President of El Salvador

President of El Salvador
President d'El Salvador
Incumbent Orlando Pareja Palau since 1 November 2019
Style	His Excellency
Abbreviation	PES
Residence	Presidential Palace
Appointer	Elected by the citizenry
Term length	5 years, infinitely renewable
Precursor	Captain General of El Salvador King of El Salvador
Formation	1 November 1888
First holder	Lluís Altayo Ramió
Deputy	Vice President of El Salvador
Salary	SPS¢50,000 annually
Website	Official website

The president of El Salvador is the formal head of state and government of the Imperial Republic of El Salvador.

List of presidents

Captain Generals

The precursor to the modern presidency of El Salvador was the captaincy generalship. From 1858 to 1888, El Salvador, then known as Nuevo Honduras, was governed by Creeperopolis as a captaincy general (effectively a protectorate) with the captain general as Creeperopolis' main colonial overseer. The captain general served as the executive head of government of the country, while the King served as the ceremonial head of state. Creeperopolis began to govern El Salvador after a 2 month-long military campaign to gain control of the country.

Captain General (Birth–Death)			Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	King (Term)
1		Brigadier Miguel Santín Castillo (1819–1859)	10 July 1858	26 January 1859	–	Military	Josep II (1858–1865)
			200 days
2		Brigadier Joaquín Guzmán Ynsfrán (1821–1880)	26 January 1859	1 February 1873	–	Military
			14 years and 6 days				Josep III (1865–1888)
3		Brigadier Carlos Ezeta Beltrán (1836–1900)	1 February 1873	1 November 1888	–	Military
			15 years and 274 days

Presidents of the parliamentary republic

In 1888, with the democratization of Creeperopolis the year prior, republicans in El Salvador demanded similar democratization of the country. In February 1888, a plebiscite was held wether to establish an elected parliament under the King or the outright abolition of the monarchy; 58 percent voted to abolish the monarchy, and in August 1888, an election was held to elect a president and a prime minister. The monarchy was abolished on 1 November 1888 and King Josep III went into exile in Creeperopolis. The captaincy generalship was renamed to the presidency, and the position moved from head of government to head of state.

President (Birth–Death)			Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Prime Minister (Term)
1		His Excellency Lluís Altayo Ramió (1840–1910)	1 November 1888	1 November 1894	1888	Liberal Party		Sergi Falguera Padilla (1888–1891)
			6 years and 0 days					Abelard Acebron Bayer (1891–1900)
2		His Excellency Esdres Fontcuberta Lacruz (1846–1911)	1 November 1894	1 November 1900	1894	Conservative Party
			6 years and 0 days
3		His Excellency Lluís Altayo Ramió (1840–1910)	1 November 1900	15 April 1908	1900	Liberal Party		Sergi Falguera Padilla (1900–1903)
					1906			Roderic Genestar Paniego (1903–1908)
			7 years and 166 days

Presidents of the presidential republic

In 1908, President Lluís Altayo Ramió made a move to increase presidential power and limit the power the legislature had over the government. He called for a plebiscite which would determine if the position of prime minister would be abolished and the presidency was given authorities as head of state and head of government. The plebiscite resulted in 64 percent voting in favor of Altayo Ramió's proposals, however, the election has subsequently been seen as fraudulent and Altayo Ramió's abolition of the premiership on 15 April 1908 is now considered to be a self coup. Additionally, he extended presidential terms to seven years from six, and the Party of the Salvadoran People made a move to hold a firm grip on the presidency.

