barrios Espinoza
(b. 1813 - d. 1865) Lib
(acting to 1 Feb 1860)
26 Oct 1863 - 15 Apr 1871 Francisco Dueñas Díaz
(4th time) (s.a.)
Con
(provisional [in rebellion from 10 Jul 1863]
to 1 Feb 1865)
15 Apr 1871 - 1 Feb 1876 Santiago González Portillo
(b. 1818 - d. 1887) Mil;1871
(provisional to 1 Feb 1872)
Lib
1 Feb 1876 - 1 May 1876 Andrés del Valle
Rodríguez (b. 1833
- d. 1888) Lib
1 May 1876 - 19 May 1885 Rafael Zaldívar y Lazo
(b. 1834 - d. 1903) Lib
(provisional to 19 Jul 1876 and 2-25 Feb 1880)
19 May 1885 - 19 Jun 1885 Fernando Figueroa (1st time) (b. 1849 - d. 1919) Mil
15 May 1885 - 22 Jun 1890 Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso
(b. 1830 - d. 1890) Lib/Mil
(provisional [in rebellion to 19 Jun 1885]
to 1 Mar 1887)
22 Jun 1890 - 4 Jun 1894 Carlos Basilio Ezeta y de
León (b. 1852 - d. 1903) Mil
(provisional to 1 Mar 1891)
1 May 1894 - 13 Nov 1898 Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez
(b. 1845 - d. 1921) Mil
(provisional [in rebellion to 10 Jun 1894]
to 1 Mar 1895; Governor 1-13 Nov 1898)
14 Nov 1898 - 1 Mar 1903 Tomás Herculano de
Jesús Regalado (b. 1861 - d. 1906) Mil
Romero (provisional to 1 Mar 1899)
1 Mar 1903 - 1 Mar 1907 Pedro José Escalón
(b. 1847 - d. 1923) Mil
1 Mar 1907 - 1 Mar 1911 Fernando Figueroa (2nd time)
(s.a.) Mil
1 Mar 1911 - 9 Feb 1913 Miguel Enrique Araujo
(b. 1865 - d. 1913)
Rodríguez
9 Feb 1913 - 1 Mar 1919 Carlos Meléndez Ramírez (b. 1861 - d. 1919) PND
29 Aug 1914 - 1 Mar 1915 Alfonso Quiñónez
Molina (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1950) PND
(acting for absent Meléndez Ramírez)
21 Dec 1918 - 1 Mar 1919 Alfonso Quiñónez
Molina (2nd time) (s.a.) PND
(acting for absent Meléndez Ramírez)
1 Mar 1919 - 1 Mar 1923 Jorge Meléndez
Ramírez
(b. 1871 - d. 1953) PND
(1 Oct 1921 - 4 Feb 1922, Head of State)
1 Mar 1923 - 1 Mar 1927 Alfonso Quiñónez
Molina (3rd time) (s.a.) PND
1 Mar 1927 - 1 Mar 1931 Pío Romero Bosque
"Don Pío" (b. 1860 - d.
1935) PND
1 Mar 1931 - 4 Dec 1931 Arturo Araujo Fujardo
(b. 1878 - d. 1967) PT
4 Dec 1931 - 9 May 1944 Maximiliano Hernández
Martínez (b. 1882 - d. 1966) Mil/PPP
29 Aug 1934 - 1 Mar 1935 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
(1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1962) Mil/PPP
(acting for absent Hernández
Martínez)
9 May 1944 - 21 Oct 1944 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Mil/PPP
(provisional)
21 Oct 1944 - 1 Mar 1945 Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
(b. 1899 - d. 1977) Mil
(provisional)
4 Nov 1944 - 1 Mar 1945 Miguel Tomás Molina
(b. 1862 - d. 1965)
(provisional; in rebellion,
from 7 Nov 1944 in Guatemala)
1 Mar 1945 - 14 Dec 1948 Salvador Castaneda
Castro (b. 1888 -
d. 1965) Mil/PUSD
15 Dec 1948 - 14 Sep 1950 Revolutionary Council of Government
- Manuel de Jesús Córdova
(b. 1894 - d. ....) Mil
Rodríguez (to 5 Jan 1949)
- Óscar Osorio Hernández
(b. 1910 - d. 1969) Mil
(to 22 Oct 1949)
- Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
(b. 1918 - d. 2012)
(to 22 Oct 1949)
- José Óscar Adán Bolaños Estrada (b. 1912)
Mil
- Humberto Costa
(b. 1906)
Mil
14 Sep 1950 - 14 Sep 1956 Óscar
Osorio Hernández
(s.a.)
