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Vice President of the
Republic of El Salvador
Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg
Coat of arms of El Salvador
Vicepresidente Ulloa (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Félix Ulloa

since 1 June 2019
Term length Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument Constitution of El Salvador
Inaugural holder Pedro José Arce (es)
Formation September 1842

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 Egg1wjsVgAAKe9M.jpg 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 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Luis Ayala
(1801–1883)
7 February 1844 29 February 1844 22 days Independent Francisco Malespín
3 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (cropped) 2.jpg Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
(1801–1875)
29 February 1844 1 February 1846 1 year and 338 days Independent Francisco Malespín

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán

4 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg José Campo y Pomar
(1806–1881)
1 February 1846 1 February 1848 2 years and 0 days Independent Eugenio Aguilar
5 FelixQuiroz.jpg 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

6 Tomás Medina.jpg Tomás Medina
(1803–1884)
1 February 1852 1 February 1854 2 years and 0 days Independent Francisco Dueñas
7 José Mariano Hernández.png 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.jpg Francisco Dueñas
(1810–1884)
1 February 1856 1 February 1858 2 years and 0 days Conservative Francisco Dueñas

Rafael Campo

9 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (cropped) 2.jpg 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

10 FelixQuiroz.jpg José Félix Quirós
(1811–1883)
1 February 1860 23 October 1863 3 years and 264 days Independent Gerardo Barrios
No Vice President (23 October 1863 – 1 February 1865)
11 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Gregorio Arbizú
(?–?)
1 February 1865 1 February 1869 4 years and 0 days Independent Francisco Dueñas
12 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg José María Parrilla
(1807–1883)
1 February 1869 15 April 1871 2 years and 73 days Independent Francisco Dueñas
No Vice President (15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872)
13 Manuel Mendez.jpg Manuel Méndez
(?–1872)
1 February 1872 1 September 1872 213 days Independent Santiago González
No Vice President (1 September 1872 – 1 February 1876)
14 Santiago gonzalez.jpg Santiago González
(1818–1887)
1 February 1876 1 May 1876 90 days Liberal Andrés del Valle
No Vice President (1 May 1876 – 1 March 1887)
15 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Baltasar Estupinián
(?–?)
1 March 1887 17 March 1887 16 days Liberal Francisco Menéndez
No Vice President (17 March 1887 – 1 March 1891)
16 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Antonio Ezeta
(?–?)
1 March 1891 9 June 1894 3 years and 100 days Liberal Carlos Ezeta
No Vice President (9 June 1894 – 1 March 1895)
17 Prudencio Alfaro.png Prudencio Alfaro
(1861–1915)
1 March 1895 13 November 1898 3 years and 257 days Liberal Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez
No Vice President (14 November 1898 – 1 March 1899)
18 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Francisco Antonio Reyes Gálvez
(1860–1951)
1 March 1899 1 March 1903 4 years and 0 days Liberal Tomás Regalado
19 Calixto Velado Eduardo.png Calixto Velado Eduardo
(1855–1927)
1 March 1903 1 March 1907 4 years and 0 days Conservative Pedro José Escalón
20 Manuel Enrique Araujo 01.jpg Manuel Enrique Araujo
(1865–1913)
1 March 1907 1 March 1911 4 years and 0 days Independent Fernando Figueroa
21 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg 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 1915.jpg 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 Dr. Pio Romero Bosque.jpg Pío Romero Bosque
(1860–1935)
1 March 1923 1 March 1927 4 years and 0 days National Democratic Party Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
24 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Gustavo Vides
(?–?)
1 March 1927 1 March 1931 4 years and 0 days National Democratic Party Pío Romero Bosque
25 Hernandez Martinez.jpg 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 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Manuel Adriano Vilanova
(1873–?)
1 March 1945 14 December 1948 3 years and 288 days Unification Social Democratic Party Salvador Castaneda Castro
No Vice President (14 December 1948 – October 1950)
27 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg José María Peralta Salazar
(1907–?)
October 1950 14 September 1956 Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification Óscar Osorio No vice president, Peralta was elected as the presidential designate
28 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Humberto Costa
(1906–?)
14 September 1956 26 October 1960 Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification José María Lemus
No Vice President (26 October 1960 – 25 January 1962)
29 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Francisco José Guerrero
(1925–1989)
25 January 1962 1 July 1962 156 days National Conciliation Party Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea
Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Salvador Ramírez Siliézar
(?–?)
Independent
30 President John F. Kennedy with Ambassador of El Salvador, Dr. Francisco Roberto Lima.jpg Francisco Roberto Lima
(1917–?)
1 July 1962 1 July 1967 5 years and 0 days National Conciliation Party Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo
31 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Humberto Guillermo Cuestas
(1921–2005)
1 July 1967 1 July 1972 5 years and 0 days National Conciliation Party Fidel Sánchez Hernández
32 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Enrique Mayorga Rivas
(1926–?)
1 July 1972 1 July 1977 5 years and 0 days National Conciliation Party Arturo Armando Molina
33 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Julio Ernesto Astacio
(1932–)
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 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Raúl Molina Martínez
(1938–)
2 May 1982 1 June 1984 2 years and 60 days National Conciliation Party Álvaro Magaña
Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro
(1942–)
Nationalist Republican Alliance
Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Pablo Mauricio Alvergue
(1930s–)
Christian Democratic Party
36 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount
(1936–)
1 June 1984 1 June 1989 5 years and 0 days Christian Democratic Party José Napoleón Duarte
37 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg José Francisco Merino López
(1952–)
1 June 1989 1 June 1994 5 years and 0 days Nationalist Republican Alliance Alfredo Cristiani
38 Coat of arms of El Salvador.svg Enrique Borgo Bustamante
(1928–)
1 June 1994 1 June 1999 5 years and 0 days Nationalist Republican Alliance Armando Calderón Sol
39 Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt 207-DP-8161-CNV00000003 (cropped).jpg Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
(1953–)
1 June 1999 1 June 2004 5 years and 0 days Nationalist Republican Alliance Francisco Flores Pérez
40 Ana Vilma ESA (cropped).JPG Ana Vilma de Escobar
(1954–)
1 June 2004 1 June 2009 5 years and 0 days Nationalist Republican Alliance Antonio Saca
41 Cadena 12 (34186610605) cropped.jpg Salvador Sánchez Cerén
(1944–)
1 June 2009 1 June 2014 5 years and 0 days Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Mauricio Funes
42 Óscar Ortiz (2017).jpg Óscar Ortiz
(1961–)
1 June 2014 1 June 2019 5 years and 0 days Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Salvador Sánchez Cerén
43 Vicepresidente Ulloa (cropped).jpg Félix Ulloa
(1951–)
1 June 2019 Incumbent 5 years and 185 days Independent

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