| Post: | President |
| Body: | the Federal Republic of Central America |
| Native Name: | Presidente de la República Federal de Centro América |
| Insignia: | Escudo de la República Federal de Centro América.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Central America |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Appointer: | Electoral college |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Precursor: | Captain General of Guatemala |
| Formation: | April 1825 |
| First: | Manuel José Arce |
| Last: | Diego Vigil y Cocaña (interim) |
| Abolished: | 31 March 1840 |
| Superseded By: | President of Costa Rica President of El Salvador President of Guatemala President of Honduras President of Nicaragua |
This is a list of heads of state of the Federal Republic of Central America from its founding in 1821/1823 until its dissolution in 1840.
| No | Portrait | Head of State | Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Gabino Gaínza | 15 September 1821 | 5 January 1822 | Independent | |||
| Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823) | |||||||
| 2 | José Matías Delgado | 1 July 1823 | 10 July 1823 | Independent | |||
| No | Portrait | Head of State | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Pedro Molina Mazariegos | 10 July 1823 | 4 October 1823 | Liberal | ||
| 2 | Antonio Rivera Cabezas | Liberal | ||||
| 3 | Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz | Independent | ||||
| No | Portrait | Head of State | Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Tomas O'Horan | 4 October 1823 | 29 April 1825 | Independent | |||
| 2 | José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga | 4 October 1823 | 5 February 1824 | Independent | |||
| 3 | Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz | 6 October 1823 | 15 March 1824 | Liberal | |||
| 4 | José Cecilio del Valle | 5 February 1824 | 29 April 1825 | Conservative | |||
| 5 | Manuel José Arce | 15 March 1824 | 20 October 1824 | Liberal | |||
| 6 | José Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar | 20 October 1824 | 29 April 1825 | Independent | |||
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political affiliation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| — | José Cecilio del Valle | 1825 | Election nullified by the Federal Congress | Conservative | |||||
| 1 | Manuel José Arce | 1825 | 29 April 1825 | 14 February 1828 | Liberal | ||||
| – | Mariano Beltranena y Llano | – | 14 February 1828 | 13 April 1829 | Conservative | ||||
| – | Francisco Morazán | – | 13 April 1829 | 25 June 1829 | Liberal | ||||
| – | José Francisco Barrundia | – | 25 June 1829 | 16 September 1830 | Liberal | ||||
| 2 | Francisco Morazán | 1830 | 16 September 1830 | 16 September 1834 | Liberal | ||||
| – | José Cecilio del Valle | 1833 | Died in 1834 before assuming office | Conservative | |||||
| – | José Gregorio Salazar | – | 16 September 1834 | 14 February 1835 | Liberal | ||||
| 2 | Francisco Morazán | 1835 | 14 February 1835 | 1 February 1839 | Liberal | ||||
| – | Diego Vigil y Cocaña | – | 1 February 1839 | 31 March 1840 | Liberal | ||||