The vice president of El Salvador () is a political position in El Salvador which is elected concurrently with the position of President of El Salvador.
Historically the vice presidency has been a popularly elected position. Additionally there has been presidential designates (Designados a la Presidencia) elected by the legislature. The constitution of 1841 outlined presidential designates. The 1880 constitution abolished the position of Vice President. The position was brought back in the 1886 constitution.
A list of the office holders follows. The list may not be complete.
List of vice presidents
Portrait Name Term of office Political affiliationPresidentTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Pedro José Arce September 1842 7 February 1844 –IndependentJuan José Guzmán
Cayetano Antonio Molina
Pedro José Arce
Cayetano Antonio Molina
Pedro José Arce
Fermín Palacios 2 Luis Ayala 7 February 1844 29 February 1844IndependentFrancisco Malespín 3Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán 29 February 1844 1 February 1846IndependentFrancisco Malespín
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán 4José Campo 1 February 1846 1 February 1848IndependentEugenio Aguilar 5José Félix Quirós 1 February 1848 1 February 1852IndependentTomás Medina
José Félix Quirós
Doroteo Vasconcelos
Ramón Rodríguez
Doroteo Vasconcelos
Francisco Dueñas
José Félix Quirós
Francisco Dueñas
José María San Martín 6Tomás Medina 1 February 1852 1 February 1854IndependentFrancisco Dueñas7José Mariano Hernández 1 February 1854 1 February 1856IndependentVicente Gómez
José María San Martín8Francisco Dueñas 1 February 1856 1 February 1858ConservativeFrancisco Dueñas
Rafael Campo9Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán 1 February 1858 1 February 1860IndependentLorenzo Zepeda
Miguel Santín del Castillo
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
José María Peralta
Gerardo Barrios10José Félix Quirós 1 February 1860 23 October 1863IndependentGerardo Barrios No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865)11Gregorio Arbizú 1 February 1865 1 February 1869IndependentFrancisco Dueñas 12 José María Parrilla 1 February 1869 15 April 1871IndependentFrancisco Dueñas No Vice President (15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872)13Manuel Méndez 1 February 1872 1 September 1872IndependentSantiago González No Vice President (1 September 1872 – 1 February 1876)14Santiago González 1 February 1876 1 May 1876LiberalAndrés del Valle No Vice President (1 May 1876 – 1 March 1887)15Baltasar Estupinián 1 March 1887 17 March 1887LiberalFrancisco Menéndez No Vice President (17 March 1887 – 1 March 1891)16Antonio Ezeta 1 March 1891 9 June 1894LiberalCarlos Ezeta No Vice President (9 June 1894 – 1 March 1895)17Prudencio Alfaro 1 March 1895 13 November 1898LiberalRafael Antonio Gutiérrez No Vice President (14 November 1898 – 1 March 1899)18Francisco Antonio Reyes Gálvez 1 March 1899 1 March 1903LiberalTomás Regalado19Calixto Velado Eduardo 1 March 1903 1 March 1907ConservativePedro José Escalón20Manuel Enrique Araujo 1 March 1907 1 March 1911IndependentFernando Figueroa21Onofre Durán Santillana 1 March 1911 9 February 1913IndependentManuel Enrique AraujoNo Vice President (9 February 1913 – 1 March 1915)22Alfonso Quiñónez Molina 1 March 1915 1 March 1923National Democratic PartyCarlos Meléndez Ramirez
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Jorge Meléndez23Pío Romero Bosque 1 March 1923 1 March 1927National Democratic PartyAlfonso Quiñónez Molina24Gustavo Vides 1 March 1927 1 March 1931National Democratic PartyPío Romero Bosque25Maximiliano Hernández Martínez 1 March 1931 2 December 1931National Republican PartyArturo AraujoNo Vice President (2 December 1931 – 1 March 1945)26Manuel Adriano Vilanova 1 March 1945 14 December 1948Unification Social Democratic PartySalvador Castaneda Castro No Vice President (14 December 1948 – October 1950)27 José María Peralta Salazar October 1950 14 September 1956 Revolutionary Party of Democratic UnificationÓscar Osorio No vice president, Peralta was elected as the presidential designate28 Humberto Costa 14 September 1956 26 October 1960 Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification José María Lemus No Vice President (26 October 1960 – 25 January 1962)29Francisco José Guerrero 25 January 1962 1 July 1962 National Conciliation Party Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea Salvador Ramírez SiliézarIndependent30Francisco Roberto Lima 1 July 1962 1 July 1967National Conciliation PartyJulio Adalberto Rivera Carballo31Humberto Guillermo Cuestas 1 July 1967 1 July 1972National Conciliation PartyFidel Sánchez Hernández32Enrique Mayorga Rivas 1 July 1972 1 July 1977National Conciliation PartyArturo Armando Molina33Julio Ernesto Astacio 1 July 1977 15 October 1979National Conciliation PartyCarlos Humberto RomeroNo Vice President (15 October 1979 – 13 December 1980)34 Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez 13 December 1980 2 May 1982MilitaryRevolutionary Government Junta(José Napoleón Duarte)35Raúl Molina Martínez 2 May 1982 1 June 1984 National Conciliation Party Álvaro MagañaMauricio Gutiérrez CastroNationalist Republican AlliancePablo Mauricio AlvergueChristian Democratic Party36Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount 1 June 1984 1 June 1989Christian Democratic PartyJosé Napoleón Duarte37José Francisco Merino López 1 June 1989 1 June 1994Nationalist Republican AllianceAlfredo Cristiani38Enrique Borgo Bustamante 1 June 1994 1 June 1999Nationalist Republican AllianceArmando Calderón Sol39Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt 1 June 1999 1 June 2004Nationalist Republican AllianceFrancisco Flores Pérez40Ana Vilma de Escobar 1 June 2004 1 June 2009Nationalist Republican AllianceAntonio Saca41Salvador Sánchez Cerén 1 June 2009 1 June 2014Farabundo Martí National Liberation FrontMauricio Funes42Óscar Ortiz 1 June 2014 1 June 2019Farabundo Martí National Liberation FrontSalvador Sánchez Cerén43Félix Ulloa 1 June 2019 IncumbentIndependent
Nuevas IdeasNayib Bukele
See also List of current vice presidents
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