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Constitution of El Salvador (1983)
Overview
Jurisdiction
All 14 departments and territories
Created
15 December 1983
Presented
16 December 1983
Date effective
20 December 1983
System
Presidential Republic
Government structure
Branches
3
Chambers
Unicameral
Executive
Constitutional president
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Federalism
Unitary
First legislature
1 May 1985
First executive
1 June 1984
First court
31 July 1984
Location
Hall of Sessions of the Constituent Assembly, San Salvador
Author(s)
Deputies of the Constituent Assembly
Signatories
60 Deputies of the Constituent Assembly
Politics of El Salvador
Constitution
Constitutional history
Abortion law
LGBT rights
Executive
President
Nayib Bukele
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara (acting)
Vice President
Félix Ulloa
Legislature
Legislative Assembly
President: Ernesto Castro
Administrative divisions
Departments
Municipalities
Elections
Recent elections
Presidential: 2014
2019
2024
Legislative: 2018
2021
2024
Political parties
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Alexandra Hill Tinoco
Diplomatic missions of / in El Salvador
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
El Salvador portal
Other countries
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The current constitution of El Salvador was enacted in 1983 and amended in 2003. The 1983 constitution of El Salvador is similar to that of 1962, often incorporating verbatim passages from the earlier document. The constitution consists of 11 titles, subdivided into 274 articles.
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