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Vice President of El Salvador

Political position in El Salvador


Summary

Political position in El Salvador

FieldValue
postVice President
bodythe Republic of ElSalvador
native_nameVicepresidente de la República de ElSalvador
insigniaCoat of arms of El Salvador.svg
insigniasize125px
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of El Salvador
termlengthFive years, renewable indefinitely
imageFélix Ulloa (MEL5323) (cropped).jpg
incumbentFélix Ulloa
incumbentsince1 June 2019
inauguralPedro José Arce
formationSeptember 1842
constituting_instrumentConstitution of El Salvador

The vice president of El Salvador () is a political position in El Salvador which is elected concurrently with the position of President of El Salvador.

Historically the vice presidency has been a popularly elected position. Additionally there has been presidential designates (Designados a la Presidencia) elected by the legislature. The constitution of 1841 outlined presidential designates. The 1880 constitution abolished the position of Vice President. The position was brought back in the 1886 constitution.

A list of the office holders follows. The list may not be complete.

List of vice presidents

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical affiliationPresidentRefs.Took officeLeft officeTime in officeIndependent politician}}; color:black"1Independent politician}}; color:black"2Independent politician}}; color:black"3Independent politician}}; color:black"4Independent politician}}; color:black"5Independent politician}}; color:black"6Independent politician}}; color:black"78Independent politician}}; color:black"9Independent politician}}; color:black"10Independent politician}}; color:black"11Independent politician}}; color:black"12Independent politician}}; color:black"13141516171819Independent politician}}; color:black"20Independent politician}}; color:black"212223242526Independent politician}}; color:black"27Independent politician}}; color:black"28Independent politician}}; color:black"2930313233Military Rule}}; color:white"34Independent politician}}; color:black"35Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)}}; color:white"36Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white"37Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white"38Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white"39Nationalist Republican Alliance}}; color:white"40Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}}; color:white"41Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front}}; color:white"42Nuevas Ideas}}; color:white"43
[[File:Egg1wjsVgAAKe9M.jpg80px]]Pedro José Arce
(1801–1871)September 18427 February 1844IndependentJuan José Guzmán
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Luis Ayala
(1801–1883)7 February 184429 February 1844IndependentFrancisco Malespín
[[File:Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (cropped) 2.jpg80px]]Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
(1801–1875)29 February 18441 February 1846IndependentFrancisco Malespínurl=http://www.redicces.org.sv/jspui/bitstream/10972/1810/1/Nociones%20de%20Historia%20de%20El%20Salvador.%201920.%20Rafael%20Reyes.pdftitle=Historia de El Salvadorlast=Reyesfirst=Rafael}}
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]José Campo
(1806–1881)1 February 18461 February 1848IndependentEugenio Aguilartitle=Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador 1824-2006 / Tomo I 1824-1864url=https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/2021-08/Tomo_I_Historia_AsambleaLegislativa.pdfwebsite=www.asamblea.gob.svpublisher=Legislative Assemblypage=161}}
[[File:FelixQuiroz.jpg80px]]José Félix Quirós
(1811–1883)1 February 18481 February 1852IndependentTomás Medinaurl=http://adoremango.com/category/h/historien-om-den-salvadoranske-by-santa-ana.phptitle=Historien om den salvadoranske by Santa Analanguage=daaccess-date=2018-11-17archive-date=2018-11-18archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035332/http://adoremango.com/category/h/historien-om-den-salvadoranske-by-santa-ana.phpurl-status=dead }}
[[File:Tomás Medina.jpg80px]]Tomás Medina
(1803–1884)1 February 18521 February 1854IndependentFrancisco Dueñas
[[File:José Mariano Hernández.png80px]]José Mariano Hernández
(1786–1864)1 February 18541 February 1856IndependentVicente Gómez
[[File:Francisco Dueñas.jpg80px]]Francisco Dueñas
(1810–1884)1 February 18561 February 1858ConservativeFrancisco Dueñas
[[File:Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (cropped) 2.jpg80px]]Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
(1801–1875)1 February 18581 February 1860IndependentLorenzo Zepedaurl=http://www.casapres.gob.sv/presidentes/pres/rcampo1856.htmtitle=Casa Presidencial – República de El Salvadoraccess-date=2022-02-16archive-date=2009-03-02archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302084934/http://www.casapres.gob.sv/presidentes/pres/rcampo1856.htmurl-status=dead }}
[[File:FelixQuiroz.jpg80px]]José Félix Quirós
(1811–1883)1 February 186023 October 1863IndependentGerardo Barrios
No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Gregorio Arbizú
(1823–1872)1 February 18651 February 1869IndependentFrancisco Dueñaslast1=Flemionfirst1=Philip F.title=Historical dictionary of El Salvadordate=1972publisher=Scarecrow presslocation=Metuchen (N.J.)isbn=0-8108-0471-9}}
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]José María Parrilla
(1807–1883)1 February 186915 April 1871IndependentFrancisco Dueñas
No Vice President (15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872)
[[File:Manuel Mendez.jpg80px]]Manuel Méndez
(?–1872)1 February 18721 September 1872IndependentSantiago González
No Vice President (1 September 1872 – 1 February 1876)
[[File:Santiago gonzalez.jpg80px]]Santiago González
(1818–1887)1 February 18761 May 1876LiberalAndrés del Valle
