Alejandro Giammattei
Alejandro Giammattei | |
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.jpg) Giammattei in 2019 | |
| President-elect of Guatemala | |
| Assuming office 14 January 2020 | |
| Vice President | Guillermo Castillo (elect) |
| Succeeding | Jimmy Morales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla 9 March 1956 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Political party | Vamos |
| Spouse | Rosana Cáceres |
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (born 9 March 1956) is a Guatemalan politician and former director of the Guatemalan Penitentiary System in 2006. He participated in Guatemala's presidential elections in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019.[1][2] After winning the second round of the 2019 presidential election, he became the current President-elect of Guatemala.
Political career
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Alejandro Giammattei participated in elections in 1985, 1988, and 1990 as general coordinator of the electoral processes. He gained recognition at both the national and international level under the orders of former Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala Arturo Herbruger Asturias. Giammattei has been recognized as a consultant to several companies and private services since 2000.[3]
After the great failure with the mayoral elections, he was appointed director of the Guatemalan Penitentiary System in 2006. After he took office, he had several conflicts and accusations about the Pavorreal case, leading to his incarceration for a short time. He ceased to be director of the Penitentiary System in 2008 after the election of President.[4]
Giammattei has had three appearances in the general elections for President of Guatemala. The first was in 2007, with the then Official Party Great National Alliance GANA with strong participation. The second was in 2011 with the Social Action Center Party but with many difficulties, which caused the Party to be dissolved due to not reaching the minimum percentage of votes required by the TSE. In the elections of 2015, he joined the presidency with the FUERZA party.[5]
Giammattei became the presidential candidate for the Vamos party in the 2019 presidential elections. He lost the first round on June 16, 2019 with 13.95% of the vote, but won the second round against Sandra Torres on August 11, 2019 with 57.96% of the vote.
Political views
Giammattei has vowed to bring back the death penalty to help "crush violent gangs, fight poverty to stop migration and end "disgusting" corruption."[6]
Personal life
Alejandro Giammattei has been married to Rosana Cáceres since February 11 1989, and they have three children: Marcela, Estéfano and Alejandro Giammattei.[3]
References
- ^ "Elecciones Guatemala 2011". web.archive.org. 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Biografía « Alejandro Giammattei | Presidente 2012 – 2016". web.archive.org. 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Alejandro Giammattei". web.archive.org. 2 January 2012.
- ^ https://www.cubaencuentro.com, Cubaencuentro com & Manuel Desdin. "Álvaro Colom gana la presidencia". www.cubaencuentro.com.
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- ^ https://au.news.yahoo.com/corruption-tainted-guatemala-set-elect-president-054250817--spt.html