The Mayor of San Salvador (Spanish: ) is the head of the municipal government of the city of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador.
History
The position of Mayor of San Salvador was established on 1 April 1525 with Diego de Holguín, a Spanish conquistador, serving as its first mayor.García Granados 1924, p. 10 He served as mayor of the old city of San Salvador, now known as Ciudad Vieja. The city was refounded in 1528 in its modern location and Diego de Alvarado assumed the mayorship of San Salvador.
List of mayors
Lieutenant Governors
No.PortraitLieutenant GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef1 Diego de Holguín 1 April 1525 1 April 1528 Arce and Antonio 2001, p. 1182 1 April 1528 22 April 1529 3 22 April 1529 July 1529 Larde y Larín 19834 Diego de Rojas July 1529 1530 5 Luis de Moscoso Alvarado 1530 1532 6 Gómez de Alvarado 1532 1534 7 Jorge de Alvarado 1534 1535
Ordinary Mayors
No.PortraitOrdinary MayorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef8 Isidro Blasco 1535 1536 9 1536 1537 10 1537 1538 11 1538 1539 12 Antonio Bermúdez 1539 1540 13 Luis Dubre 1540 1541 14 1541 1544 15 1544 1548 16 Luis Dubois 1548 1549 17 Juan Vázquez de Coronado 1549 1552 18 1552 1555 19 Ambrosio Méndez 1555 1556 20 Hernando Bermejo 1556 1558 21 Juan de Tovar 1558 1559 22 Pedro Benavides 1559 1562 23 1562 1564 24 Juan Núñez de Prado 1564 1567 25 Lope Pardo 1567 1569 26 Luis Dubois 1569 1570 27 Hernando Bermejo 1570 1572 28 1572 1573 29 Luis Ganboa 1573 1577 30 Ignacio Cota 1577 1579
Greater Mayors
No.PortraitGreater MayorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef– 1579 1580 – 1580 1581 Rubio Sánchez 197931 1581 1586 32 1586 1588 – 1588 1590 – 1590 1593 – 1593 1594 33 1594 1596 34 1596 1603 35 1603 1607 36 1607 1614 37 1614 1620 38 1620 1626 39 1626 1631 40 1631 1635 41 1635 1641 – 1641 1642 – Antonio Justiniano Chavarri 1642 1647 42 Juan Martínez Téllez de los Ríos 1647 1652 43 José Portal de Artavia 1652 1657 44 Francisco Andrabeja 1657 1659 – Lupercio de Espés y Brizuela 1659 1663 45 Pedro de Saravelles 1663 1670 46 Martín de Revollar 1670 1673 47 Juan de Miranda 1673 1680 – Diego de Gamarra y Balcárcel 1680 1684 48 Pedro Calvo del Risco 1684 1689 49 José de Arría y Hurtado 1689 1694 50 José Calvo de Lara 1694 1699 51 Bartolomé Gálvez Corral 1699 1703 – 1703 1706 – Francisco Chacón Medina y Salazar 1706 1708 52 Nicolás de Segovia Parada y Verdugo 1708 1710 – Francisco Rodríguez Franco 1710 1715 53 Pedro de Oyanarte 1715 1716 – Estebán de Larramendi 1716 1718 54 José Llanes Robles 1718 1721 – Pedro de Doralea 1721 1723 – Rodrigo Salgado 1723 1724 55 Pedro de Echevers 1724 1729 56 1729 1734 57 Cristóbal Marcos de Gálvez Corral 1734 1737 – Manuel de Gálvez y Corral 1737 1740 58 Esteban Sánchez Calderón 1740 1744 59 Isidro Díaz de Vivar 1744 1751 60 Domingo Soto Bermúdez 1751 1756 – Manuel Amate 1756 1757 61 Bernabé de la Torre Trassierra 1757 1759 – 1759 1761 – 1761 1763 – José Jacinto Palomo y Rodríguez 1763 1765 62 Cristóbal Marcos de Gálvez Corral 1765 1766 – 1766 1771 63 Bernabé de la Torre Trassierra 1771 1773 – Francisco Antonio de Aldana y Guevarra 1773 1774 – 1774 1777 – 1777 1779 64 1779 1786
Colonial Intendants
No.PortraitColonial IntendantTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef6517861789 Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 476–47766Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet17891791 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 4776717911793 6817931 January 1798 –1 January 179815 September 1799 –15 September 17991800 Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 477–478–18001801 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 478–18011802 –18021803 –18031804 –18041804 –180428 June 1805 69 Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa28 June 18055 November 1811 Meléndez Chaverri 1961, p. 119–5 November 18113 December 1811 –José Alejandro de Aycinena3 December 1811August 1812 Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 478–47970August 18121814 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 479–18141817 –18171818 –18181818 7118181819 Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 479–480–Pedro Barriere 1819 21 September 1821 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 480