No Vice President (1 May 1876 – 1 March 1887)
[[File:Baltasar Estupinián.png80px]]Baltasar Estupinián
(1854–1922)1 March 188717 March 1887LiberalFrancisco Menéndez
No Vice President (17 March 1887 – 1 March 1891)
[[File:El Salvador 1891 15c Seebeck Ezeta essay pair yellow brown (cropped).jpg80px]]Antonio Ezeta
(?–?)1 March 18919 June 1894LiberalCarlos Ezeta
No Vice President (9 June 1894 – 1 March 1895)
[[File:Prudencio Alfaro.png80px]]Prudencio Alfaro
(1861–1915)1 March 189513 November 1898LiberalRafael Antonio Gutiérrez
No Vice President (14 November 1898 – 1 March 1899)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Francisco Antonio Reyes Gálvez
(1860–1951)1 March 18991 March 1903LiberalTomás Regalado
[[File:Calixto Velado Eduardo.png80px]]Calixto Velado Eduardo
(1855–1927)1 March 19031 March 1907ConservativePedro José Escalón
[[File:Manuel Enrique Araujo 01.jpg80px]]Manuel Enrique Araujo
(1865–1913)1 March 19071 March 1911IndependentFernando Figueroa
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Onofre Durán Santillana
(1836–1914)1 March 19119 February 1913IndependentManuel Enrique Araujo
No Vice President (9 February 1913 – 1 March 1915)
[[File:Alfonso Quiñónez Molina 1915.jpg80px]]Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
(1874–1950)1 March 19151 March 1923National Democratic PartyCarlos Meléndez Ramirez
[[File:Dr. Pio Romero Bosque.jpg80px]]Pío Romero Bosque
(1860–1935)1 March 19231 March 1927National Democratic PartyAlfonso Quiñónez Molina
[[File:Gustavo Vides, c. 1923–1923.png80px]]Gustavo Vides
(?–?)1 March 19271 March 1931National Democratic PartyPío Romero Bosque
[[File:General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador.jpg80px]]Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
(1882–1966)1 March 19312 December 1931National Republican PartyArturo Araujo
No Vice President (2 December 1931 – 1 March 1945)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Manuel Adriano Vilanova
(1873–?)1 March 194514 December 1948Unification Social Democratic PartySalvador Castaneda Castro
No Vice President (14 December 1948 – October 1950)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]José María Peralta Salazar
(1907–?)October 195014 September 1956Revolutionary Party of Democratic UnificationÓscar OsorioNo vice president, Peralta was elected as the presidential designate
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Humberto Costa
(1906–?)14 September 195626 October 1960Revolutionary Party of Democratic UnificationJosé María Lemus
No Vice President (26 October 1960 – 25 January 1962)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Francisco José Guerrero
(1925–1989)25 January 19621 July 1962National Conciliation PartyEusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Salvador Ramírez Siliézar
(?–?)Independent
[[File:President John F. Kennedy with Ambassador of El Salvador, Dr. Francisco Roberto Lima.jpg80px]]Francisco Roberto Lima
(1917–2008)1 July 19621 July 1967National Conciliation PartyJulio Adalberto Rivera Carballo
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]](1921–2005)}}1 July 19671 July 1972National Conciliation PartyFidel Sánchez Hernández
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Enrique Mayorga Rivas
(1926–1987)1 July 19721 July 1977National Conciliation PartyArturo Armando Molina
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Julio Ernesto Astacio
(born 1932)1 July 197715 October 1979National Conciliation PartyCarlos Humberto Romero
No Vice President (15 October 1979 – 13 December 1980)
Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez
(1936–2012)13 December 19802 May 1982MilitaryRevolutionary Government Junta
(José Napoleón Duarte)
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Raúl Molina Martínez
(born 1938)2 May 19821 June 1984National Conciliation PartyÁlvaro Magaña
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro
(born 1942)Nationalist Republican Alliance
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Pablo Mauricio Alvergue
(1930–2024)Christian Democratic Party
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount
(born 1936)1 June 19841 June 1989Christian Democratic PartyJosé Napoleón Duarteurl=http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20081115/nacion/El%20sube%20y%20baja%20del%20poder%20electoral.pdftitle=El sube y baja del poder electoral.pdfpublisher=La Prensa Gráficaaccess-date=2011-02-24archive-date=2012-06-07archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607032523/http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20081115/nacion/El%20sube%20y%20baja%20del%20poder%20electoral.pdfurl-status=dead }}
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]José Francisco Merino López
(born 1952)1 June 19891 June 1994Nationalist Republican AllianceAlfredo Cristiani
[[File:Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg80px]]Enrique Borgo Bustamante
(1928–2025)1 June 19941 June 1999Nationalist Republican AllianceArmando Calderón Sol
[[File:Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt 207-DP-8161-CNV00000003 (cropped).jpg80px]]Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
(born 1953)1 June 19991 June 2004Nationalist Republican AllianceFrancisco Flores Pérez
[[File:Ana Vilma ESA (cropped).JPG80px]]Ana Vilma de Escobar
(born 1954)1 June 20041 June 2009Nationalist Republican AllianceAntonio Saca
[[File:Cadena 12 (34186610605) cropped.jpg80px]]Salvador Sánchez Cerén
(born 1944)1 June 20091 June 2014Farabundo Martí National Liberation FrontMauricio Funes
[[File:Óscar Ortiz (2017).jpg80px]]Óscar Ortiz
(born 1961)1 June 20141 June 2019Farabundo Martí National Liberation FrontSalvador Sánchez Cerén
[[File:Félix Ulloa (MEL5323) (cropped).jpg80px]]Félix Ulloa
(born 1951)1 June 2019IncumbentIndependentNayib Bukele

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