The Attorney General of El Salvador, officially the Attorney General of the Republic (Spanish: Fiscalía General de la República; abbreviated FGR), is a permanent and independent office under the Public Ministry which possesses legal and administrative autonomy.[1]

The Attorney General's mission is "to promote and assist with gender equity the defense of the family, the people and interests of minors, the disabled and the elderly, grant legal assistance, preventive psychosocial care and mediation and conciliation services, judicially and extrajudicially represent people, especially those with few economic resources in defense of individual freedom, labor rights, family and real and personal rights." The Attorney General is elected by the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador for a period of three years (with the possibility of being re-election).[2]

List of attorneys general

Attorney General Assumed office Left office Ref.
1 Patrocinio Guzmán Trigueros February 1940 July 1940 [3]
2 José Lázaro Arévalo Vasconcelos October 1940 9 May 1944
3 Francisco Guillermo Pérez May 1944 21 October 1944
4 Manuel Humberto Rivera October 1944 May 1945
5 Alberto Gómez Zárate May 1945 14 December 1948
6 Julio Eduardo Jiménez Castillo December 1948 October 1950
7 Francisco Guillermo Pérez October 1950 January 1951
8 Juan Gregorio Guardado January 1951 August 1951
9 Salvador Araujo (interim) August 1951 September 1951
10 Francisco Guillermo Pérez (ad honorem) September 1951 May 1952
11 Rogelio Bustamante April 1952 January 1954
12 Salvador Alemán Echeverría (interim) February 1954 May 1954
13 Rogelio Bustamante June 1954 26 October 1960
14 Doctor Pedro Benjamín Mancía October 1960 February 1961
15 Carlos Alberto Zaldívar February 1961 January 1962
16 Julio Rank Altamirano 25 January 1962 July 1963
17 Pedro Benjamín Mancía July 1963 January 1966
18 Juan Doño Altamirano January 1966 December 1966
19 Óscar Augusto Cañas Molina 1966 1 June 1967
20 Yolanda Myers de Vásquez 1 June 1967 1 June 1972
21 Óscar Rodríguez Díaz 1 June 1972 1 June 1977
22 Guillermo Rodolfo Walsh 1 June 1977 15 October 1979
23 Alfredo del Tránsito Monge 1979 1979
24 Doctor Mario Zamora Rivas 1980 3 March 1980
25 Manuel Francisco Cardona Herrera 1980 1981
26 Carlos Mauricio Molina Fonseca January 1981 2 May 1982
27 Dina Castro de Callejas 1982 1984
28 Rafael Flores y Flores 1984 1987
29 Francisco Cardona Herrera 1987 1989
30 Rhina Escalante de Rey Prendes 1989 1990
31 José Vicente Machado Salgado 1990 1993
32 Lázaro Tadeo Bernal 1993 1993
33 Simón Isidro Rivera Argueta 1993 1996
34 Miguel Ángel Cardoza Ayala 1996 2003
35 Belisario Amadeo Artiga Artiga 2003 2006 [4]
36 Félix Garrid Safie Parada 2006 19 April 2009
37 Ástor Escalante Saravia 20 April 2009 September 2009
38 Romeo Benjamín Barahona Meléndez September 2009 2012
39 Luis Antonio Martínez González 2012 2015 [5]
40 Douglas Arquímedes Meléndez Ruiz 6 January 2016 6 January 2019 [6]
41 Raúl Ernesto Melara Morán 6 January 2019 1 May 2021 [7]
42 Rodolfo Antonio Delgado Montes 2 May 2021 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Reformed Organic Law Of The General Prosecutor Of The Republic." (El Salvador)". www.global-regulation.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Procuraduría General de la República, República de El Salvador en la América Central". 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "El nuevo fiscal trabajó con todos los gobiernos de Arena". El Faro. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Condenan a cinco años de prisión a ex fiscal general". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "¿Quién es el nuevo fiscal general de El Salvador?". Gato Encerrado (in Spanish). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ousting of El Salvador's Top Prosecutor Imperils Rule of Law". InSight Crime. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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