President of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador

President of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
Incumbent
Henry Alexander Mejía
since 24 September 2024
Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
Member ofConstitutional Court
Formation1824
First holderJoaquín Durán y Aguilar

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador is the chief magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice is also the president of the court's Constitutional Chamber. Since 24 September 2024, Henry Alexander Mejía has been the president.

List of presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice.[1]

No. President Term start Term end
1 Joaquín Durán y Aguilar 1824 1827
2 José María Rosa 1827 1829
3 José Leandor Vasconcelos 1829 1832
4 Ciriaco Villacorta 1832 1834
5 Miguel Montoya 1834 1835
6 Ciriaco Villacorta 1835 1836
7 José Félix Quirós 1836 1837
8 Eustaquio Cuéllar 1837 1840
9 Nicolás Espinoza 1840 1841
10 Anselmo Paiz 1841 1847
11 Eustaquio Cuéllar 1847 1849
12 Miguel Montoya 1849 1851
13 José Damián Villacorta 1851 1857
14 Cruz Ulloa 1857 1858
15 Anselmo Paiz 1858 1859
16 Francisco Aguilar 1859 1860
17 Anselmo Paiz 1860 1862
18 José Ángel Quirós 1862 1863
19 Miguel Suárez 1863 1864
20 Juan Delgado 1864 1865
21 José Trigueros 1865 1866
22 Nicolás Peña 1866 1870
23 José Trigueros 1870 1871
24 Cruz Ulloa 1871 1872
25 José Trigueros 1872 1886
26 Antonio Ruiz 1886 1889
27 Hermógenes Alvarado Gómez 1889 1891
28 Alberto Mena 1891 1893
29 David Castro 1893 1895
30 Emeterio Salazar 1895 1896
31 Jesús Velasco 1896 1897
32 Hermógenes Alvarado Gómez 1897 1899
33 David Castro 1899 1903
34 Francisco Martínez Suárez 1903 1905
35 David Castro 1905 1906
36 Ricardo Moreira 1906 1907
37 Esteban Castro 1907 1911
38 Federico Penado 1911 1913
39 Víctor Jerez 1913 1914
40 Pío Romero Bosque 1914 1919
41 Francisco Martínez Suárez 1919 1926
42 Víctor Jerez 1926 1927
43 Cayetano Ochoa 1927 1931
44 Manuel Vicente Mendoza 1931 1932
45 Alberto Gómez Zárate 1932 May 1944
46 Miguel Tomás Molina 26 May 1944 17 November 1944
47 Félix Antonio Gómez 17 November 1944 1946
48 Arturo Argüello Loucel 1946 1948
49 Sarbelio Navarrete 1948 1950
50 Humberto Costa 1950 1956
51 Enrique Antonio Porras 1956 1959
52 Juan Benjamín Escobar 1959 1960
53 Tulio Sagastume Duarte 1960 25 January 1961
54 Carlos Hayem 25 January 1961 25 January 1962
55 José Vicente Vilanova 25 January 1962 1968
56 Alfredo Martínez Moreno 1968 1970
57 Francisco Armando Arias 1970 1976
58 Rogelio Alfredo Chávez 1976 15 October 1979
59 Miguel Antonio Granillo 1979 1981
60 Leonel Carías Delgado 1981 1982
61 Arturo Zeledón Castrillo 1982 1984
62 Francisco José Guerrero 1984 28 November 1989
63 Gabriel Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro 1989 1994
64 José Domingo Méndez 1994 1997
65 Jorge Eduardo Tenorio 1997 2000
66 Agustín García Calderón 2000 2009
67 José Belarmino Jaime 2009 2012
68 José Salomón Padilla 2012 2013
69 Florentín Meléndez 2013 31 July 2014
70 Óscar Armando Pineda Navas 31 July 2014 1 May 2021
71 Óscar Alberto López Jerez 3 May 2021 24 September 2024
72 Henry Alexander Mejía 24 September 2024 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Presidentes del Órgano Judicial" [Presidents of the Judicial Branch]. Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador (in Spanish). 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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