José Francisco Merino López (born 29 February 1952) is a politician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994.
[3] Merino was reported to have been a confidant of right-wing death squad leader Roberto d'Aubuisson.
[3] He was a elected as a member of Central American Parliament from 1994 to 1999.
[3] In 1996 he left Nationalist Republican Alliance and joined National Conciliation Party.
[3] Merino has been elected to Legislative Assembly of El Salvador consequently from 2000 to 2021.