Government of El Salvador


The Government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic. The seat of the central government is in San Salvador.

Executive branch

President of El Salvador

El Salvador elects its head of state, the President of El Salvador, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run-off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round. The presidential period is five years, but as of a 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, re-election is permitted for another 5 consecutive years. The decision came from Supreme Court judges appointed by lawmakers from President Bukele's ruling political party, drawing condemnation from the United States and other foreign countries.

Cabinet

The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following ministries, each led by a minister:

Military of El Salvador

The Ministry of Defence of El Salvador commands the armed forces, consisting of the following branches:

Legislative branch

The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of originally 84, now 60 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to closed-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.

Judicial branch of the government of El Salvador