President (Birth–Death)			Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Vice President (Term)
3		His Excellency Lluís Altayo Ramió (1840–1910)	15 April 1908	2 July 1910	–	Liberal Party		Sergi Falguera Padilla (1908–1910)
			2 years and 78 days
–		His Excellency Sergi Falguera Padilla (1850–1925) Acting President	2 July 1910	1 November 1910	–	Liberal Party	Vacant (1910)
			122 days
4		His Excellency Amadeu Fullados Fañé (1849–1921)	1 November 1910	1 November 1918	1910	Liberal Party		Josep Graupera Arxe (1910–1918)
					1912
			8 years and 0 days
		His Excellency Vícenç Ramoneda Casadejús (1859–1933)	1 November 1918	4 January 1933	1918	Salvadoran Restoration Party		Gedeó Campllonch Pallàs (1918–1930)
5					1924	Salvadoran Nationalist Alliance
					1930			Josep Boixadé Callo (1930–1933)
			14 years and 64 days
6		His Excellency Josep Boixadé Callo (1889–1953)	4 January 1933	29 October 1953	–	Salvadoran Nationalist Alliance/ Salvadoran Initiative	Vacant (1933–1936)
					1936			Raül Cavalle Cuadrat (1936–1948)
					1942
					1948			Adalbert Espasí Masrramon (1948–1953)
			20 years and 298 days
7		His Excellency Adalbert Espasí Masrramon (1899–1964)	29 October 1953	1 November 1954	–	Salvadoran Initiative	Vacant (1953–1954)
			1 year and 3 days

Presidents of the State of Granada

With the start of the Creeperian Civil War, Salvadoran communists and socialists staged a coup against the government of President Josep Boixadé Callo. The coup succeeded, and Boixadé Callo and Prime Minister Gonçal Salvatel Viñallon were killed during the coup. Tomàs Regalat Esglaó, a prominent communist leader, was proclaimed as president and changed the country's name to the State of Granada. He declared the country's allegiance with the National Council for Peace and Order.

Portrait		President (Birth–Death)	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Vice President (Term)
1		His Excellency Jeroni Vallespir Nardi (1886–1935) Provisional President (1933)	4 January 1933	1 November 1933	–	Communist Party of Granada	Vacant (1933)
			1 November 1933	16 July 1935	1933			Sever Verdagué Llovet (1933–1935)
			2 years and 193 days

Presidents of the Imperial Republic

Portrait		President (Birth–Death)	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Vice President (Term)
7		His Excellency Adalbert Espasí Masrramon (1899–1964)	1 November 1954	29 February 1964	1954	Salvadoran Initiative		Absaló Sancliment Launes (1954–1964)
					1959
			9 years and 120 days
8		His Excellency Absaló Sancliment Launes (1894–1986)	29 February 1964	1 November 1964	–	Salvadoran Initiative	Vacant (1964)
			246 days
9		Divisional General Domènec Higuerue Vinyet (1911–2001)	1 November 1964	1 November 1984	1964	Salvadoran Initiative/Military		Llàtzer Nacenta Adrover (1964–1979)
					1969
					1974
					1979			Josep Esteba Treserra (1979–1984)
			20 years and 0 days
10		His Excellency Josep Esteba Treserra (1913–2008)	1 November 1984	1 November 1994	1984	Salvadoran Initiative		Pascual Paton Gimpera (1984–1994)
					1989
			10 years and 0 days
11		His Excellency Pascual Paton Gimpera (1924–2017)	1 November 1994	1 November 1999	1994	Salvadoran Initiative		Conrad Orench Pareras (1994–1999)
			5 years and 0 days
12		His Excellency Reginald Subirós Balcells (born 1953)	1 November 1999	1 November 2009	1999	Salvadoran Initiative		Justí Berlinguer Climent (1999–2009)
					2004
			10 years and 0 days
13		His Excellency Octavi Duaigues Casadevall (born 1965)	1 November 2009	1 November 2019	2009	Salvadoran Initiative		Roderic Tarragona Montanuy (2009–2019)
					2014
			10 years and 0 days
14		His Excellency Orlando Pareja Palau (born 1974)	1 November 2019	Incumbent	2019	Salvadoran Initiative		Zèfir Cladera Mirambell (2019–present)
					2024
			5 years and 31 days

See also

• Vice President of El Salvador