Vice President of the Republic of El Salvador | |
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Vicepresidente de la República de El Salvador | |
Term length | Five years, renewable once [1] |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of El Salvador |
Inaugural holder | Pedro José Arce (es) |
Formation | September 1842 |
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The vice president of El Salvador (Spanish : Vicepresidente de El Salvador) is a political position in El Salvador which is elected concurrently with the position of President of El Salvador.
A list of the office holders follows. The list may not be complete.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political affiliation | President | Refs. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Pedro José Arce (es) (1801–1871) | September 1842 | 7 February 1844 | – | Independent | Juan José Guzmán | [2] | |
2 | Luis Ayala (1801–1883) | 7 February 1844 | 29 February 1844 | 22 days | Independent | Francisco Malespín | [3] | |
3 | Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (1801–1875) | 29 February 1844 | 1 February 1846 | 1 year and 338 days | Independent | Francisco Malespín | [4] | |
4 | José Campo y Pomar (1806–1881) | 1 February 1846 | 1 February 1848 | 2 years and 0 days | Independent | Eugenio Aguilar | [3] | |
5 | José Félix Quirós (1811–1883) | 1 February 1848 | 1 February 1852 | 4 years and 0 days | Independent | Tomás Medina | [5] | |
6 | Tomás Medina (1803–1884) | 1 February 1852 | 1 February 1854 | 2 years and 0 days | Independent | Francisco Dueñas | ||
7 | José Mariano Hernández (1786–1864) | 1 February 1854 | 1 February 1856 | 2 years and 0 days | Independent | Vicente Gómez | ||
8 | Francisco Dueñas (1810–1884) | 1 February 1856 | 1 February 1858 | 2 years and 0 days | Conservative | Francisco Dueñas | ||
9 | Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (1801–1875) | 1 February 1858 | 1 February 1860 | 2 years and 0 days | Independent | Lorenzo Zepeda | [4] [6] | |
10 | José Félix Quirós (1811–1883) | 1 February 1860 | 23 October 1863 | 3 years and 264 days | Independent | Gerardo Barrios | [4] | |
No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865) | ||||||||
11 | Gregorio Arbizú (?–?) | 1 February 1865 | 1 February 1869 | 4 years and 0 days | Independent | Francisco Dueñas | ||
12 | José María Parrilla (1807–1883) | 1 February 1869 | 15 April 1871 | 2 years and 73 days | Independent | Francisco Dueñas | [7] | |
No Vice President (15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872) | ||||||||
13 | Manuel Méndez (?–1872) | 1 February 1872 | 1 September 1872 | 213 days | Independent | Santiago González | [4] | |
No Vice President (1 September 1872 – 1 February 1876) | ||||||||
14 | Santiago González (1818–1887) | 1 February 1876 | 1 May 1876 | 90 days | Liberal | Andrés del Valle | [8] | |
No Vice President (1 May 1876 – 1 March 1887) | ||||||||
15 | Baltasar Estupinián (?–?) | 1 March 1887 | 17 March 1887 | 16 days | Liberal | Francisco Menéndez | [9] | |
No Vice President (17 March 1887 – 1 March 1891) | ||||||||
16 | Antonio Ezeta (?–?) | 1 March 1891 | 9 June 1894 | 3 years and 100 days | Liberal | Carlos Ezeta | [5] | |
No Vice President (9 June 1894 – 1 March 1895) | ||||||||
17 | Prudencio Alfaro (1861–1915) | 1 March 1895 | 13 November 1898 | 3 years and 257 days | Liberal | Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez | [5] | |
No Vice President (14 November 1898 – 1 March 1899) | ||||||||
18 | Francisco Antonio Reyes Gálvez (1860–1951) | 1 March 1899 | 1 March 1903 | 4 years and 0 days | Liberal | Tomás Regalado | [10] | |
19 | Calixto Velado Eduardo (1855–1927) | 1 March 1903 | 1 March 1907 | 4 years and 0 days | Conservative | Pedro José Escalón | ||
20 | Manuel Enrique Araujo (1865–1913) | 1 March 1907 | 1 March 1911 | 4 years and 0 days | Independent | Fernando Figueroa | ||
21 | Onofre Durán Santillana (1836–?) | 1 March 1911 | 9 February 1913 | 1 year and 345 days | Independent | Manuel Enrique Araujo | ||
No Vice President (9 February 1913 – 1 March 1915) | ||||||||
