El Salvador Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: San Salvador

coordenadas geográficas: 13 42 N, 89 12 W

diferencia de tiempo: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

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

15 Septiembre 1821 (from Spain)

Día de la Independencia, 15 Septiembre (1821)

history: many previous; latest drafted 16 Diciembre 1983, enacted 23 Diciembre 1983

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 modificada; modificada many times, last in 2018 (2018)

18 años de edad; universal

jefe de estado: Presidente Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (desde 1 June 2019); Vice Presidente Felix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (desde 1 June 2019); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno

jefe de gobierno: Presidente Nayib Armando BUKELE Ortez (desde 1 June 2019); Vice Presidente Felix Augusto Antonio ULLOA Garay (desde 1 June 2019)

cabinet: Council of Ministers selected by the president

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)

election results: 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%