Ruler · 1925 – 1990

José Napoleón Duarte

Lived 1925 – 1990; politician. President of El Salvador (El Salvador), 1984 – 1989.

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Lived: 1925 – 1990; 65 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; El Salvador
Left it: served out the term; the ruler's own article

President of El Salvador

El Salvador · the 48th of 55 dated reigns · 1839 – 2019

44 before

Fidel Sánchez Hernández1967 – 1972

Arturo Armando Molina1972 – 1977

Álvaro Magaña1982 – 1984

José Napoleón Duarte1984 – 1989

Alfredo Cristiani1989 – 1994

Armando Calderón Sol1994 – 1999

Francisco Flores Pérez1999 – 2003

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1984 – 1989 · 5 years · came to it aged 59

Left it: served out the termread from the ruler's own article

On 2 May, he handed over power to Álvaro Magaña, who had been chosen President by the National Congress.

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