List of heads of state of the Federal Republic of Central America

President of the Federal Republic of Central America
Presidente de la República Federal de Centro América
Coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Central America
Longest serving Francisco Morazán 16 September 1830 – 16 September 1834 14 February 1835 – 1 February 1839
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Electoral college
Term length	4 years
Precursor	Captain General of Guatemala
Formation	April 1825
First holder	Manuel José Arce
Final holder	Diego Vigil y Cocaña (interim)
Abolished	31 March 1840
Superseded by	President of Costa Rica President of El Salvador President of Guatemala President of Honduras President of Nicaragua

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This is a list of heads of state of the Federal Republic of Central America from its founding in 1821/1823 until its dissolution in 1840.

No	Portrait	Head of State	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Gabino Gaínza	15 September 1821	5 January 1822	112 days	Independent
Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823)
2		José Matías Delgado	1 July 1823	10 July 1823	9 days	Independent

No	Portrait	Head of State	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Pedro Molina Mazariegos	10 July 1823	4 October 1823	86 days	Liberal
2		Antonio Rivera Cabezas				Liberal
3		Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz				Liberal

No	Portrait	Head of State	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Tomas O'Horan	4 October 1823	29 April 1825	1 year and 207 days	Independent
2		José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga	4 October 1823	5 February 1824	124 days	Independent
3		Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz	6 October 1823	15 March 1824	161 days	Liberal
4		José Cecilio del Valle	5 February 1824	29 April 1825	1 year and 83 days	Conservative
5		Manuel José Arce	15 March 1824	20 October 1824	219 days	Liberal
6		José Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar	20 October 1824	29 April 1825	191 days	Independent

Political parties

  Conservative
  Liberal

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political affiliation	Ref.
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		José Cecilio del Valle (1780–1834)	1825	Election nullified by the Federal Congress			Conservative	[1]
1		Manuel José Arce (1787–1847)	1825	29 April 1825	14 February 1828	2 years and 291 days	Liberal	[2]
–		Mariano Beltranena y Llano (1781–1866) Interim President	–	14 February 1828	13 April 1829	1 year and 58 days	Conservative	[3]
–		Francisco Morazán (1792–1842) De Facto President	–	13 April 1829	25 June 1829	73 days	Liberal	[4]
–		José Francisco Barrundia (1787–1854) Interim President	–	25 June 1829	16 September 1830	1 year and 81 days	Liberal
2		Francisco Morazán (1792–1842)	1830	16 September 1830	16 September 1834	4 years and 0 days	Liberal
–		José Cecilio del Valle (1780–1834)	1833	Died in 1834 before assuming office			Conservative
–		José Gregorio Salazar (1773–1838) Interim President	–	16 September 1834	14 February 1835	151 days	Liberal
2		Francisco Morazán (1792–1842)	1835	14 February 1835	1 February 1839	3 years and 352 days	Liberal
–		Diego Vigil y Cocaña (1799–1845) Interim President	–	1 February 1839	31 March 1840	1 year and 59 days	Liberal

• Federal Republic of Central America

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