List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly

List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

Section Title: List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly
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Name	Term	Political Party	Notes

Enrique Hoyos	1841

José María Cornejo	1842

Manuel Mencía	1843

Victoriano Rodríguez Nuila	1844

Ignacio Blanco	1845

Anselmo Paiz	1846

Enrique Hoyos	1847

José María Zelaya	1848

Eugenio Aguilar	1849	Liberal

Agustín Morales	1850

José María San Martín	1851–1853	Conservative

Juan José Bonilla	1854

Francisco Dueñas	1855	Conservative

José Mariano Hernández	1856

Ignacio Gómez	1857

José Trinidad Cabañas	1858

Manuel Gallardo	1859

José Ángel Quirós	1860

Santiago González Portillo	1862–1863	Liberal

Ireneo Chacón	1864

Manuel Gallardo	1865

Francisco Zaldívar	1866

Manuel Gallardo	1867

Ireneo Chacón	1868–1869

Rafael Zaldívar	1870	Liberal

Rafael Campo	1871	Conservative

José Dolores Larreynaga Ayala	1872–1873	Liberal

Dositeo Fallos	1874

Andrés Valle	1875	Liberal

Mariano Castro	1876

Domingo López	1877

José María Vides	1878	Liberal

Teodoro Moreno	1879–1883	Conservative

Ángel Guirola	1884–1885	Conservative

Francisco Esteban Galindo	1886	Liberal

José Valle Rodríguez	1887	Libereal

José Dolores Larreynaga Ayala	1888	Liberal

José Rocas Pacas Pineda	1889	Liberal

Francisco Vaquero	1890	Liberal

José Domingo Arce	1891	Liberal

Onofre Durán	1892	Liberal

Antonio Castro Rodríguez	1893	Liberal

Rafael Pinto Figueroa	1894	Liberal

Joaquin Medina Rodríguez	1895	Liberal

Eduardo Arriola Zelaya	1896	Liberal

Dositeo Fallos	1897	Liberal

Julio Interiano	1898	Liberal

Trinidad Romero	1898	Liberal

Dionisio Aráuz	1899	Liberal

Eduardo Arriola Zelaya	1900	Liberal

Ramón García González	1901	Liberal

Dionisio Aráuz	1902	Liberal

Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez	1903	Liberal

Federico Mejía	1904–1905	Liberal

Dionisio Aráuz	1906	Liberal

Ramón García González	1907	Liberal

Antonio J. Martínez	1908	Liberal

Rafael Pinto Figueroa	1909–1911	Constitutional

Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez	1912	Liberal

Carlos Meléndez	1913	PND

Francisco García de Machón	1914–1915	PND

José Miguel Batres	1916–1918	PND

Joaquín Falla	1919	PND

Roberto Parker	1920	PND

Modesto Castro	1921	PND

Daniel González	1922	PND

José Antonio Rodríguez	1923–1927	PND

Fernando López	1928–1929	PDN

Francisco Antonio Reyes	1930	PL

José M. Olano	1931	PPP

Honorato Villacorta	1932	PPP

Rodolfo Víctor Morales	1933–1935	PPP

César Cierra	1935–1939	PPP

Francisco Antonio Reyes	1939–1945	PPP

Ricardo Rivas Vides	1945–1949	PUSD

Revolutionary Council of Government	1949–1950

Reynaldo Galindo Pohl	1950–1952	PRUD	During his tenure the eleventh constitution was approved.

José María Peralta Salazar	1952–1956	PRUD

René Carmona Dárdano	1956–1958	PRUD

Víctor Manuel Esquivel Rodríguez	1958–1961	PRUD

Civic-Military Directory	1961–1962

Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea	1962	During his tenure the twelfth constitution was approved.

Francisco José Guerrero	1962–1968	PCN

Juan Gregorio Guardado	1968–1970	PCN

Salvador Guerra Hércules	1970–1972	PCN

Rubén Alfonso Rodríguez	1972–1978	PCN

José Leandro Echeverría	1978–1979	PCN

Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador	1979–1982

Roberto D'Aubuisson	1982–1983	ARENA	During his tenure the current constitution was approved.

María Julia Castillo Rodas	1983–1985	PCN	First woman as the president of legislature

Guillermo Antonio Guevara	1985–1988	PCN

Ricardo Alvarenga Valdivieso	1988–1991	ARENA

Luis Roberto Angulo Samayoa	1991–1994	ARENA

Gloria Salguero Gross	1994–1997	ARENA	Second woman as the president of legislature

Francisco Flores	1997–1998	ARENA

Juan Duch Martínez	1998–2000	ARENA

Ciro Cruz Zepeda	2000–2001	PCN	First term

Walter Araujo	2001–2002	ARENA

Ciro Cruz Zepeda	2002–2006	PCN	Second term

Rubén Orellana	2006–2009	PCN

Ciro Cruz Zepeda	1 May 2009 – 1 February 2011	PCN	Third term

Sigfrido Reyes	1 February 2011 – 30 April 2015	FMLN

Lorena Peña	14 May 2015 –7 November 2016	FMLN	Third woman as the president of legislature

Guillermo Antonio Gallegos Navarrete	8 November 2016 – 30 April 2018	GANA

Norman Noel Quijano González	1 May 2018 – present	ARENA

Sentence(s)

Carlos Meléndez served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1913.

final_sentence: Carlos Meléndez served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1913.