Abstract: In contrast to a conventional surge absorber in which external terminals (4a), (4b) are led from disshaped electrode plates (3a), (3b) soldered to the surfaces of electrodes (2) on a varistor element (1), a surge absorber of the present invention has a varistor element (5), electrodes (6) provided on both sides of the varistor element (5) and electrode plates (7a), (7b) soldered to the surfaces of the electrodes (6), each electrode plates (7a), (7b) having at least one of substantially radial slots and an external terminal (8a), (8b) extended substantially from the center thereof. The surge absorber according to the present invention enables the electrode plates (7a), (7b) to be held in uniform contact with the electrodes (6) during soldering by virtue of the fact that the external terminals (8a), (8b) are led from the central regions thereof, so that the soldering can be conducted effected stably.