The Mayor of San Salvador (Spanish: Alcalde de San Salvador) is the head of the municipal government of the city of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador.
| Mayor of San Salvador | |
|---|---|
| Alcalde de San Salvador | |
Coat of arms of San Salvador | |
| Seat | San Salvador |
| Term length | 3 years |
| Formation | 1 April 1525 |
| First holder | Diego de Holguín |
| Website | Alcalde de San Salvador |
History
editThe position of Mayor of San Salvador was established on 1 April 1525 with Diego de Holguín, a Spanish conquistador, serving as its first mayor.[1] He served as mayor of the old city of San Salvador, now known as Ciudad Vieja.[2] The city was refounded in 1528 in its modern location and Diego de Alvarado assumed the mayorship of San Salvador.[2]
List of mayors
editLieutenant Governors
edit| No. | Portrait | Lieutenant Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego de Holguín (1486–1556) |
1 April 1525 | 1 April 1528 | 3 years, 0 days | [1][3] | |
| 2 | Diego de Alvarado (?–1540) |
1 April 1528 | 22 April 1529 | 1 year, 21 days | [2] | |
| 3 | Gaspar Arias Dávila (1490–1543) |
22 April 1529 | July 1529 | c. 54 days | [4] | |
| 4 | Diego de Rojas (1500–1544) |
July 1529 | 1530 | c. 321 days | [4] | |
| 5 | Luis de Moscoso Alvarado (1505–1551) |
1530 | 1532 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 6 | Gómez de Alvarado (1482–1542) |
1532 | 1534 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 7 | Jorge de Alvarado (1460–1553) |
1534 | 1535 | c. 1 year, 0 days |
Ordinary Mayors
edit| No. | Portrait | Ordinary Mayor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Isidro Blasco (?–?) |
1535 | 1536 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 9 | Alonso de Oliveros (1490–1550) |
1536 | 1537 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [4] | |
| 10 | Pedro Cerón (1492–1572) |
1537 | 1538 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [4] | |
| 11 | Antonio Docampo (1490–1560) |
1538 | 1539 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [4] | |
| 12 | Antonio Bermúdez (?–?) |
1539 | 1540 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 13 | Luis Dubre (?–?) |
1540 | 1541 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 14 | Pedro Cerón (1492–1572) |
1541 | 1544 | c. 3 years, 0 days | [4] | |
| 15 | Cristóbal Salvago (1490–1560) |
1544 | 1548 | c. 4 years, 0 days | [4] | |
| 16 | Luis Dubois (1510–1570s) |
1548 | 1549 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [4] | |
| 17 | Juan Vázquez de Coronado (1523–1565) |
1549 | 1552 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 18 | Gaspar de Cepeda (1498–1558) |
1552 | 1555 | c. 3 years, 0 days | [4] | |
| 19 | Ambrosio Méndez (?–?) |
1555 | 1556 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 20 | Hernando Bermejo (?–?) |
1556 | 1558 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 21 | Juan de Tovar (?–?) |
1558 | 1559 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 22 | Pedro Benavides (?–?) |
1559 | 1562 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 23 | Pedro Cerón (1492–1572) |
1562 | 1564 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [4] | |
| 24 | Juan Núñez de Prado (?–?) |
1564 | 1567 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 25 | Lope Pardo (?–?) |
1567 | 1569 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 26 | Luis Dubois (1510–1570s) |
1569 | 1570 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [4] | |
| 27 | Hernando Bermejo (?–?) |
1570 | 1572 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 28 | Gómez Díaz de la Reguera (1508–1588) |
1572 | 1573 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 29 | Luis Ganboa (?–?) |
1573 | 1577 | c. 4 years, 0 days | ||
| 30 | Ignacio Cota (?–?) |
1577 | 1579 | c. 2 years, 0 days |
Greater Mayors
edit| No. | Portrait | Greater Mayor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Diego Galán (1530–1600) Interim Mayor |
1579 | 1580 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| – | Juan Cisneros de Reynoso y Valverde (1530–?) Interim Mayor |
1580 | 1581 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [5] | |
| 31 | Alonso de Nava (1520–1590) |
1581 | 1586 | c. 5 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 32 | Lucas Pinto (1540–1588) |
1586 | 1588 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| – | Diego de Paz y Quiñones (1540–1630) Interim Mayor |
