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, and re-election is permitted for another 5 years. Cabinet. The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following departments, 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 84 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.