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Politics of the Republic of El Salvador
Política de la República de El Salvador
Coat of arms of El Salvador
Polity type
Presidential republic
Constitution
1983 Constitution of El Salvador
Formation
15 September 1821
Legislative branch
Name
Legislative Assembly
Type
Unicameral
Meeting place
San Salvador
Presiding officer
Ernesto Castro, President of the Legislative Assembly
Executive branch
Head of State
Title
President of El Salvador
Currently
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara (acting)
Appointer
Elected by the citizenry
Cabinet
Current cabinet
Cabinet of Nayib Bukele
Judicial branch
Name
Supreme Court of Justice
Courts
Constitutional Court
Administrative Disputes Court
Civil Court
Criminal Court
Chief judge
Óscar Alberto López Jerez
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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Politics of El Salvador takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of El Salvador is both head of state and head of government, and of an executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. El Salvador was ranked 5th least electoral democratic country in Latin America and the Caribbean according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.378 out of 1.[1][2]
^V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023
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