Presidents of El Salvador, 1841-present Juan Lindo (provisional): 22 February 1841 - 1 February 1842 José Escolástico Marín (acting): 1 February - 14 April 1842 Juan José Guzmán: 14 April 1842 - 1 February 1844 Fermín Palacios (acting): 1 - 7 February 1844 Francisco Malespín: 7 February 1844 - 15 February 1845 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán: 15 February 1845 - 1 February 1846 Fermín Palacios (acting): 1 - 21 February 1846 Eugenio Augilar: 21 February 1846 - 1 February 1848 Tomás Medina (acting): 1 - 3 February 1848 José Félix Quirós (acting): 3 - 7 February 1848 Doroteo Vasconcelos: 7 February 1848 - 1 February 1850 Ramón Rodríguez (acting): 1 - 4 February 1850 Doroteo Vasconcelos: 4 February 1850 - 1 March 1851 José Félix Quirós (acting): 1 March - 3 May 1851 Francisco Dueñas: 13 May 1851 - 30 January 1852 José María San Martín (acting): 30 January - [[1 February] 1852 Francisco Dueñas: 1 February 1852 - 1 February 1854 Vicente Gómez (acting): 1 - 15 February 1854 José María San Martín: 15 February 1854 - 1 February 1856 Francisco Dueñas (acting): 1 - 12 February 1856 Rafael Campo: 12 February 1856 - 1 February 1858 Lorenzo Zepeda (acting): 1 - 7 February 1858 Miguel Santín del Castillo: 7 February 1858 - 1 February 1860 Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (acting): 24 January - 15 February 1859 José María Peralta (acting): 15 February - 12 March 1859 Gerardo Barrios: 12 March 1859 - 26 October 1863 Francisco Dueñas: 26 October 1863 - 15 April 1871 Santiago González: 15 April 1871 - 1 February 1876 Andrés del Valle: 1 February - 1 May 1876 Rafael Zaldívar: 1 May 1876 - 21 June 1885 Francisco Menéndez: 21 June 1885 - 22 June 1890 Carlos Ezeta: 22 June 1890 - 9 June 1894 Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez: 10 June 1894 - 13 November 1898 Tomás Regalado: 14 November 1898 - 1 March 1903 Pedro José Escalón: 1 March 1903 - 1 March 1907 Fernando Figueroa: 1 March 1907 - 1 March 1911 Miguel Enrique Araujo: 1 March 1911 - 8 February 1913 Carlos Meléndez (provisional): 9 February 1913 - 29 August 1914 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (provisional): 29 August 1914 - 1 March 1915 Carlos Meléndez: 1 March 1915 - 21 December 1918 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (acting): 21 December 1918 - 1 March 1919 Jorge Meléndez: 1 March 1919 - 1 March 1923 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina: 1 March 1923 - 1 March 1927 Pío Romero Bosque: 1 March 1927 - 1 March 1931 Arturo Araujo: 1 March - 4 December 1931 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (acting): 4 December 1931 - 28 August 1934 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 29 August 1934 - 1 March 1935 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez: 1 March 1935 - 9 May 1944 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional): 9 May - 20 October 1944 Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (provisional): 21 October 1944 - 1 March 1945 Salvador Castaneda Castro: 1 March 1945 - 14 December 1948 Revolutionary Council of Government: 15 December 1948 - 14 September 1950 Óscar Osorio: 14 September 1950 - 14 September 1956 José María Lemus: 14 September 1956 - 26 October 1960 Junta of Government: 26 October 1960 - 25 January 1961 Civic-Military Directory: 25 January 1961 - 25 January 1962 Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (provisional): 25 January - 1 July 1962 Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo: 1 July 1962 - 1 July 1967 Fidel Sánchez Hernández: 1 July 1967 - 1 July 1972 Arturo Armando Molina: 1 July 1972 - 1 July 1977 Carlos Humberto Romero: 1 July 1977 - 15 October 1979 Revolutionary Junta: 15 October 1979 - 2 May 1982 Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja: 2 May 1982 - 1 June 1984 José Napoleón Duarte: 1 June 1984 - 1 June 1989 Alfredo Cristiani: 1 June 1989 - 1 June 1994 Armando Calderón Sol: 1 June 1994 - 1 June 1999 Francisco Flores: 1 June 1999 - See also: lists of incumbents, History of El Salvador, History of Central America.