Mayors of San Salvador (1821–2024)
No.PortraitMayorTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyRef 1 Casimiro García Valdeavellano 1821 Independent ? Data missing 1822 1833 2 José María PeraltaSantos MontoyaJosé María Paredes 1833 1 year 3 Torbirio LaraGregorio ZepedaFeliciano Morales 1834 1 year 4 Anastacio RosiJosé Tomás CamposGuadalupe Ramos 1835 1 year 5 José Gregorio ZepedaMiguel CáceresTomás Henríquez 1836 1 year 6 Juan José LópezFermín PalaciosMariano Cáceres 1837 1 year 7 Juan José LópezJosé María San MartínJosé Meléndez 1838 1 year 8 Eugenio AguilarDámaso BlancoSerafín Martínez 1839 1 year 9 Rafael Francisco OsejoIgnacio CarrilloIsidro Viteri 1840 1 year 10 Benito González MartínezVicente AguilarBlas Orozco 1841 1 year 11 Marcos IdigorasIgnacio PérezJuan Orozco 1842 1 year 12 Santiago MelchorIgnacio CarrilloPedro Abrego 1843 1 year 13 Vicente RoqueJuan José Pablo ChotoCoronado Amaya 1844 1 year 14 José María BasurtoMiguel SifontesSimón Pinto 1845 1 year 15 Juan OrozcoManuel FuentesTomás Ayón 1846 1 year 16 Marcos IdigorasMariano MoralesJosé María de Orantes 1847 1 year 17 Antonio DelgadoRafael PinoManuel Marín 1848 1 year 18 Antonio DelgadoNicolás EstupiniánFrancisco Castro 1849 1 year 19 José María Zelaya 1850 1 year Independent 20 José María Peralta 1851 1 year Independent 21 Rafael Meléndez 1852 1 year Independent 22 Guillermo Castro 1853 1 year Independent 23 Manuel Marín 1854 1 year Independent 24 José Antonio Delgado 1855 1 year Independent 25 José María Peralta 1856 1 year Independent 26 José María Dorantes 1857 1 year Independent 27 José María Carazo 1858 1 year Independent 28 Escolástico Andrino 1859 1 year Independent 29 José Rosales 1860 1 year Independent 30 Antonio Sifontes 1861 1 year Independent 31 Ignacio Guevara 1862 1 year Independent 32 Lius Fernández 1863 1 year Independent 33 Eugenio Aguilar 1864 1867 4 years Liberal 34 Doroteo Mijango 1868 1 year Independent 35 Rafael Meléndez 1869 1 year Independent 36 Manuel E. Aguilar 1870 1 year Independent 37 Narciso Imeri 1871 1 year Independent 38 Juan Barberena 1872 1 year Independent 39 Emigido Castro 1873 1 year Independent 40 José María Paredes 1874 1 year Independent 41 Rafael Reyes 1875 1 year Independent 42 José Rosales 1876 1 year Independent 43 Manuel Bertis 1877 1 year Independent 44 Manuel Meléndez 1878 1 year Independent 45 Antonio Peralta 1879 1 year Independent 46 Arturo Bustamante 1880 1 year Independent 47 Carlos Peralta 1881 1 year Independent 48 Isidro F. Paredes 1882 1 year Independent 49 Antonio Peralta 1883 1 year Independent 50 José María Paredes 1884 1 year Independent 51 Antonio González 1885 1 year Independent 52 Federico Prado 1886 1 year Independent 53 Francisco A. Funes 1887 1 year Independent 54 Manuel Enrique Araujo 1888 1 year Liberal 55 Antonio Peralta 1889 1 year Independent 56 José María Paredes 1890 1 year Independent 57 Braulio Valencia 1891 1 year Independent 58 Dionisio Merlos 1892 1 year Independent 59 Daniel de Jesús Castillo 1893 1 year Military 60 Dionisio Merlos 1894 1 year Independent 61 Fidel Villalta 1895 1 year Independent 62 Braulio Monterrosa 1896 1 year Independent 63 Carlos d'Aubuisson 1897 1 year Independent 64 Francisco Arriola 1898 1 year Independent 65 Francisco Dueñas Jr. 1899 1 year Independent 66 Jesús Najarro 1900 1 year Independent 67 José Sagrera 1901 1 year Independent 68 Carlos d'Aubuisson 1902 1 year Independent 69 Daniel de Jesús Castillo 1903 1 year Military 70 Carlos Dueñas 1904 1 year Independent 71 Antonio Peralta 1905 1 year Independent 72 Francisco Escobar 1906 1 year Independent 73 Guadalupe Ramírez 1907 1 year Independent 74 Rafael Vides Castro 1908 1 year Independent 