Attorney General of Guatemala
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| Style | Mister/Madam Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Appointer | The President of Guatemala |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Rámses Cuestas Gómez |
| Formation | 15 May 1996 |
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The Attorney General of Guatemala (Fiscal General de la República de Guatemala) is the chief attorney general (public prosecutor) of Guatemala.
List of Attorneys General
| Number | Name | Photo | Term | Notes |
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| 1 | Rámses Cuestas Gómez[1] | May 15, 1994 - March 14, 1996 | Appointed by President Ramiro de León Carpio; Guatemala's first Attorney General. | |
| * | Héctor Hugo Pérez Aguilera[1] | March 15, 1996 - May 14, 1998 | Interim Attorney General named by President Álvaro Arzú. | |
| 2 | Adolfo González Rodas[2] | May 15, 1998 - May 17, 2002 | Appointed. | |
| 3 | Carlos David de León Argueta[citation needed][3] | May 18, 2002 - February 25, 2004 | Appointed and later removed by President Óscar Berger. | |
| 4 | Juan Luis Florido Solís[4] | February 26, 2004 - July 30, 2008 | Interim and later appointed. Presented his resignation to President Álvaro Colom. | |
| 5 | José Amílcar Velásquez Zárate[5] | July 31, 2008 - May 14, 2010 | Interim and later appointed. | |
| * | María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras[6] | May 15, 2010 - May 25, 2010 | Interim; first female Attorney General. | |
| * | Conrado Arnulfo Reyes Sagastume[7][8] | May 25, 2010 - June 10, 2010 | Removed by the Constitutional Court. | |
| * | María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras | June 11, 2010 - December 9, 2010 | Interim (second term as Interim Attorney General). | |
| 6 | Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey[9] |  |
December 9, 2010 - May 17, 2014 | Appointed; first female (non-interim) Attorney General. Nominated for Nobels Peace Prize—while in office as minister of justice in 2013.[10] |
| 7 | Thelma Aldana Hernández de López[11] | .jpg) |
May 17, 2014 - May 17, 2018 | |
| 8 | María Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres | |
May 17, 2018 - present |
See also
References
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- ^ Noticias.com.gt (11 June 2010). "Destituyen al fiscal general Conrado Reyes por presuntos vínculos con el narco". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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- ^ Thelma Aldana es la nueva Fiscal General. Prensa Libre, 9 May 2014.
