Ministry of Finance (El Salvador) explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Finance of El Salvador
Nativename:	Ministerio de Hacienda
Formed:	February 1829
Jurisdiction:	Government of El Salvador
Headquarters:	Boulevard de Los Héroes No. 1231, San Salvador
Chief1 Name:	Jerson Posada
Chief1 Position:	Minister

The Ministry of Finance (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Hacienda) of El Salvador is the government ministry of El Salvador in charge of directing the fiscal policy on public resources, so that it promotes stability and sustainability of public finances.

History

The ministry was first created in 1829. It was later reorganized and merged with ministry of economy. Separate ministry of finance was recreated in 1950.^[1]

Ministers of Finance before 1950

• Manuel Barberena, 1829–1830^[2]
• Joaquín Durán y Aguilar, 1830–1833
• Juan José Córdova, 1833–1834
• Antonio José Cañas, 1838–1839
• Nicolás Espinoza, 1840–1841^[3]
• José Miguel Montoya, 1841
• Enrique Nuila, 1841–?
• Antonio José Cañas, 1842
• José María San Martín, 1846–1847
• José María San Martín, 1856
• J. J. Bonilla, ?-1872–?^[4]
• José Suay, 1919–1922
• Reyes Arrieta Rossi, 1922^[5]
• Gustavo Vides, 1923–1927
• Reyes Arrieta Rossi, ?–1932
• Miguel Tomás Molina, 1932–1933
• Carlos Menéndez Castro, 1933–1935–?
• Rodrigo Samayoa, ?–1936–1938–?
• Hector Escobar Serrano, 1944–?

Ministers of Finance after 1950

• Enrique A. Porras, 1950–1956^[6]
• Humberto Costa, 1956-1959
• Ernesto Núñez, 1960–1963
• Álvaro Marino, 1963–1967
• Humberto Guillermo Cuestas, 1967–1968
• Ricardo Arbizu Bosque, 1968–1970
• Amado Gavidia Hidalgo, 1970–1974
• Rigoberto Antonio Martínez Renderos, 1974–1976
• René López Bertrand, 1977–1978
• Ernesto Arbizu Mata, ?–1979
• Roberto Alvergue Vides, 1979–1980
• Jorge Eduardo Tenorio, 1981–1983
• Ricardo J. López, 1984–1989
• Rafael Alvarado Cano, 1989–1992
• Edwin Sagrera, 1993–1995
• Manuel Enrique Hinds, 1995–1999
• José Luis Trigueros Gómez, 1999–2001
• Juan José Daboub, 2001–2004
• José Guillermo López Suarez, 2004–2006
• William Jacobo Handal, 2006–2009
• Carlos Cáceres Chávez, 2009–2018^[7]
• Nelson Fuentes, 2018–2020
• Alejandro Zelaya, 2020–2023^[8]
• Jerson Posada, 2023–present^[9]

See also

• Economy of El Salvador
• Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

External links

• Ministry of Finance

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historia del Ministerio de Hacienda . Ministerio de Hacienda de El Salvador . 17 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017082351/https://www.mh.gob.sv/pmh/es/Institucion/Marco_Institucional/Historia_del_Ministerio_de_Hacienda.html . 2020-10-17 .
2. Web site: Ministerio de Hacienda . Ministerio de Hacienda.
3. Web site: Marure . Alejandro . Efemerides de los hechos notables acaecidos en la República de Centro-América . es .
4. Web site: Calendario manual y guía de forasteros en Madrid . Imprenta Real . es . 1872.
5. Book: British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: South America and Mexico, 1924-1927 . University Publications of America . en . 1989. 9780890936078 .
6. Web site: Detalle de Ministros de Hacienda y Periodos de Funciones desde 1950 y la fecha . Ministerio de Hacienda, El Salvador.
7. Web site: Renuncia ministro de Hacienda, Nelson Fuentes, y asume Alejandro Zelaya – Diario La Página . Diario La Página . es.
8. Web site: PERFIL: José Alejandro Zelaya Villalobo, nuevo ministro de Hacienda, vinculado a dudosas compras durante la pandemia . Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com . es . 28 July 2020.
9. Web site: El Salvador's President Appoints Finance Minister Zelaya's Replacement. en. Reuters. Nelson. Renteria. Natalia. Siniawski. Tomasz. Janowski. 18 July 2023. 18 July 2023.