1588 | 1590 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| – | Pedro Girón de Alvarado (1545–1603) Interim Mayor |
1590 | 1593 | c. 3 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| – | Luis de Fuentes y de la Cerda (1570–?) Interim Mayor |
1593 | 1594 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [5] | |
| 33 | Martín de Vega y Aceituno (?–?) |
1594 | 1596 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 34 | Francisco Osorio y Ávalos (1560–?) |
1596 | 1603 | c. 7 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 35 | Juan Guiral de Mencis (?–1610) |
1603 | 1607 | c. 4 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 36 | Andrés Dorantes de Laguna (?–1658) |
1607 | 1614 | c. 7 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 37 | Pedro Farfán de los Godos (?–1623) |
1614 | 1620 | c. 6 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 38 | Pedro de Aguilar Lazo de la Vega (1585–?) |
1620 | 1626 | c. 6 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 39 | Pedro de Torres y Toledo (?–1656) |
1626 | 1631 | c. 5 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 40 | Eugenio de Rueda y Góngora (1580–?) |
1631 | 1635 | c. 4 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| 41 | Juan Sarmiento de Valderrama (1590–1665) |
1635 | 1641 | c. 6 years, 0 days | [5] | |
| – | Martín Duarte Fernández (1575–1642) Interim Mayor |
1641 | 1642 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [5] | |
| – | Antonio Justiniano Chavarri (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1642 | 1647 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 42 | Juan Martínez Téllez de los Ríos (1590s–1657) |
1647 | 1652 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 43 | José Portal de Artavia (?–?) |
1652 | 1657 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 44 | Francisco Andrabeja (?–?) |
1657 | 1659 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Lupercio de Espés y Brizuela (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1659 | 1663 | c. 4 years, 0 days | ||
| 45 | Pedro de Saravelles (?–?) |
1663 | 1670 | c. 7 years, 0 days | ||
| 46 | Martín de Revollar (?–?) |
1670 | 1673 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 47 | Juan de Miranda (?–?) |
1673 | 1680 | c. 7 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Diego de Gamarra y Balcárcel (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1680 | 1684 | c. 4 years, 0 days | ||
| 48 | Pedro Calvo del Risco (?–?) |
1684 | 1689 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 49 | José de Arría y Hurtado (?–?) |
1689 | 1694 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 50 | José Calvo de Lara (?–?) |
1694 | 1699 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 51 | Bartolomé Gálvez Corral (?–?) |
1699 | 1703 | c. 4 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Juan Antonio Ruiz de Bustamante (1670–1725) Interim Mayor |
1703 | 1706 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Francisco Chacón Medina y Salazar (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1706 | 1708 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 52 | Nicolás de Segovia Parada y Verdugo (?–?) |
1708 | 1710 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Francisco Rodríguez Franco (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1710 | 1715 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 53 | Pedro de Oyanarte (?–1716) |
1715 | 1716 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| – | Estebán de Larramendi (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1716 | 1718 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 54 | José Llanes Robles (?–?) |
1718 | 1721 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Pedro de Doralea (?–1723) Interim Mayor |
1721 | 1723 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Rodrigo Salgado (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1723 | 1724 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 55 | Pedro de Echevers (?–?) |
1724 | 1729 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 56 | Antonio González Manrique (1695–1738) |
1729 | 1734 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 57 | Cristóbal Marcos de Gálvez Corral (?–?) |
1734 | 1737 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Manuel de Gálvez y Corral (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1737 | 1740 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 58 | Esteban Sánchez Calderón (?–?) |
