Armando Calderón Sol, the first president elected in El Salvador after 12 years of civil war, died on Monday in Houston. He was 69.

His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his sister, Milena Calderón de Escalón, a member of the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly. He learned last year that he had cancer.

Mr. Calderón Sol, a wealthy lawyer, was elected in 1994 as a compromise candidate acceptable to both the moderate and hard-right factions of his National Republican Alliance party, known by its Spanish acronym, Arena.

He was limited to one five-year term, during which he began the privatization of government-owned utilities, lowered trade barriers and sought to integrate former guerrillas into civilian society.