Government of El Salvador

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The Government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic. The seat of the central government is in San Salvador.

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Executive branch

President of El Salvador

El Salvador elects its head of state, the President of El Salvador, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run-off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round. The presidential period is five years, but as of a 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, re-election is permitted for another 5 consecutive years. [1] The decision came from Supreme Court judges appointed by lawmakers from President Bukele's ruling political party, drawing condemnation from the United States and other foreign countries. [1]

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President Nayib Bukele

Cabinet

The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following ministries, each led by a minister: [2]

Military of El Salvador

The Ministry of Defence of El Salvador commands the armed forces, consisting of the following branches:

Legislative branch

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Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of originally 84, now 60 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to closed-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.

Judicial branch of the government of El Salvador

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References

  1. 1 2 Renteria, Nelson (2021-09-05). "El Salvador top court opens door to president's re-election, U.S. protests". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  2. "Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments – CIA.gov". Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved 2008-12-27.