22 | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (1874–1950) | 1 March 1915 | 1 March 1923 | 8 years and 0 days | National Democratic Party | Carlos Meléndez Ramirez | ||
23 | Pío Romero Bosque (1860–1935) | 1 March 1923 | 1 March 1927 | 4 years and 0 days | National Democratic Party | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina | ||
24 | Gustavo Vides (?–?) | 1 March 1927 | 1 March 1931 | 4 years and 0 days | National Democratic Party | Pío Romero Bosque | ||
25 | Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882–1966) | 1 March 1931 | 2 December 1931 | 276 days | National Republican Party | Arturo Araujo | ||
No Vice President (2 December 1931 – 1 March 1945) | ||||||||
26 | Manuel Adriano Vilanova (1873–?) | 1 March 1945 | 14 December 1948 | 3 years and 288 days | Unification Social Democratic Party | Salvador Castaneda Castro | [11] | |
No Vice President (14 December 1948 – October 1950) | ||||||||
27 | José María Peralta Salazar (1907–?) [12] | October 1950 | 14 September 1956 | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | Óscar Osorio | No vice president, Peralta was elected as the presidential designate [13] [14] | ||
28 | Humberto Costa (1906–?) [12] | 14 September 1956 | 26 October 1960 | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification [15] | José María Lemus | [16] [17] | ||
No Vice President (26 October 1960 – 25 January 1962) | ||||||||
29 | Francisco José Guerrero (1925–1989) [18] | 25 January 1962 | 1 July 1962 | 156 days | National Conciliation Party | Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea | [19] | |
Salvador Ramírez Siliézar (?–?) | Independent | |||||||
30 | Francisco Roberto Lima (1917–?) | 1 July 1962 | 1 July 1967 | 5 years and 0 days | National Conciliation Party | Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo | [20] | |
31 | Humberto Guillermo Cuestas [12] (1921–2005) | 1 July 1967 | 1 July 1972 | 5 years and 0 days | National Conciliation Party | Fidel Sánchez Hernández | ||
32 | Enrique Mayorga Rivas (1926–?) [12] | 1 July 1972 | 1 July 1977 | 5 years and 0 days | National Conciliation Party | Arturo Armando Molina | ||
33 | Julio Ernesto Astacio (1932–) [21] | 1 July 1977 | 15 October 1979 | 2 years and 106 days | National Conciliation Party | Carlos Humberto Romero | ||
No Vice President (15 October 1979 – 13 December 1980) | ||||||||
34 | Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez (1936–2012) | 13 December 1980 | 2 May 1982 | 1 year and 140 days | Military | Revolutionary Government Junta (José Napoleón Duarte) | ||
35 | Raúl Molina Martínez (1938–) | 2 May 1982 | 1 June 1984 | 2 years and 60 days | National Conciliation Party | Álvaro Magaña | [22] [23] | |
Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro (1942–) | Nationalist Republican Alliance | |||||||
Pablo Mauricio Alvergue (1930–2024) | Christian Democratic Party | |||||||
36 | Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount (1936–) | 1 June 1984 | 1 June 1989 | 5 years and 0 days | Christian Democratic Party | José Napoleón Duarte | [24] | |
37 | José Francisco Merino López (1952–) | 1 June 1989 | 1 June 1994 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Alfredo Cristiani | [24] | |
38 | Enrique Borgo Bustamante (1928–) | 1 June 1994 | 1 June 1999 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Armando Calderón Sol | [24] | |
39 | Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt (1953–) | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2004 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Francisco Flores Pérez | [24] | |
40 | Ana Vilma de Escobar (1954–) | 1 June 2004 | 1 June 2009 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Antonio Saca | [24] | |
41 | Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944–) | 1 June 2009 | 1 June 2014 | 5 years and 0 days | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | Mauricio Funes | [24] | |
42 | Óscar Ortiz (1961–) | 1 June 2014 | 1 June 2019 | 5 years and 0 days | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | Salvador Sánchez Cerén | [24] | |
43 | Félix Ulloa (1951–) | 1 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years and 169 days | Independent | Nayib Bukele |
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