1740 | 1744 | c. 4 years, 0 days | ||
| 59 | Isidro Díaz de Vivar (?–?) |
1744 | 1751 | c. 7 years, 0 days | ||
| 60 | Domingo Soto Bermúdez (?–?) |
1751 | 1756 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Manuel Amate (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1756 | 1757 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| 61 | Bernabé de la Torre Trassierra (?–1773) |
1757 | 1759 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Francisco Ignacio Chamorro (1719–1785) Interim Mayor |
1759 | 1761 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Manuel Fradique y Goyena (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1761 | 1763 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | José Jacinto Palomo y Rodríguez (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1763 | 1765 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 62 | Cristóbal Marcos de Gálvez Corral (?–?) |
1765 | 1766 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| – | Manuel Fradique y Goyena (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1766 | 1771 | c. 5 years, 0 days | ||
| 63 | Bernabé de la Torre Trassierra (?–1773) |
1771 | 1773 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Francisco Antonio de Aldana y Guevarra (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1773 | 1774 | c. 1 year, 0 days | ||
| – | Melchor de Mencos y Barón de Berrieza (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1774 | 1777 | c. 3 years, 0 days | ||
| – | Manuel Fradique y Goyena (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1777 | 1779 | c. 2 years, 0 days | ||
| 64 | Manuel Fradique y Goyena (?–?) |
1779 | 1786 | c. 7 years, 0 days |
Colonial Intendants
edit| No. | Portrait | Colonial Intendant | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | José Ortiz de la Peña (?–?) |
1786 | 1789 | c. 3 years, 0 days | [6] | |
| 66 | Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet (1748–1807) |
1789 | 1791 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [7] | |
| 67 | José Antonio María de Aguilar (1758–1799) |
1791 | 1793 | c. 2 years, 0 days | [7] | |
| 68 | Ignacio Santiago Ulloa (?–1789) |
1793 | 1 January 1798 | c. 4 years, 214 days | [7] | |
| – | José Antonio María de Aguilar (1758–1799) Interim Mayor |
1 January 1798 | 15 September 1799 | 1 year, 257 days | [7] | |
| – | Bernardo José de Arce (?–?) Interim Mayor |
15 September 1799 | 1800 | c. 108 days | [8] | |
| – | Luis Martínez Navarrete (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1800 | 1801 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [9] | |
| – | Luis de Argueda (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1801 | 1802 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [9] | |
| – | José Justiniano Rosi (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1802 | 1803 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [9] | |
| – | Buenaventura de Viteri (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1803 | 1804 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [9] | |
| – | Francisco Vallejo (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1804 | 1804 | c. 152 days | [9] | |
| – | Antonio Isidro Palomo (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1804 | 28 June 1805 | c. 1 year, 27 days | [9] | |
| 69 | Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa (?–?) |
28 June 1805 | 5 November 1811 | 6 years, 130 days | [9][10] | |
| – | José Mariano Batres y Asturias (?–?) Interim Mayor |
5 November 1811 | 3 December 1811 | 28 days | [9] | |
| – | José Alejandro de Aycinena (1767–1826) Interim Mayor |
3 December 1811 | August 1812 | c. 242 days | [11] | |
| 70 | José María Peinado y Pezonarte (1769–1820) |
August 1812 | 1814 | c. 1 year, 153 days | [12] | |
| – | José Méndez de Quiroga (?–1817) Interim Mayor |
1814 | 1817 | c. 3 years, 0 days | [12] | |
| – | Juan Miguel de Bustamante (?–?) Interim Mayor |
1817 | 1818 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [12] | |
| – | Simón Gutiérrez (1780–?) Interim Mayor |
1818 | 1818 | c. 151 days | [12] | |
| 71 | José María Peinado y Pezonarte (1769–1819) |
1818 | 1819 | c. 1 year, 0 days | [13] | |
| – | Pedro Barriere (1768–1827) Interim Mayor |
1819 | 21 September 1821 | c. 5 years, 112 days | [14][15] |
Mayors of San Salvador (1821–2024)
editMayors of San Salvador Centro (2024–present)
