Turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white.
Title | "Himno Nacional de El Salvador" (National Anthem of El Salvador) |
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Lyric/music | Juan Jose CANAS/Juan ABERLE |
Date of Independence | 15 September 1821 (from Spain) |
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National holiday | Independence Day, 15 September (1821) |
Legal system | civil law system with minor common law influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
International law organization participation | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt |
Constitution | |
History | Many previous; latest drafted 16 December 1983, enacted 23 December 1983 |
Amendments | Proposals require agreement by absolute majority of the Legislative Assembly membership; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; constitutional articles on basic principles, and citizen rights and freedoms cannot be amended; amended 2003, 2009, 2014 |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | yes |
Citizenship by descent only | yes |
Dual citizenship recognized | yes |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 5 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (since 1 June 2019) |
Head of government | President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (since 1 June 2019) |
Cabinet | Council of Ministers selected by the president |
Elections/appointments | president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 5-year term; election last held on 4 February 2024 (next to be held in 2029) |
Election results | 2024: Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez reelected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (Nuevas Ideas) 84.7%, Manuel FLORES (FMLN) 6.4%, Joel SANCHEZ (ARENA) 5.6%, Luis PARADA (NT) 2%, other 1.3% 2019: Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez elected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (GANA) 53.1%, Carlos CALLEJA Hakker (ARENA) 31.7%, Hugo MARTINEZ (FMLN) 14.4%, other 0.8% |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and a single nationwide constituency by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 3-year terms) |
Elections | Last held on 28 February 2021 (next to be held in 2024) |
Election results | Percent of vote by party - NI 66.5%, ARENA 12.2%, FMLN 6.9%, GANA 5.3%, PCN 4.1%, other 5%; seats by party - NI 56, ARENA 14, GANA 5, FMLN 4, other 5; composition - men 61, women 23, percent of women 27.4% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 15 judges, including its president, and 15 substitute judges organized into Constitutional, Civil, Penal, and Administrative Conflict Chambers) |
Judge selection and term of office | Judges elected by the Legislative Assembly on the recommendation of both the National Council of the Judicature, an independent body elected by the Legislative Assembly, and the Bar Association; judges elected for 9-year terms, with renewal of one-third of membership every 3 years; consecutive reelection is allowed |
Subordinate courts | Appellate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Courts of Peace |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Carmen Milena MAYORGA VALERA (since 23 December 2020) |
Chancery | 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20036 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 595-7500 |
FAX | [1] (202) 232-3763 |
Email address and website | [email protected] |
Consulate(s) general | Aurora (CO), Boston, Charlotte (NC), Chicago, Dallas, Doral (FL), Duluth (GA), El Paso (TX), Elizabeth (NJ), Fresno (CA), Houston, Las Vegas (NV), Laredo (TX), Long Island (NY), Los Angeles, McAllen (TX), New York, Omaha (NE), San Bernardino (CA), San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Silver Spring (MD), Springdale (AR), St. Paul (MN), Tucson (AZ), Woodbridge (VA) |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador William H. DUNCAN (since 24 January 2023) |
Embassy | Final Boulevard Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, San Salvador |
Mailing address | 3450 San Salvador Place, Washington, DC 20521-3450 |
Telephone | [503] 2501-2999 |
FAX | [503] 2501-2150 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://sv.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 1 (cultural) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site |
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