José María Lemus

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Lieutenant Colonel José María Lemus
Lemus in 1956

30th President of El Salvador
In office 14 September 1956 –26 October 1960

Political offices
Preceded by Óscar Osorio	President of El Salvador 1956–1960	Succeeded by Military Junta

v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
List of heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola Codallos Consultive Junta ^‡ Prado ^†
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta Cornejo Morazán ^† J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar ^† G. Salazar ^† Escolán ^† Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas ^† Morazán Silva ^† Cañas ^† Ramírez ^† Lindo ^†
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo ^† Arce ^† Marín ^† J. J. Guzmán D. Villacorta ^† Marín ^† J. J. Guzmán Arce ^† Palacios ^† Malespín Palacios ^† J. E. Guzmán Palacios ^† Aguilar Palacios ^† Aguilar Medina ^† Quirós ^† Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez ^† Vasconcelos Dueñas ^† Quirós ^† Dueñas J. M. San Martín ^† Dueñas V. Gómez ^† J. M. San Martín J. Hernández ^† J. M. San Martín Dueñas ^† Campo Dueñas ^† Campo Zepeda ^† Santín Barrios ^† Santín J. E. Guzmán ^† Peralta ^† Barrios Dueñas González Méndez ^† González del Valle Zaldívar Guirola ^† Zaldívar Figueroa ^† Rosales ^† F. Menéndez C. Ezeta A. Ezeta ^† Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez ^† Quiñónez ^† C. Meléndez Quiñónez ^† J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military presidents (1931–1979)	Civic Directory ^‡ Hernández Martínez ^† A. Menéndez ^† Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez ^† Aguirre ^† Castaneda Revolutionary Council of Government ^‡ Osorio Lemus Junta of Government ^‡ Civic-Military Directory ^‡ Cordón ^† Rivera F. Sánchez A. Molina C. Romero
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta ^‡ Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez ^†
^† – Acting or provisional president ^‡ – Military junta

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