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.
President Term start Term end 1 1824 1827 2 José María Rosa 1827 1829 3 José Leandor Vasconcelos 1829 1832 4 Ciriaco Villacorta 1832 1834 5 José 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 1841 1847 11 Eustaquio Cuéllar 1847 1849 12 José Miguel Montoya 1849 1851 13 José Damián Villacorta 1851 1857 14 Cruz Ulloa 1857 1858 15 1858 1859 16 Francisco Aguilar 1859 1860 17 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 Héctor David Castro 1893 1895 30 Emeterio Salazar 1895 1896 31 Jesús Velasco 1896 1897 32 Hermógenes Alvarado Gómez 1897 1899 33 Héctor David Castro 1899 1903 34 Francisco Martínez Suárez 1903 1905 35 Héctor 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 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 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
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