President of the Republic of Guatemala

Presidente de la República deGuatemala

Coat of arms of the President

Presidential Standard of Guatemala

Incumbent Jimmy Morales Cabrera

since 14 January 2016

Office of the President of Guatemala National Security Council

Style Mr. President (informal)

Most Excellent Mr. Presidentof the Republic (official)

His Excellency

President of GuatemalaThe President of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente de Guatemala)officially known as the President of the Republic of Guatemala(Spanish: Presidente de la República de Guatemala), is the head ofstate and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term.

The position of President was created in 1839. From 1821 until 1839,the head of state of Guatemala was styled simply as Head of State(Spanish: Jefe de Estado).

Requirements to hold office

Duties and competences

Heads of State of Guatemala within the Federal Republicof Central America (1821–1839)

Presidents of independent Guatemala (1839–present)

Latest election

Living former presidents

Notes

References

According to article 185 of the constitution, the following is requiredto be president:

A Guatemalan of origin who is a citizen in good standing.Forty years of age.

According to article 183 of the constitution, the following duties andcompetences are conferred to the president:

Comply with and enforce the Constitution and laws.Provide the defense and security of the Nation, as well asthe preservation of public order.Exercise the command of the Armed Forces of Guatemalawith all the respective functions and attributions.Exercise the command of the National Police.Approve, promulgate, execute and enforce laws.

Contents

Requirements to hold office

Duties and competences

(alternative formal, diplomatic outside

of Guatemala)

Member of Cabinet

Residence National Palace

Seat Guatemala City

Appointer Supreme Electoral Court

Term length Four years non-renewable

Constitutinginstrument

Guatemala Constitution

Inauguralholder

Mariano Rivera Paz

Formation December 3, 1839

Deputy Vice President of Guatemala

Salary 146,950 GTQ monthly ($19,742 as of May 2018)[1]

Website http://www.presidencia.gob.gt/

Dictate the provisions that are necessary in cases ofserious emergency or public calamity, having to report tothe Congress in its immediate sessions.Submit proposals of laws to the Congress.Exercise the right of veto with respect to the laws issued bythe Congress, except in cases in which it is not necessaryto sanction the executive branch in accordance with theConstitution.Present annually to the Congress, at the beginning of itssession, written report on the general situation of theRepublic and of the business of its administration carriedout during the previous year.Submit annually to the Congress, for approval with no lessthan one hundred and twenty days prior to the date onwhich the fiscal year begins, through the Ministry of PublicFinance, the draft budget that contains in detail the incomeand expenditures of the State. If the Congress is not insession, it must hold extraordinary sessions to hear aboutthe project.Submit for consideration of the Congress for approval, andbefore ratification, treaties and conventions of internationalcharacter and contracts and concessions on publicservices.To summon the Legislative Organism to extraordinarysessions when the interests of the Republic demand it.Coordinate the development policy of the Nation throughthe Council of Ministers.Preside over the Council of Ministers and exercise the function of hierarchical superior of the officials andemployees of the Executive Organism.Maintain the territorial integrity and dignity of the Nation.Direct foreign policy and international relations, pronounce, ratify and denounce treaties and agreements inaccordance with the Constitution.Receive the diplomatic representatives, as well as issue and withdraw the exequatur to the patents of theconsuls.Administer public finances in accordance with the law.Exonerate of fines and surcharges to the taxpayers who have incurred in them for not covering the taxes withinthe legal terms for acts or omissions in the administrative order.Appoint and remove ministers of state, deputy ministers, secretaries and undersecretaries of the presidency,ambassadors and other officials that correspond to it according to the law.Grant premiums, pensions and subsidies in accordance with the Law.Award decorations to Guatemalans and foreigners.Within the fifteen days following its conclusion, inform the Congress about the purpose of any trip that has takenplace outside the national territory and about the results thereof.Submit every four months to the Congress through the respective ministry an analytical report on the budgetexecution, for its knowledge and control.Exercise all other functions assigned by the Constitution or the law.

