Government of El Salvador - Wikipedia Government of El Salvador This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2017 ) This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. You can help by converting this article to prose, if appropriate. Editing help is available. ( June 2017 ) The government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic. The seat of the federal government is in San Salvador. Contents 1 Executive branch 1.1 President of El Salvador 1.2 Cabinet 1.2. 1 Military of El Salvador 1.3 Legislative branch 1.4 Judicial branch of the government of El Salvador 2 See also 3 References Executive branch President of El Salvador Main article : 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 ( 50 % + 1 ) 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, and re-election is not permitted. Cabinet The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following departments, each led by a minister : Agriculture & Livestock Economy Learning ( Capital ) Environment & Natural Resources Finance Foreign Relations Government Sports Labor & Social Welfare Public Security & Justice Public Works Tourism Attorney General Military of El Salvador Main article : Armed Forces of El Salvador The Ministry of Defence of El Salvador commands the armed forces, consisting of the following branches : Army of El Salvador Navy of El Salvador Air Force of El Salvador Legislative branch Main article : Legislative Assembly of El Salvador The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who 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 Main article : Judiciary of El Salvador Supreme Court of El Salvador See also Constitution of El Salvador Politics of El Salvador Elections in El Salvador List of political parties in El Salvador References Jump up ^ `` Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments -- CIA.gov ''. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 27. This El Salvador -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Government_of_El_Salvador&oldid=807081212 '' Categories : Government of El Salvador El Salvador stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles needing cleanup from June 2017 All pages needing cleanup Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose from June 2017 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 25 October 2017, at 19 : 46. About Wikipedia

Question: what form of government does el salvador have
Answer: presidential representative democratic republic