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                Baron de Cardondelete
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 (in rebellion)
 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                     (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
 7 May 1823 - 25 May 1823  Felipe Codallos
25 May 1823 - 17 Jun 1823  Consultative Junta
Supreme Political Chief
 1 Jul 1823 - 22 Apr 1824  Mariano Prado Baca 
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)
                             (acting)
13 Dec 1824 -  1 Nov 1826  Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz       (b. 1764 - d. 1828)
 1 Nov 1826 - 30 Jan 1829  Mariano Prado Baca (2nd time)
                             (acting)
30 Jan 1829 - 29 Mar 1832  José María Cornejo Merino y        (b. 1788 - d. 1864)
                             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) 
                             (1st time) (provisional)
13 May 1832 - 25 Ju1 1832  Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa      (b. 1770 - d. 1854)
                             (1st time) (acting)
25 Ju1 1832 -  1 Jul 1833  Mariano Prado Baca (3rd time)
bf.Feb 1833 - 24 Jul 1833  Anastasio Aquino                   (d. 1833)
                             ("king" of the Nonualcos indians; in rebellion)
 1 Jul 1833 - 23 Jun 1834  Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa      (s.a.) 
                             (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)
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)
May 1838 -  1 May 1839     Timoteo Menendez (1st time)
 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 the country 5 Apr 1840; the Municipal
                             Council of San Salvador then assumes the government)
 5 Apr 1840 - 15 Apr 1840  the Municipal Council of San Salvador
                             (acting)
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 
 1 Feb 1842 - 14 Apr 1842  José Escolástico Marín (acting)    (d. 1846)
14 Apr 1842 -  1 Feb 1844  Juan José Guzmán 
                             (provisional 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) 
 1 Feb 1848 -  3 Feb 1848  Tomás Medina Menéndez (acting)     (b. 1803 - d. 1884)
 3 Feb 1848 -  7 Feb 1848  José Félix Quirós Sánchez          (d. 1883)
                             (acting) (1st time) 
 7 Feb 1848 -  1 Feb 1850  Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides          (b. 1803 - d. 1883)  Lib
                             y Ladrón de Guevara (1st time)
 1 Feb 1850 -  4 Feb 1850  Ramón Rodríguez (acting)
 4 Feb 1850 -  1 Mar 1851  Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides          (s.a.)               Lib
                             y 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)
                             (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.)
                             (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)
 1 Feb 1858 -  7 Feb 1858  Lorenzo Zepeda (acting)
 7 Feb 1858 -  1 Feb 1860  Miguel Santín del Castillo y 
                             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) 
 1 May 1876 - 21 Jun 1885  Rafael Zaldívar y Lazo             (b. 1834 - d. 1903)
                             (provisional to 15 Jul 1876 and 1-19 Feb 1880)
21 Jun 1885 - 22 Jun 1890  Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso      (b. 1830 - d. 1890)  Mil
                             (provisional [in rebellion from 15 May 1885]
                             to 1 Mar 1887)
22 Jun 1890 -  9 Jun 1894  Carlos Basilio Ezeta y de León     (b. 1852 - d. 1903)  Mil
                             (provisional to 1 Mar 1891)
10 Jun 1894 - 13 Nov 1898  Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez           (b. 1845 - d. 1921)  Mil
                             (provisional to 1 Mar 1895)
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                  (b. 1849 - d. 1919)  Mil
 1 Mar 1911 -  8 Feb 1913  Miguel Enrique Araujo              (b. 1865 - d. 1913)
                             Rodríguez
 9 Feb 1913 - 29 Aug 1914  Carlos Meléndez Ramírez (1st time) (b. 1861 - d. 1919)
                             (provisional) 
29 Aug 1914 -  1 Mar 1915  Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1950)
                             (provisional) 
 1 Mar 1915 - 21 Dec 1918  Carlos Meléndez Ramírez (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Dec 1918 -  1 Mar 1919  Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 1 Mar 1919 -  1 Mar 1923  Jorge Meléndez Ramírez             (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
                             (13 Jun 1921 - 4 Feb 1922 Head of State)
 1 Mar 1923 -  1 Mar 1927  Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (3rd time) (s.a.)
 1 Mar 1927 -  1 Mar 1931  Pío Romero Bosque "Don Pío"        (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
 1 Mar 1931 -3/4 Dec 1931  Arturo Araujo Fujardo              (b. 1878 - d. 1967)  PT
 4 Dec 1931 - 28 Aug 1934  Maximiliano Hernández Martínez     (b. 1882 - d. 1966)  Mil
                             (1st time) (acting) 
28 Aug 1934 -  1 Mar 1935  Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1962)  Mil
                             (provisional) 
 1 Mar 1935 -  9 May 1944  Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez     (s.a.)               PNP
                             (2nd time) 
 9 May 1944 - 20 Oct 1944  Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (2nd time) (s.a.)               Mil
                             (acting)
21 Oct 1944 -  1 Mar 1945  Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (acting)   (b. 1899 - d. 1977)  Mil
 4 Nov 1944 -  1 Mar 1945  Miguel Tomás Molina 
                             (provisional; in rebellion)
 1 Mar 1945 - 14 Dec 1948  Salvador Castañeda Castro          (b. 1888 - d. 1965)  Mil
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 23 Oct 1949)
                           - Reinaldo Galindo Pohl                                 Mil 
                              (23 Oct 1949)
                           - Óscar Adán Bolaños                                    Mil
                              (to 23 Oct 1949) 
                           - Humberto Costa                                        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
                           - Ricardo Falla Cáceres            (b. 1921)
                           - René Fortín Magaña               (b. 1931)
                           - Rubén Alonso Rosales             (b. 1925)            Mil
                           - César Yanes Urías                (b. 1931)            Mil
25 Jan 1961 - 25 Jan 1962  Civic-Military Directory
                           - Aníbal Portillo                  (b. 1914)            Mil
                           - Feliciano Avelar
                           - José Antonio Rodríguez Porth     (b. 1914? - d. 1989) 
                              (to 6 Apr 1961)
                           - José Francisco Valiente 
                              (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                                  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             (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                           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
                             (1st time)
 2 May 1982 -  1 Jun 1984  Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja        (b. 1925 - d. 2001)  Non-party
 1 Jun 1984 -  1 Jun 1989  José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes       (s.a.)               PDC 
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jun 1989 -  1 Jun 1994  Alfredo Félix Cristiani Bukard     (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 -              Elías Antonio Saca González        (b. 1965)            ARENA

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 Nacional (National Republican Alliance, conservative); FMLN = Frente Farabundo Martí Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Front Farabundo Martí, formerly communist); PCN = Partido Nacional de la Conciliación (National Conciliation Party, conservative); PDC = Partido Democrático Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party, christian-democratic); PRUD = Partido Revolucionario de la Unificación Democrática (Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification); 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)