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Legislative branch: unicameral
Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa): elections last held 20
March 1994 (next to be held NA March 1997); results - ARENA 46.4%,
FMLN 25.0%, PDC 21.4%, PCN 4.8%, other 2.4%; seats - (84 total)
ARENA 39, FMLN 21, PDC 18, PCN 4, other 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are
selected by the Legislative Assembly

Political parties and leaders: National Republican Alliance
(ARENA), Juan Jose DOMENECH, president; Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN), Salvador SANCHEZ Ceren (aka Leonel
GONZALEZ), general coordinator; Christian Democratic Party (PDC),
Ronal UMANA, secretary general; National Conciliation Party (PCN),
Ciro CRUZ Zepeda, secretary general; Democratic Convergence (CD),
Juan Jose MARTEL, secretary general; Unity Movement, Jorge MARTINEZ
Menendez, president
note: newly formed parties not yet officially recognized by the
Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), Kirio
Waldo SALGADO, founder; Social Democratic Party (breakaway from
FMLN), Joaquin VILLALOBOS, founder; Social Christian Renovation
Movement (MRSC) (breakaway from PDC), Abraham RODRIGUEZ, founder

Other political or pressure groups:
labor organizations: Salvadoran Communal Union (UCS), peasant
association; General Confederation of Workers (CGT), moderate;
United Workers Front (FUT)
business organizations: Productive Alliance (AP), conservative;
National Federation of Salvadoran Small Businessmen (FENAPES),
conservative

International organization participation: BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO,
G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA
(observer), MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Ana Cristina SOL
chancery: 2308 California Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-9671, 9672
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Alan H. FLANIGAN
embassy: Final Boulevard Santa Elena, Station Antiguo Cuscatlan, San
Salvador
mailing address: Unit 3116, APO AA 34023
telephone: [503] 278-4444
FAX: [503] 278-6011

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