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|monarch-raw =
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|president =Antonio Saca
|president =Mauricio Funes
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|chancellor =
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|area =8,124 sq mi
|area =8,124 sq mi
|pop =6,948,073 (2007)
|pop =5,744,113 (2009)
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|gdp =
|gdp =
|gdp-year =$36.246 billion (2005)
|gdp-year =$43.748 billion (2008)
|gdp-pc =$5,515 (2005)
|gdp-pc =$7,564 (2005)
|currency =U.S. dollar
|currency =U.S. dollar
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==Government==
==Government==
El Salvador is a democratic republic governed by a president and an 84-member unicameral Legislative Assembly. The president is elected by universal suffrage and serves for a 5-year term by absolute majority vote. A second round runoff is required in the event that no candidate receives more than 50% of the first round vote. Members of the assembly, also elected by universal suffrage, serve for 3-year terms. The country has an independent judiciary and Supreme Court. The next elections will be held in February and March 2009.
El Salvador is a democratic republic governed by a president and an 84-member unicameral Legislative Assembly. The president is elected by universal suffrage and serves for a 5-year term by absolute majority vote. A second round runoff is required in the event that no candidate receives more than 50% of the first round vote. Members of the assembly, also elected by universal suffrage, serve for 3-year terms. The country has an independent judiciary and Supreme Court. The last elections were held in March 2009.
===National Civilian Police===
===National Civilian Police===
===Principal Government Officials===
===Principal Government Officials===
*President--Elias Antonio "Tony" SACA
*President--Mauricio Funes
*Vice President--Ana Vilma Albanez DE ESCOBAR
*Vice President--Salvador Sanchez Caren
*Minister of Foreign Relations--Francisco LAINEZ
*Minister of Foreign Relations--Francisco LAINEZ
*Ambassador to the United States--Rene Antonio Rodriguez LEON
*Ambassador to the United States--Rene Antonio Rodriguez LEON