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🇸🇻 El Salvador

Presidential republic under dominant-party rule

SystemPresidential republic under dominant-party rule
Head of statePresident Nayib Bukele (head of state and government, Nuevas Ideas)
LegislatureLegislative Assembly · 60 seats, overwhelmingly held by the president's party
ElectionsElections are held and popular, but courts and electoral rules have been remade to permit indefinite presidential re-election
Last election2024-02-04 · presidential and legislative elections
Next election2027-02-28 · presidential and legislative elections under the new six-year term rules

Bukele's sweeping gang crackdown under a state of exception in force since 2022 has imprisoned more than one percent of the population, collapsing homicide rates while drawing due-process criticism from rights groups. A 2025 constitutional amendment removed the ban on consecutive re-election and lengthened terms, letting Bukele seek office indefinitely. He remains among the most popular leaders in the hemisphere.

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