The Government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic. The seat of the central government is in San Salvador.
See main article: President of El Salvador. El Salvador elects its head of state, the President of El Salvador, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority 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, but as of a 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, re-election is permitted for another 5 consecutive years.[1] The decision came from Supreme Court judges appointed by lawmakers from President Bukele's ruling political party, drawing condemnation from the United States and other foreign countries.[1]
The executive branch of the government of El Salvador consists of the following ministries, each led by a minister:[2]
See main article: Armed Forces of El Salvador.
The Ministry of Defence of El Salvador commands the armed forces, consisting of the following branches:
See main article: Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, 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, 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.
See main article: Judiciary of El Salvador.