Mil/PRUD
14 Sep 1956 - 26 Oct 1960 José María Lemus
López
(b. 1911 - d. 1993) Mil/PRUD
26 Oct 1960 - 25 Jan 1961 Junta of Government
- Miguel Ángel Castillo
(b. 1915 - d. 19..) Mil
- Fabio Castillo Figueroa
(b. 1921)
- Ricardo Falla Cáceres
(b. 1921 - d. 1990)
- René Fortín Magaña
(b. 1931)
- Rubén Alonso Rosales Soriano
(b. 1925 - d. 2000) Mil
- César Yanes Urías
(b. 1931)
Mil
25 Jan 1961 - 25 Jan 1962 Civic-Military Directory
- Aníbal Portillo Gonzalez
(b. 1914 - d. 2010) Mil
- Feliciano Avelar
(b. 1919)
- José Antonio Rodríguez Porth
(b. 1915 - d. 1989)
(to 6 Apr 1961)
- José Francisco Valiente
(b. 1911)
(to 6 Apr 1961)
- Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo (b. 1921 - d.
1973) Mil
(to 11 Sep 1961)
- Mariano Castro Morán
(b. 1916 - d. 2005)
(from 11 Sep 1961)
25 Jan 1962 - 1 Jul 1962 Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón
Cea (b. 1899 - d. 1966)
Non-party
(provisional)
1 Jul 1962 - 1 Jul 1967 Julio Adalberto Rivera
Carballo (s.a.)
Mil/PCN
1 Jul 1967 - 1 Jul 1972 Fidel Sánchez
Hernández
(b. 1917 - d. 2003) Mil/PCN
1 Jul 1972 - 1 Jul 1977 Arturo Armando Molina
Barraza (b. 1927)
Mil/PCN
1 Jul 1977 - 15 Oct 1979 Carlos Humberto Romero Mena
(b. 1924)
Mil/PCN
15 Oct 1979 - 22 Dec 1980 Revolutionary Junta
- Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos
(b. 1938)
Mil
(to 7 Dec 1980)
- Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño
(b. 1936)
Mil
- Román Mayorga Quirós
(b. 1942)
Non-party
(17 Oct 1979 - 5 Jan 1980)
- Guillermo Manuel Ungo Revelo
(b. 1931 - d. 1991) MNR
(17 Oct 1979 - 5 Jan 1980)
- Mario Antonio Andino Gómez (b. 1936)
Non-party
(17 Oct 1979 - 5 Jan 1980)
- José Antonio Morales Ehrlich
(b. 1935)
PDC
(from 9 Jan 1980)
- José Ramón Ávalos Navarrete
(b. 1933)
Non-party
(from 9 Jan 1980)
- Héctor Miguel Antonio Dada
(b. 1938)
PDC
Hirezi (9 Jan - 3 Mar 1980)
- José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes
(b. 1925 - d. 1990) PDC
(from 10 Mar 1980)
22 Dec 1980 - 2 May 1982 José Napoleón
Duarte Fuentes (s.a.)
PDC
(president of the Revolutionary Junta)
(1st time)
2 May 1982 - 1 Jun 1984 Álvaro Alfredo
Magaña Borja (b. 1925
- d. 2001) Non-party
(provisional)
1 Jun 1984 - 1 Jun 1989 José Napoleón
Duarte Fuentes (s.a.)
PDC
(2nd time)
1 Jun 1989 - 1 Jun 1994 Alfredo Félix
Cristiani Burkard (b. 1947)
ARENA
1 Jun 1994 - 1 Jun 1999 Armando Calderón
Sol
(b. 1948)
ARENA
1 Jun 1999 - 1 Jun 2004 Francisco Guillermo Flores
Pérez (b. 1959)
ARENA
1 Jun 2004 - 1 Jun 2009 Elías Antonio Saca González
(b. 1965)
ARENA
1 Jun 2009 - Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (b. 1959) FMLN
Territorial Disputes: International Court of Justice (ICJ)
ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras
boundary, in 1992, with final agreement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization
of American States (OAS) survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992
ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the
Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues
to claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision, off Honduras
in the Gulf of Fonseca.
Party abbreviations: ARENA = Alianza Republicana Nacionalista
(Nationalist Republican Alliance, conservative, est.1981); FMLN = Frente Farabundo
Martí Liberación Nacional (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, social-democratic, formerly a leftist militarnt group 1980-92); PCN = Partido de Conciliación Nacional (Party of National Conciliation, center-right, est.1961);
PDC
= Partido Democráta Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party, christian-democratic, est.1960); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: Cons = Conservador (conservative);
Lib
= Liberal; MNR = Movimiento Revolucionario Nacional (National Revolutionary
Movement); PL = Partido Trabajo (Labor Party); PPP = Partido
Nacional 'Pro-Patria' (National Pro-Patria Party, only legal party 1934-1944, renamed 1944 PUSD); PRUD
= Partido Revolucionario de la Unificación Democrática (Revolutionary
Party of Democratic Unification); PUSD = Partido Unificación Social Democrático (Unification Social Democratic Party, ex-PPP)
©2000 Ben Cahoon
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