75 Juan F. Orozco 1909 1 year Independent 76 Margarito González 1910 1 year Independent 77 Manuel Esquivel 1911 1 year Independent 78 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina 1912 1 year Liberal 79 Santiago Letona Hernández 1913 1 year Independent 80 Ismael Gómez 1914 1 year Independent 81 Rafael Zaldívar Jr. 1915 1 year Independent 82 Enrique González Serrano 1916 1 year Independent 83 Ramón García González Mejía 1917 1 year Independent 84 Carlos C. Urrutia 1918 1 year Independent 85 Ismael Gómez 1919 1 year National Democratic Party 86 Miguel Ángel Montalvo 1920 1 year National Democratic Party 87 José Simeón Pacheco 1921 1 year National Democratic Party 88 Ismael Gómez 1922 1923 2 years National Democratic Party 89 Miguel Ángel Montalvo 1924 1927 4 years National Democratic Party 90 Francisco Antonio Romero 1928 1929 2 years Independent 91 Vidal Severo López 1930 1931 2 years Independent 92 Roque Jacinto Bonilla 1932 1933 2 years Independent 93 Pablo Orellana 1934 1935 2 years National Pro Patria Party 94 Carlos Guzmán Dreyfus 1936 1937 2 years National Pro Patria Party 95 José María Melara Estrada 1938 1943 6 years National Pro Patria Party 96 Roberto López Rochac 1944 1 year National Pro Patria Party 97 Eusebio Argueta 1945 1 year Independent 98 José Ángel Avendaño 1946 1 year Military 99 Manuel Adriano Vilanova 1947 1948 2 years Unification Social Democratic Party 100 Manuel López Harrison 1949 1 year Independent 101 Arturo Calderón Godoy 1950 Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 102 José Guillermo Trabanino 1950 1954 4 years Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 103 Pedro Escalante Arce 1954 1956 2 years Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 104 Ricardo Joaquín Peralta 1956 1958 2 years Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 105 Alfredo Ávila Figueroa 1958 1960 2 years Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 106 Gabriel Poliña Araujo August 1960 October 1960 2 months Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 107 Raúl Arévalo Barriere October 1960 1962 2 years Renovating Action Party 108 Carlos Call Kerrinck 1962 June 1963 1 year Independent 109 Fidel Antonio Novoa Arciniegas 1963 1964 1 year Independent 110José Napoleón Duarte March 1964 1970 6 years Christian Democratic Party 111 1970 1 May 1974 4 years Christian Democratic Party 112José Antonio Morales Ehrlich 1 May 1974 1 May 1976 Christian Democratic Party 113José Napoleón Gómez 1 May 1976 1 May 1978 Independent 114Hugo Guerra y Guerra 1 May 1978 November 1979 Independent 115Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes December 1979 December 1981 2 years Independent 116Ramiro Rolando Aguilar January 1982 1 May 1982 4 months Independent 117José Alejandro Duarte Durán 1 May 1982 1 May 1985 Independent 118José Antonio Morales Ehrlich 1 May 1985 1 May 1988 Christian Democratic Party 119Armando Calderón Sol 1 May 1988 1 May 1994 Nationalist Republican Alliance 120Mario Valiente 1 May 1994 1 May 1997 Nationalist Republican Alliance 121Héctor Silva Argüello 1 May 1997 1 May 2003 Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front 122Carlos Rivas Zamora 1 May 2003 1 May 2006 Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front 123Violeta Menjívar 1 May 2006 1 May 2009 Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front 124Norman Quijano 1 May 2009 1 May 2015 Nationalist Republican Alliance 125Nayib Bukele 1 May 2015 1 May 2018 Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front(until 2017) (125) Nuevas Ideas(from 2018) 126Ernesto Muyshondt 1 May 2018 1 May 2021 Nationalist Republican Alliance 127Mario Durán 1 May 2021 1 May 2024 Nuevas Ideas
Mayors of San Salvador Centro (2024–present)
No.PortraitMayorTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyRef 1Mario Durán 1 May 2024 Incumbent Nuevas Ideas
See also
San Salvador
References
Bibliography
External links
Alcalde de San Salvador, official website of the Mayor of San Salvador.