Vice President of the
Republic of El Salvador
Vicepresidente de la República de El Salvador
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Incumbent
Félix Ulloa
since 1 June 2019
Term lengthFive years, renewable once[1]
Constituting instrumentConstitution of El Salvador
Inaugural holderPedro José Arce (es)
FormationSeptember 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.

List of vice presidents

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political affiliation President Refs.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Pedro José Arce (es)
(1801–1871) 		September 1842 7 February 1844 – Independent Juan José Guzmán

Cayetano Antonio Molina

Pedro José Arce

Cayetano Antonio Molina

Pedro José Arce

Fermín Palacios

[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

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán

[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

José Félix Quirós

Doroteo Vasconcelos

Ramón Rodríguez

Doroteo Vasconcelos

Francisco Dueñas

José Félix Quirós

Francisco Dueñas

José María San Martín

[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

José María San Martín

8 Francisco Dueñas
(1810–1884) 		1 February 1856 1 February 1858 2 years and 0 days Conservative Francisco Dueñas

Rafael Campo

9 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
(1801–1875) 		1 February 1858 1 February 1860 2 years and 0 days Independent Lorenzo Zepeda

Miguel Santín del Castillo

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán

José María Peralta

Gerardo Barrios

[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

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

Jorge Meléndez

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
(1930s–) 		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 4 years and 312 days Independent

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See also

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