| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
| Manuel Galich | 3 December 1944 | 15 March 1945 | | |
| Jorge García Granados | 10 January 1945 | 15 March 1945 | | National constituent assembly |
| Jorge García Granados | 20 March 1945 | 12 July 1945 | | |
| Julio Bonilla González | 20 July 1945 | 28 February 1946 | | |
| Gerardo Gordillo Barrios | 19 March 1946 | 28 February 1947 | | |
| Mario Monteforte Toledo | 1947 | March 1948 | | |
| Víctor Giordani | 1948 | 1948 | | |
| Óscar Barrios Castillo | 1948 | ? | | |
| Mario Monteforte Toledo | 1 March 1949 | 28 February 1950 | | |
| Guillermo Fonseca Penedo | 1 March 1950 | 28 February 1951 | | |
| Roberto Alvarado Fuentes | 1 March 1951 | 28 February 1952 | | |
| Julio Estrada de la Hoz | 1 March 1952 | 28 February 1953 | | |
| Guillermo Ovando Arriola | 1 March 1953 | 28 February 1954 | | |
| Marco Antonio Franco Chacón | 1 March 1954 | 29 June 1954 | | Deposed |
| Luis Arturo González López | 29 October 1954 | 28 February 1956 | | National constituent assembly |
| Luis Arturo González López | 1 March 1956 | 28 February 1957 | | |
| Federico Carbonell Rodas | 1 March 1957 | 28 February 1958 | | |
| Julio Prado García Salas | 1 March 1958 | 28 February 1959 | | |
| Ernesto Viteri Bertrand | 1 March 1959 | 28 February 1960 | | |
| Jorge Luis Zelaya Coronado | 1 March 1960 | 28 February 1961 | | |
| Rubén Flores Avendaño | 1 March 1961 | 28 February 1962 | | |
| Miguel Angel Ortega Mérida | 1 March 1962 | 28 February 1963 | | |
| Manuel Orellana Portillo | 1 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | | |
| Vicente Diaz Samayoa | 6 July 1964 | 5 May 1966 | | Constituent assembly president |
| Mario Fuentes Pieruccini | 5 May 1966 | 15 June 1967 | | |
| José Gregorio Prem Beteta | 15 June 1967 | 1968 | | |
| Manuel Francisco Villamar | 1968 | 1969 | | |
| Enrique A. Claverie Delgado | 1969 | 1970 | | |
| Mario Sandoval Alarcón | 1970 | June 1974 | | |
| Luis Alfonso López | June 1974 | June 1975 | | |
| Donaldo Álvarez Ruiz | June 1975 | 1976 | | |
| Luis Alfonso López | 1976 | 1977 | | |
| Rafael Castillo Valdez | 1977 | June 1978 | | |
| José Trinidad Uclés | 1978 | 1979 | | |
| Manuel Salvador Polanco Ramírez | 1979 | 1981 | | |
| Tomás Esteban Zepeda Guzmán | 1981 | 1982 | | |
| Jorge Bonilla López | 1982 | March 1982 | | |
| Ramiro de León Carpio | July 1984 | January 1986 | | Three rotating presidents |
| Roberto Carpio | July 1984 | January 1986 | | Three rotating presidents |
| Héctor Aragón Quiñónez | July 1984 | January 1986 | | Three rotating presidents |
| Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo | January 1986 | 1986 | DCG | |
| Roberto Adolfo Valle Valdizán | 1986 | 1987 | DCG | |
| José Ricardo Gómez Gálvez | 1987 | 1988 | DCG | |
| Alfonso Alonso Barillas | 1988 | 1989 | DCG | |
| José Fernando Lobo Dubón | 1989 | 1990 | | |
| Marco Antonio Dardón Castillo | January 1990 | January 1991 | DCG | |
| Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes | January 1991 | January 1992 | DCG | |
| Edmond Mulet | January 1992 | January 1993 | UCN | |
| José Fernando Lobo Dubón | January 1993 | June 1993 | DCG | |
| Óscar Vinicio Villar Anleu | January 1994 | September 1994 | DCG | |
| Arabella Castro Quiñones de Comparini | September 1994 | January 1995 | PAN | |
| José Efraín Ríos Montt | January 1995 | 1996 | FRG | |
| Carlos Alberto García Regás | 1996 | 1997 | PAN | |
| Arabella Castro Quiñones de Comparini | 1997 | 1998 | PAN | |
| Rafael Eduardo Barrios Flores | 1998 | 1999 | PAN | |
| Leonel López Rodas | 1999 | January 2000 | PAN | |
| José Efraín Ríos Montt | January 2000 | January 2004 | FRG | |
| Francisco Rolando Morales Chávez | January 2004 | January 2005 | UNE | |
| Jorge Méndez Herbruger | January 2005 | January 2007 | GANA | |
| Ruben Dario Morales Véliz | January 2007 | January 2008 | PAN | |
| Aristides Crespo Villegas | January 2008 | January 2009 | | |
| José Roberto Alejos Cámbara | January 2009 | January 2012 | | |
| Gudy Rivera Estrada | January 2012 | January 2013 | | |
| Pedro Muadi | January 2013 | January 2014 | | |
| Arístides Crespo Villegas | January 2014 | January 2015 | | |
| Luis Rabbé | January 2015 | January 2016 | | |
| Mario Taracena | January 2016 | January 2017 | | |
| Óscar Chinchilla | January 2017 | January 2018 | | |
| Álvaro Arzú Escobar | January 2018 | January 2020 | | |
| Allan Rodríguez | January 2020 | Incumbent | | |
