Ministry of Finance (El Salvador)

The Ministry of Finance (Spanish: Ministerio de Hacienda) of El Salvador is the government ministry of El Salvador in charge of directing the fiscal policy on public resources, so that it promotes stability and sustainability of public finances.

History

The ministry was first created in 1829. It was later reorganized and merged with ministry of economy. Separate ministry of finance was recreated in 1950.

Ministers of Finance before 1950

• Manuel Barberena, 1829–1830
• Joaquín Durán y Aguilar, 1830–1833
• Juan José Córdova, 1833–1834
• Antonio José Cañas, 1838–1839
• Nicolás Espinoza, 1840–1841
• José Miguel Montoya, 1841
• Enrique Nuila, 1841–?
• Antonio José Cañas, 1842
• José María San Martín, 1846–1847
• José María San Martín, 1856
• J. J. Bonilla, ?-1872–?
• José Suay, 1919–1922
• Reyes Arrieta Rossi, 1922
• Gustavo Vides, 1923–1927
• Reyes Arrieta Rossi, ?–1932
• Miguel Tomás Molina, 1932–1933
• Carlos Menéndez Castro, 1933–1935–?
• Rodrigo Samayoa, ?–1936–1938–?
• Hector Escobar Serrano, 1944–?

Ministers of Finance after 1950

• Enrique A. Porras, 1950–1956
• Humberto Costa, 1956-1959
• Ernesto Núñez, 1960–1963
• Álvaro Marino, 1963–1967
• Humberto Guillermo Cuestas, 1967–1968
• Ricardo Arbizu Bosque, 1968–1970
• Amado Gavidia Hidalgo, 1970–1974
• Rigoberto Antonio Martínez Renderos, 1974–1976
• René López Bertrand, 1977–1978
• Ernesto Arbizu Mata, ?–1979
• Roberto Alvergue Vides, 1979–1980
• Jorge Eduardo Tenorio, 1981–1983
• Ricardo J. López, 1984–1989
• Rafael Alvarado Cano, 1989–1992
• Edwin Sagrera, 1993–1995
• Manuel Enrique Hinds, 1995–1999
• José Luis Trigueros Gómez, 1999–2001
• Juan José Daboub, 2001–2004
• José Guillermo López Suarez, 2004–2006
• William Jacobo Handal, 2006–2009
• Carlos Cáceres Chávez, 2009–2018
• Nelson Fuentes, 2018–2020
• Alejandro Zelaya, 2020–2023
• Jerson Posada, 2023–present

See also

• Economy of El Salvador
• Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

References

External links

• Ministry of Finance