Alejandro Díaz Cabeza de Vaca (Provisional): 15 September 1824 – 12 October 1824Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia Cepeda: 12 October 1824 – 9 September 1826Cirilo Flores (Acting): 9 September 1826 – 13 October 1826José Domingo Estrada (Acting): 2 January 1827 – 1 March 1827Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol: 1 March 1827 – 13 April 1829Mariano Zenteno (Provisional): 13 April 1829 – 30 April 1829Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia Cepeda: 30 April 1829 – 23 August 1829

Heads of State of Guatemala within the Federal Republic ofCentral America (1821–1839)

Pedro Molina Mazariegos: 23 August 1829 – 10 February 1831José Gregorio Márquez (Acting): 10 February 1831 – 28 August 1831Mariano Gálvez: 28 August 1831 – 3 March 1838Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui (Acting): 3 March 1838 – 29 July 1838Mariano Rivera Paz (Acting): 29 July 1838 – 30 January 1839Carlos Salazar Castro (Provisional): 30 January 1839 – 13 April 1839Mariano Rivera Paz (Acting): 13 April 1839 – 3 December 1839

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Presidents of independent Guatemala (1839–present)

No. President (Birth–Death)

Term of Office PoliticalAffiliation

1 Mariano Rivera Paz (1804–1849)

3 December1839 25 February 1842 Conservative

2José Venancio López

Requena (1791–1863)

Acting Head of State

25 February1842 14 May 1842 Liberal

3 Mariano Rivera Paz (1804–1849)

14 May 1842 14 December 1844 Conservative

4 Rafael Carrera (1814–1865)

14December

184416 August 1848 Conservative

5Juan Antonio Martínez

(?–1854) Acting President

16 August1848 28 November 1848 Conservative

6José Bernardo Escobar

(1797–1849) Acting President

28November

18481 January 1849 Conservative

7Mariano Peredes

(1800–1856) Acting President

1 January1849 6 November 1851 Independent

8 Rafael Carrera (1814–1865)

6 November1851 14 April 1865 Conservative

9 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol (1802–1897)

Acting President

14 April 1865 24 May 1865 Conservative

10 Vicente Cerna Sandoval (1815–1885)

24 May 1865 29 June 1871 Conservative

11 Miguel García Granados (1809–1878)

29 June1871 4 June 1873 Liberal

12 Justo Rufino Barrios (1835–1885)

4 June 1873 2 April 1885 Liberal

13Alejandro M. Sinibaldi

(1825–1896) Acting President

2 April 1885 5 April 1885 Liberal

14 Manuel Barillas (1845–1907)

6 April 1885 15 March 1892 Liberal

15 José María Reina Barrios (1854–1898)

15 March1892 8 February 1898 Liberal

16 Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857–1924)

8 February1898 15 April 1920 Liberal

17 Carlos Herrera (1856–1930)

15 April 1920 10 December 1921 Unionist Party

18 José María Orellana (1872–1926)

10December

192126 September 1926 Liberal

19 Lázaro Chacón González (1873–1931)

26September

19262 January 1931 Unionist Party

20José María Reina Andrade

(1860–1947) Acting President

2 January1931 14 February 1931 Liberal

21 Jorge Ubico Castañeda (1878–1946)

14 February1931 4 July 1944 Liberal

22Juan Federico Ponce Vaides

(1889–1956) Acting President

4 July 1944 20 October 1944 Liberal

23 Revolutionary GovernmentJunta

20 October1944 15 March 1945 Military

24 Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (1904–1990)

15 March1945 15 March 1951 Revolutionary

Action Party

25 Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (1913–1971)

15 March1951

27 June 1954 (Deposed)

RevolutionaryAction Party / Party of theGuatemalanRevolution

26 Carlos Enrique Díaz deLeón

27 June1954

28 June 1954 Military

(1915–2014) Provisional President

27

Elfego Hernán MonzónAguirre

(1912–1981) Chairman of Military Junta

29 June1954 8 July 1954 Military

28 Carlos Castillo Armas (1914–1957)

8 July 1954 26 July 1957 Military

29Luis Arturo González López

(1900–1965) Acting President

27 July 1957 24 October 1957 NationalProgress Party

30Óscar Mendoza Azurdia

(1917–1995) Chairman of Military Junta

24 October1957 26 October 1957 Military

31Guillermo Flores Avendaño

(1894–1982) Acting President

26 October1957 2 March 1958 Military

32 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895–1982)

2 March1958 31 March 1963

Military / National

DemocraticReconciliation

Party

33 Enrique Peralta Azurdia (1908–1997)

31 March1963 1 July 1966 Institutional

Democratic Party

34Julio César Méndez

Montenegro (1915–1996)

1 July 1966 1 July 1970 RevolutionaryParty

35 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio (1918–2003)

1 July 1970 1 July 1974 InstitutionalDemocratic Party

36 Kjell Eugenio Laugerud 1 July 1974 1 July 1978 Institutional

García (1930–2009)

Democratic Party

37Fernando Romeo Lucas

García (1924–2006)

1 July 1978 23 March 1982 InstitutionalDemocratic Party

38 José Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018)

23 March1982 8 August 1983 Military

39Óscar Humberto Mejía

Víctores (1930–2016)

8 August1983 14 January 1986 Military

40Marco Vinicio Cerezo

Arévalo (born 1942)

