Vice President of Guatemala
Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala | |
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Vicepresidente de la República de Guatemala | |
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Style | Madam Vice President (informal) Most Excellent Madam Vice President of the Republic (official) Her Excellency (alternative formal, diplomatic outside of Guatemala) |
Member of | National Security Council |
Residence | Guatemalan National Palace |
Term length | Four years, non-extendable[1] |
Inaugural holder | Clemente Marroquín Rojas |
Formation | 1 July 1966 |
Website | vicepresidencia.gob.gt |
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Vice president of Guatemala (Spanish: Vicepresidente de Guatemala) is a political position in Guatemala which is since 1966 elected concurrently with the position of President of Guatemala. The current vice president is Karin Herrera.
The vice president needs to be a Guatemalan citizen of over 40 years of age.[2]
Historically, there have been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents, officially Designates to the Presidency (Spanish: Designados a la Presidencia), also known as Presidential Designates (Spanish: Designados Presidenciales) elected for one- or two-year-terms. The election was carried in Congress of Guatemala. A provision for First and Second Vice Presidents existed 1882–1921, 1921–1928 and 1956–1966. A provision for First, Second and Third Vice Presidents existed 1921 and 1928–1944.
History of the office holders follows.
1882–1921[edit]
1921[edit]
First Vice President | Second Vice President | Third Vice president | Took office | Left office | |
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José Ernesto Zelaya | Federico Castañeda Godoy | Maximiliano de León | 12 April 1921 | 8 December 1921 | [37] |
1921–1928[edit]
First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office | |
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Gen. José María Orellana | Alberto Mencos | 8 December 1921 | 27 April 1922 | [38] |
Gen. Jorge Ubico | R. Felipe Solares | 27 April 1922 | 28 April 1923 | [39] |
Gen. Margarito Ariza | Francisco Fuentes | 28 April 1923 | 3 May 1924 | [40] |
Gen. Aurelio Recinos | Gen. Antonio Monterroso | 3 May 1924 | 28 April 1925 | [41] |
Lazaro Chacón | Federico Aguilar Valenzuela | 28 April 1925 | 18 December 1926 | [42][43] |
Gen. Miguel Larrave | Federico Aguilar Valenzuela | 18 December 1926 | 30 April 1927 | [44] |
Gen. Miguel Larrave | Gen. Mauro De León | 30 April 1927 | 15 March 1928 | [45] |
1928–1944[edit]
1948–1951[edit]
Vice President | Took office | Left office | |
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Mario Monteforte Toledo | 15 March 1948 | 15 March 1951 | [65] |
1956–1966[edit]
First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office | President | |
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Miguel Ortiz Passarelli | Col. Juan Francisco Oliva | 15 March 1956 | 22 March 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas | [66] |
Luis Arturo González López | Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño | 22 March 1957 | 9 October 1957 | [67] | |
Col. Luis Urrutia de León | Carlos Enrique Guillén Rodas | 9 October 1957 | 25 March 1958 | Guillermo Flores Avendaño | [68] |
Clemente Marroquín Rojas | Crisóstomo Castillo | 25 March 1958 | 18 March 1959 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | [69] |
Manuel Ralda Ochoa | Alberto J. Urrutia Vasconcelos | 18 March 1959 | 23 March 1960 | [70] | |
Abrahan Cabrera Cruz | Col. José Francisco Gómez Carranza | 23 March 1960 | 30 May 1961 | [71] | |
Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez | Óscar Ubico Zebadúa | 30 May 1961 | 16 March 1962 | [72] | |
Col. Ernesto Molina Arreaga | Rubén Flores Avendaño | 16 March 1962 | 15 March 1963 | [73] | |
Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez | Joaquín Montenegro Paniagua | 15 March 1963 | 1 July 1966 | Enrique Peralta Azurdia | [74] |
1966 onwards[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term | Party | Election | President | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Clemente Marroquín (1897–1978) |
1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970 |
Independent | 1966 | Julio Méndez Montenegro | ||
2 | ![]() |
Eduardo Cáceres (1906–1980) |
1 July 1970 – 1 July 1974 |
Independent | 1970 | Carlos Arana Osario | ||
3 | ![]() |
Mario Sandoval Alarcón (1923–2003) |
1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978 |
MLN | 1974 | Kjell Laugerud García | ||
4 | ![]() |
Francisco Villagrán Kramer (1927–2011) |
1 July 1978 – 1 September 1980 |
Indepednent | 1978 | Romeo Lucas García | ||
5 | ![]() |
Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (1917–1995) |
1 September 1980 – 23 March 1982 |
MLN | –– | |||
6 | ![]() |
Rodolfo Lobos Zamora (1936–1997) |
8 August 1983 – 14 January 1986 |
Military | –– | Óscar Mejía Víctores | ||