edit| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Durán (born 1983) |
1 May 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 60 days | Nuevas Ideas | [21] |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 García Granados 1924, p. 10
- 1 2 3 "Datos del Municipio" [Dates of the Municipality]. San Salvador.gob. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Arce and Antonio 2001, p. 118
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Larde y Larín 1983
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rubio Sánchez 1979
- ↑ Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 476–477
- 1 2 3 4 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 477
- ↑ Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 477–478
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 478
- ↑ Meléndez Chaverri 1961, p. 119
- ↑ Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 478–479
- 1 2 3 4 Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 479
- ↑ Cruz Pacheco 1981, pp. 479–480
- ↑ "Presidentes de El Salvador – Dr. Pedro Barriere" [Presidents of El Salvador – Dr. Pedro Barriere] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ↑ Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 480
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 "Alcaldes oficiales de la Ciudad de San Salvador, desde la fundación de la metrópoli en 1525 hasta la actualidad" (PDF). Office of the Mayor of El Salvador (in Spanish). 2009.
- ↑ "Resultados de Concejos Municipales - TSE". tse.gob.sv. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ "FMLN expulsa a Bukele del partido". El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ "Nayib Bukele, expulsado del FMLN por estas razones". La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Benitez, Beatriz (1 May 2018). "Ernesto Muyshondt asume como alcalde de San Salvador". La Prensa Gráfica. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- 1 2 Benitez, Beatriz (1 March 2021). "Mario Durán, exministro de Gobernación, es el nuevo alcalde de San Salvador". El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Arce, Escalante; Antonio, Pedro (2001). "Los Barrios de los Mexicanos en El Salvador" [The Mexican Neighborhoods in El Salvador]. Los Tlaxcaltecas en Centro América [The Tlaxcaltecas in Central America] (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San Salvador: Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos and the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte. pp. 115–137. OCLC 1036658730.
- Cruz Pacheco, José Santa; Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente (1981). "Relacion de los Alcaldes Mayores de San Salvador" [Relation of the Greater Mayors of San Salvador]. Hidalguía – La Revista de Genealogia, Nobelza y Armas [Hidalguía - The Magazine of Genealogy, Nobility and Arms] (in Spanish). Vol. 166–167. Madrid, Spain: Publicación Bimenstral. pp. 469–480. ISSN 0018-1285.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - García Granados, Jorge (1924). Libro Viejo de la Fundación de Guatemala y Papeles Relativos a D. Pedro de Alvarado [Old Book of the Foundation of Guatemala and Relative Papers to D. Pedro de Alvarado]. Biblioteca Goathemala de la Soc de Geografía y Historia; v. XII (in Spanish). Vol. 12. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional (published July 1934). pp. 1–14. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Larde y Larín, Jorge (1983). El Salvador: Descubrimiento, Conquista y Colonización. Concultura.
- Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (1961). José Matías Delgado, Prócer Centroamericano [José Matías Delgado, Central American Procreator] (in Spanish). Vol. 8 (2 ed.). San Salvador: Directorate of Publications and Prints, National Council for Culture and Art (published 2000). pp. 9–343. ISBN 9992300574. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Rubio Sánchez, Manuel (1979). Alcaldes mayores: historia de los alcaldes mayores, justicias mayores, gobernadores intendentes, intendentes corregidores, y jefes políticos, de la Provincia de San Salvador, San Miguel y San Vicente [Major mayors: history of the major mayors, senior justices, governors mayors, mayors corregidores, and political bosses, of the Province of San Salvador, San Miguel and San Vicente]. Vol. 1. Ministerio de Educación.
External links
edit- Alcalde de San Salvador, official website of the Mayor of San Salvador.