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class="container"> <div class="section text_post_block"> <h2 align="center" class="section_title section_title_big">Republic of El Salvador</h2> <div> <div align="center"> <table width="65%" border="0" cellspacing="12" cellpadding="12"> <tr> <td width="33%"><div align="center"><a href="Index.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Information@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> <td width="34%"><div align="center"><a href="Economy.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Economy@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> <td width="33%"><div align="center"><a href="Geo.html"><img src="../NationByNationIcons/Geography@2x.png" width="50" height="50"></a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="Index.html">Basic</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="Economy.html">Economy</a></div></td> <td><div align="center"><a href="Geo.html">Geography</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="Gov.html"><img 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simply "El Salvador" (The Savior)</p> <p><strong>Government type</strong><br> presidential republic</p> <p><strong>Capital</strong><br> name: San Salvador</p> <p>geographic coordinates: 13 42 N, 89 12 W</p> <p>time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)</p> <p>etymology: Spanish for "Holy Savior" (referring to Jesus Christ)</p> <p>Administrative divisions<br> 14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan</p> <p><strong>Independence</strong><br> 15 September 1821 (from Spain)</p> <p>National holiday<br> Independence Day, 15 September (1821)</p> <p><strong>Constitution</strong><br> history: many previous; latest drafted 16 December 1983, enacted 23 December 1983</p> <p>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</p> <p><strong>Legal system</strong><br> civil law system with minor common law influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court</p> <p>International law organization participation<br> has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt</p> <p><strong>Citizenship</strong><br> citizenship by birth: yes</p> <p>citizenship by descent only: yes</p> <p>dual citizenship recognized: yes</p> <p>residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years</p> <p><strong>Suffrage</strong><br> 18 years of age; universal</p> <p><strong>Executive branch</strong><br> chief of state: President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (since 1 June 2019); Vice President Felix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (since 1 June 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government</p> <p>head of government: President Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (since 1 June 2019); Vice President Felix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (since 1 June 2019)</p> <p>cabinet: Council of Ministers selected by the president</p> <p>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 3 February 2019 (next to be held on February 2024)</p> <p><strong>election results:</strong><br> 2019: Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez elected president - Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (GANA) 53.1%, Carlos CALLEJA Hakker (ARENA) 31.72%, Hugo MARTINEZ (FMLN) 14.41%, other 0.77%</p> <p>2014: Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN (FMLN) 48.9%, Norman QUIJANO (ARENA) 39%, Antonio SACA (CN) 11.4%, other 0.7%; percent of vote in second round - Salvador SANCHEZ CEREN 50.1%, Norman QUIJANO 49.9%</p> <p><strong>Legislative branch</strong><br> description: unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies and a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote to serve 3-year terms)</p> <p>elections: last held on 28 February 2021 (next to be held in 2024)</p> <p>election results: percent of vote by party - NI 66.46%, ARENA 12.18%, FMLN 6.91%, GANA 5.29%, PCN 4.08%, NT 1.7%, PDC 1.7%, V 1.01%; seats by party - NI 56, ARENA 14, GANA 5, FMLN 4, PCN 2, PDC 1, NT 1, V 1; composition - men 61, women 23, percent of women 27.4%</p> <p><strong>Judicial branch</strong><br> highest courts: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 16 judges and 16 substitutes judges organized into Constitutional, Civil, Penal, and Administrative Conflict Chambers)</p> <p>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</p> <p>subordinate courts: Appellate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Courts of Peace</p> <p><strong>Political parties and leaders</strong><br> Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Rodolfo Antonio PARKER Soto]<br> Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or FMLN [Oscar ORTIZ]<br> Great Alliance for National Unity or GANA [Nelson GUARDADO]<br> National Coalition Party or PCN [Manuel RODRIGUEZ]<br> Nationalist Republican Alliance or ARENA [Erick SALGUERO]<br> New Ideas (Nuevas Ideas) or NI [Xavier Zablah BUKELE]<br> Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) or NT [Juan VALIENTE]<br> Vamos or V [Josue ALVARADO Flores]</p> </div> </div> </div> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-format="autorelaxed" 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