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 The president of El Salvador ( es, Presidente de El Salvador), officially known as the President of the Republic of El Salvador ( es, Presidente de la República de El Salvador), is the head of state and head of government of El Salvador. He i ...

, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an

absolute majority A supermajority, supra-majority, qualified majority, or special majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority r ...

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. Presidente_Bukele

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

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 The Salvadoran Air Force ( es, Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña, abbreviated FAS) is the air force component of the Armed Forces of El Salvador, and is an independent branch from the army and navy. Early history The Salvadoran Army Air Force ('' es, ...

Legislative branch

ANIVERSARIO DE LA CONSTITUCION (23168818313)

The Salvadoran legislature is a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

body. It is made up of 84

deputies A legislator (also known as a deputy or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people of the state. Legislatures may be supra-national (for ex ...

, 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 An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

, 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

* Supreme Court of El Salvador

References

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