7 | ![]() |
Roberto Carpio (1930–2022) |
14 January 1986 – 14 January 1991 |
DCG | 1985 | Vinicio Cerezo | ||
8 | ![]() |
Gustavo Espina (1946) |
14 January 1991 – 1 June 1993 |
MAS | 1990 | Jorge Serrano Elías | ||
9 | ![]() |
Arturo Herbruger (1912–1999) |
18 June 1993 – 14 January 1996 |
Independent | 1993 | Ramiro de León Carpio | ||
10 | ![]() |
Luis Flores Asturias (1947) |
14 January 1996 – 14 January 2000 |
PAN | 1995 | Álvaro Arzú | ||
11 | ![]() |
Juan Francisco Reyes (1938–2019) |
14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004 |
FRG | 1999 | Alfonso Portillo | ||
12 | ![]() |
Eduardo Stein (1946) |
14 January 2004 – 14 January 2008 |
GANA | 2003 | Óscar Berger | ||
13 | ![]() |
Rafael Espada (b. 1944) |
14 January 2008 – 14 January 2012 |
UNE | 2007 | Álvaro Colom | ||
14 | ![]() |
Roxana Baldetti (b. 1962) |
14 January 2012 – 8 May 2015 |
PP | 2011 | Otto Pérez Molina | ||
15 | ![]() |
Alejandro Maldonado (b. 1936) |
14 May 2015 – 3 September 2015 |
Independent | 2015 | |||
16 | ![]() |
Alfonso Fuentes Soria (b. 1947) |
16 September 2015 – 14 January 2016 |
Independent | 2015 | Alejandro Maldonado | ||
17 | ![]() |
Jafeth Cabrera (b. 1948) |
14 January 2016 – 14 January 2020 |
FCN | 2015 | Jimmy Morales | ||
18 | ![]() |
Guillermo Castillo Reyes (b. 1966) |
14 January 2020 – 14 January 2024 |
VAMOS | 2019 | Alejandro Giammattei | ||
19 | ![]() |
Karin Herrera (b. 1967) |
15 January 2024[a 1] – Incumbent |
Semilla | 2023 | Bernardo Arévalo |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ The Constitution does not indicate whether the Vice President can not be re-elected. Article 184.- Election of the President and Vice President of the Republic. The President and Vice President of the Republic shall be elected by the people for a non-extendable period of four years, by universal and secret suffrage. Article 186.- Prohibitions to elect the positions of President or Vice President of the Republic. They will not be eligible for the position of President or Vice President of the Republic: b. The person who exercises the Presidency or Vice Presidency of the Republic when the election for said office is made, or who has exercised it during any time during the presidential period in which the elections are held. Article 187.- The person who has served for any time the office of President of the Republic by popular election, or who has exercised for more than two years in substitution of the owner, may not return to play in any case. The reelection or prolongation of the presidential period by any means, are punishable in accordance with the law. The mandate that is intended to be exercised will be null.
- ^ "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
- ^ Decree 0037
- ^ "Decree 0059". Archived from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decree 0087". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- ^ Decree 0098
- ^ Decree 0111
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- ^ "Decree 0062". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decree 0094". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decree 0130". Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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- ^ Decree 0398
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- ^ "Decree 0547". Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decree 0555". Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decree 0571". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ Decree 0650
- ^ "Decree 0769". Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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- ^ "Decree 0910". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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- ^ "Decree 0965". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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- ^ Decree 1091
- ^ Decree 2
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- ^ Decree 1520
- ^ Decree 1571
- ^ Decree 1624
- ^ Decree 1685
- ^ Decree 1696
- ^ Decree 1760
- ^ Decree 1877
- ^ Decree 1936
- ^ Decree 2019
- ^ Decree 2099
- ^ Decree 2188
- ^ Decree 2264
- ^ Decree 2330
- ^ Decree 2383
- ^ Decree 2471
- ^ Decree 2569
- ^ Decree 2634
- ^ Decree 2734
- ^ Decree 2808
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- ^ Decree 1066
- ^ Decree 1151
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- ^ Decree 1445
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- ^ "Decree 1576". Archived from the original on 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ D., Sonia Pérez (14 January 2024). "Guatemalans angered as president-elect's inauguration delayed by wrangling in Congress". Associated Press. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Menchu, Sofia (14 January 2024). "Tensions high outside Guatemala Congress as inauguration sessions delayed". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2024.