35.4%, FMLN 34.3%,
PCN 8.1%, PDC 7.9%, CD 3.8%, PRSC 3.4%, PLD 3.2%, MU 2.1%, PD 1.0%,
other 0.8%; seats by party - ARENA 28, FMLN 27, PCN 9, PDC 8, PRSC 3,
CD 2, PLD 2, MU 1, PD 1, independent 3

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

Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Rene
AGUILUZ, secretary general]; Democratic Convergence or CD [Ruben
ZAMORA, secretary general]; Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
or FMLN ; Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Kirio
Waldo SALGADO, president]; National Conciliation Party or PCN [Ciro
CRUZ Zepeda, secretary general]; National Republican Alliance or ARENA
; Popular Labor Party or PPL [Ernesto VILANOVA,
secretary general]; Social Christian Union or USC [Abraham RODRIGUEZ,
president]; Social Democratic Party or PD [Jorge MELENDEZ and Juan
MEDRANO]; United Democratic Center or CDU , bloc
includes CD and PD formed by merger of Christian Social Renewal Party
or PRSC, National Solidarity Movement or MSN, and the Unity Movement
or MU

Political pressure groups and leaders:
labor organizations: Association of Agricultural Producers or APROAS;
Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the
Construction Industry, Similar Transport and other activities, or
FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers or CNTS;
National Union of Salvadoran Workers or UNTS; Port Industry Union of
El Salvador or SIPES; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union
of Electrical Corporation or STCEL
business organizations: National Association of Small Enterprise or
ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran
Industrial Association or ASI

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, ISO (correspondent), ITU,
LAES, LAIA (observer), MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW,
PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Rene Antonio LEON Rodriguez
chancery: 2308 California Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: (202) 265-9671
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco
consulate(s): Boston

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Anne