| Vice President of the Republic of El Salvador | |
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| Vicepresidente de la República de El Salvador | |
| Coat of arms of El Salvador | |
| Term length | Five years, renewable indefinitely |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of El Salvador |
| Inaugural holder | Pedro José Arce |
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | | Pedro José Arce (1801–1871) | September 1842 | 7 February 1844 | – | Independent | Juan José Guzmán | [1] |
| 2 | | Luis Ayala (1801–1883) | 7 February 1844 | 29 February 1844 | 22 days | Independent | Francisco Malespín | [2] |
| 3 | | Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (1801–1875) | 29 February 1844 | 1 February 1846 | 1 year and 338 days | Independent | Francisco Malespín | [3] |
| 4 | | José Campo (1806–1881) | 1 February 1846 | 1 February 1848 | 2 years and 0 days | Independent | Eugenio Aguilar | [2] |
| 5 | | José Félix Quirós (1811–1883) | 1 February 1848 | 1 February 1852 | 4 years and 0 days | Independent | Tomás Medina | [4] |
| 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 | [3] [5] |
| 10 | | José Félix Quirós (1811–1883) | 1 February 1860 | 23 October 1863 | 3 years and 264 days | Independent | Gerardo Barrios | [3] |
| No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865) | ||||||||
| 11 | | Gregorio Arbizú (1823–1872) | 1 February 1865 | 1 February 1869 | 4 years and 0 days | Independent | Francisco Dueñas | [6] |
| 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 | [3] |
| 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 | [4] |
| 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 | [4] |
| 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 (1836–1914) | 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 (1917–2008) | 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 (1926–1987) [12] | 1 July 1972 | 1 July 1977 | 5 years and 0 days | National Conciliation Party | Arturo Armando Molina | |
| 33 | | Julio Ernesto Astacio (born 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 (born 1938) | 2 May 1982 | 1 June 1984 | 2 years and 60 days | National Conciliation Party | Álvaro Magaña | [22] [23] |
| | Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro (born 1942) | Nationalist Republican Alliance | ||||||
| | Pablo Mauricio Alvergue (1930–2024) | Christian Democratic Party | ||||||
| 36 | | Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount (born 1936) | 1 June 1984 | 1 June 1989 | 5 years and 0 days | Christian Democratic Party | José Napoleón Duarte | [24] |
| 37 | | José Francisco Merino López (born 1952) | 1 June 1989 | 1 June 1994 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Alfredo Cristiani | [24] |
| 38 | | Enrique Borgo Bustamante (1928–2025) | 1 June 1994 | 1 June 1999 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Armando Calderón Sol | [24] |
| 39 | | Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt (born 1953) | 1 June 1999 | 1 June 2004 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Francisco Flores Pérez | [24] |
| 40 | | Ana Vilma de Escobar (born 1954) | 1 June 2004 | 1 June 2009 | 5 years and 0 days | Nationalist Republican Alliance | Antonio Saca | [24] |
| 41 | | Salvador Sánchez Cerén (born 1944) | 1 June 2009 | 1 June 2014 | 5 years and 0 days | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | Mauricio Funes | [24] |
| 42 | | Óscar Ortiz (born 1961) | 1 June 2014 | 1 June 2019 | 5 years and 0 days | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | Salvador Sánchez Cerén | [24] |
| 43 | | Félix Ulloa (born 1951) | 1 June 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years and 99 days | Independent | Nayib Bukele | |