14 January1986 14 January 1991

GuatemalanChristian

Democracy

41 Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías (born 1945)

14 January1991 1 June 1993 Solidarity Action

Movement

42Gustavo Adolfo Espina

Salguero (born 1946)

1 June 1993 5 June 1993 Solidarity ActionMovement

43 Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002)

6 June 1993 14 January 1996 Independent

44 Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen (1946–2018)

14 January1996 14 January 2000

NationalAdvancement

Party / Unionist Party

45 Alfonso Antonio PortilloCabrera

(born 1951)

14 January2000

14 January 2004 GuatemalanRepublican Front

46Óscar Rafael Berger

Perdomo (born 1946)

14 January2004 14 January 2008

NationalSolidarity Party / Grand National

Alliance

47 Álvaro Colom Caballeros (born 1951)

14 January2008 14 January 2012 National Unity of

Hope

48 Otto Fernando Pérez Molina (born 1950)

14 January2012 3 September 2015

Patriotic Party / Grand National

Alliance

49

Alejandro BaltasarMaldonado Aguirre

(born 1936) Acting President

3 September2015 14 January 2016 Independent

50Jimmy Ernesto Morales

Cabrera (born 1969)

14 January2016

Incumbent (Term ends on 14

January 2020)

NationalConvergence

Front

51Alejandro EduardoGiammattei Falla

(born 1956) President-elect

14 January2020 Vamos

Latest election

Candidate PartyFirst round Second round

Votes % Votes %

Jimmy Morales National Convergence Front 1,167,030 23.85 2,750,847 67.44

Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova National Unity of Hope 967,242 19.76 1,328,381 32.56

Manuel Antonio Baldizón Méndez Renewed Democratic Liberty 961,284 19.64

Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla Fuerza 315,774 6.45

Zury Maité Ríos Sosa Vision with Values 288,421 5.89

Lizardo Arturo Sosa López Todos 260,801 5.33

Mario David Antonio GarcíaVelásquez Patriotic Party 226,372 4.63

Roberto González Díaz-Durán CREO–Unionist Party 168,715 3.45

Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana National Change Union 168,664 3.45

Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Strauss National Advancement Party 151,655 3.10

Miguel Ángel Sandoval Winaq–URNG–MAIZ 103,300 2.11

José Ángel López Camposeco Encounter for Guatemala 44,360 0.91

Luis Fernando Pérez Martínez Institutional Republican Party 41,964 0.86

Rodolfo Aníbal García Hernández New Republic Movement 28,427 0.58

Invalid/blank votes 495,996 – 176,647 –

Total 5,390,005 100 4,079,228 100

Registered voters/turnout 7,556,873 71.33 7,556,873 56.32

Source: TSE (http://resultados2015.tse.org.gt/)

Living former presidents

Vinicio Cerezo, 1986–

1991

Jorge Serrano Elías,

1991–1993

Alfonso Portillo, 2000–

2004

Óscar Berger, 2004–

2008

Álvaro Colom, 2008–

2012

Otto Pérez Molina,

2012–2015

Alejandro Maldonado,

2015–2016

1. Note: Regarding the numbering of the terms, as a control it is to be noted that several reliable sources state thatJimmy Morales is the 50th president[2][3][4]

1. Rony Ríos (17 January 2017). "Jimmy Morales el presidente mejor pagado de Latinoamérica" (https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/01/17/jimmy-morales-el-presidente-mejor-pagado-de-latinoamerica/). elPeriódico. Archived(https://web.archive.org/web/20180119033553/https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/01/17/jimmy-morales-el-presidente-mejor-pagado-de-latinoamerica/) from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

2. "Jimmy Morales tomó la banda presidencial como el 50° Presidente de la República de Guatemala" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1IltPnpVfA). TN23 (news station, original in video). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 5 April2019.

3. "Jimmy Morales asume como nuevo presidente de Guatemala" (https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/01/14/el-comediante-jimmy-morales-asume-como-nuevo-presidente-de-guatemala). CNN Español. 14 January 2016. Archived(https://web.archive.org/web/20160204125804/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/01/14/el-comediante-jimmy-morales-asume-como-nuevo-presidente-de-guatemala/) from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April2019.

4. Tulio Juárez (17 March 2017). "¿Qué le obsequiaría usted este sábado al presidente Jimmy Morales en su 48cumpleaños?" (https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/03/17/que-le-obsequiaria-usted-este-sabado-al-presidente-jimmy-morales-en-su-48-cumpleanos/). elPeriódico. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20190405210321/https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/03/17/que-le-obsequiaria-usted-este-sabado-al-presidente-jimmy-morales-en-su-48-cumpleanos/) from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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