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16 Records
1931–2019 Date range
16 Named people
1 Places
Chronological records 1931 Arturo Araujo 1 March 1931
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Arturo Araujo becomes President after winning the 1931 election
1945 Salvador Castaneda Castro 1 March 1945
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Castaneda Castro becomes President after the 1945 election
1950 Oscar Osorio 14 September 1950
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Oscar Osorio becomes constitutional President after the 1950 election
1956 Jose Maria Lemus 14 September 1956
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Jose Maria Lemus becomes President of El Salvador
1962 Julio Adalberto Rivera 1 July 1962
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Rivera becomes President after the 1962 election
1967 Fidel Sanchez Hernandez 1 July 1967
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Sanchez Hernandez becomes President of El Salvador
1972 Arturo Armando Molina 1 July 1972
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Molina becomes President after the disputed 1972 election
1977 Carlos Humberto Romero 1 July 1977
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Romero becomes President after the 1977 election
1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte 1 June 1984
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Duarte becomes elected President during the Salvadoran Civil War
1989 Alfredo Cristiani 1 June 1989
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Cristiani becomes President after ARENA wins the 1989 election
1994 Armando Calderon Sol 1 June 1994
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Calderon Sol becomes President after the 1994 election
1999 Francisco Flores 1 June 1999
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Francisco Flores becomes President of El Salvador
2004 Antonio Saca 1 June 2004
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Antonio Saca becomes President after ARENA wins another election
2009 Mauricio Funes 1 June 2009
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Funes becomes the first FMLN President of El Salvador
2014 Salvador Sanchez Ceren 1 June 2014
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Sanchez Ceren becomes President after the 2014 election
2019 Nayib Bukele 1 June 2019
San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador
Bukele becomes President after breaking ARENA and FMLN dominance
Names involved Alfredo Cristiani Antonio Saca Armando Calderon Sol Arturo Araujo Arturo Armando Molina Carlos Humberto Romero Fidel Sanchez Hernandez Francisco Flores Jose Maria Lemus Jose Napoleon Duarte Julio Adalberto Rivera Mauricio Funes Nayib Bukele Oscar Osorio Salvador Castaneda Castro Salvador Sanchez Ceren
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