Vice President of Guatemala

Vice President of Guatemala
Vice President of Guatemala
	Vice Presidential Flag of Guatemala
	File:JuanAlfonsoFuentesSoria.png Incumbent; Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria; since 16 September 2015
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Guatemalan National Palace
Term length	Four years, non-renewable
Inaugural holder	Clemente Marroquín Rojas
Formation	1/07/1966

Vice President of 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 Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria. The latest Vice President who took over as President was Alejandro Maldonado in 2015.

Historically there has been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents elected for one-year-term. 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

First Vice President	Second Vice President	Inaugurated	Left Office
Julian Salguero	Gen. Manuel Barillas	25 April 1882	27 April 1883	^[1]
Gen. Salvador Arévalo	27 April 1883	30 April 1884	^[2]
Alejandro Sinibaldi	Gen. Manuel Barillas	30 April 1884	20 May 1885	^[3]^[4]
Gen. Manuel Barillas	Gen. Manuel Soto	20 May 1885	1 May 1888	^[5]
Gen. Calixto Mendizabal	Col. Manuel A. López	1 May 1888	21 May 1889	^[6]
Gen. Vicente Orantes	Col. Manuel A. López	21 May 1889	10 May 1890	^[7]
Rafael Salazar	Francisco Fuentes	10 May 1890	28 May 1891	^[8]
Feliciano Aguilar	Francisco Villela	28 May 1891	14 May 1892	^[9]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Arturo Ubico	14 May 1892	29 April 1893	^[10]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Francisco Fuentes	29 April 1893	11 May 1894	^[11]^[12]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Arturo Ubico	11 May 1894	6 May 1895	^[13]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Jesús Portillo	6 May 1895	28 April 1897	^[14]^[15]
Manuel Estrada Cabrera	Gen. Manuel Soto	28 April 1897	26 April 1898	^[16]
Feliciano Aguilar	Gen. Felipe Cruz	26 April 1898	29 April 1899	^[17]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Gen. Vicente Orantes	29 April 1899	8 May 1900	^[18]
Manuel Morales Tovar	Gen. Luis Molina	8 May 1900	13 May 1902	^[19]^[20]
José María Reina Andrade	Gen. Luis Molina	26 June 1902	30 April 1903	^[21]
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz	Francisco Alarcón	30 April 1903	28 April 1904	^[22]
Francisco Anguiano	Francisco Alarcón	28 April 1904	24 May 1907	^[23]
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz	Juan Barrios M.	24 May 1907	29 April 1910	^[24]^[25]
Matías J. López	Gen. Manuel Duarte	29 April 1910	14 May 1911	^[26]
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz	Gen. Manuel Duarte	14 May 1911	31 May 1912	^[27]
Col. Ignacio López Andrade	Gen. Manuel Duarte	31 May 1912	30 April 1917	^[28]^[29]^[30]
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz	Gen. Manuel Duarte	30 April 1917	13 April 1920	^[31]^[32]^[33]
Carlos Herrera	José Ernesto Zelaya	13 April 1920	12 April 1921	^[34]

1921

First Vice President	Second Vice President	Third Vice president	Inaugurated	Left Office
José Ernesto Zelaya	Federico Castañeda Godoy	Maximiliano de León	12 April 1921	8 December 1921	^[35]

1921-1928

First Vice President	Second Vice President	Inaugurated	Left Office
Gen. José María Orellana	Alberto Mencos	8 December 1921	27 April 1922	^[36]
Gen. Jorge Ubico	R. Felipe Solares	27 April 1922	28 April 1923	^[37]
Gen. Margarito Ariza	Francisco Fuentes	28 April 1923	3 May 1924	^[38]
Gen. Aurelio Recinos	Gen. Antonio Monterroso	3 May 1924	28 April 1925	^[39]
Lazaro Chacón	Federico Aguilar Valenzuela	28 April 1925	18 December 1926	^[40]^[41]
Gen. Miguel Larrave	Federico Aguilar Valenzuela	18 December 1926	30 April 1927	^[42]
Gen. Miguel Larrave	Gen. Mauro De León	30 April 1927	15 March 1928	^[43]

1928-1944

First Vice President	Second Vice President	Third Vice president	Inaugurated	Left Office
Gen. Mauro de León	Rodolfo Sandoval	Col. Baudilio Santos Deroga	26 March 1928	15 March 1929	^[44]
Gen. Rodolfo A. Mendoza	Arturo Ramirez	Antonio Rivera	15 March 1929	15 March 1930	^[45]
Mario León	Baudelio Palma	Luis Chacón	15 March 1930	1 January 1931	^[46]
José María Reina Andrade	Gen. José Reyes	Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano	1 January 1931	15 March 1931	^[47]
Mariano J. López	Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano	Manuel Franco R.	15 March 1931	15 March 1932	^[48]
Gen. Factor Méndez	Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas	Miguel T. Alvarado	15 March 1932	15 March 1933	^[49]
Gen. Factor Méndez	Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas	Felipe Samayoa	15 March 1933	15 March 1934	^[50]
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reinelas	Mariano J. López	Col. Carlos Enríquez Barrios	15 March 1934	15 March 1935	^[51]
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynuelas	Gen. Carlos Jurado R.	José Mariano Trabanino	15 March 1935	15 March 1936	^[52]
Eduardo Pérez Figueroa	Gen. Carlos Jurado R.	Gen. Factor Méndez	15 March 1936	15 March 1937	^[53]
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas	Eduardo Pérez Figueroa	Gen. Carlos Jurado R.	15 March 1937	15 March 1938	^[54]
Escolástico de León	Gen. Demetrio Maldonado	Gen. Juan Alonso	15 March 1938	15 March 1939	^[55]
Mariano López	Gen. Demetrio Maldonado	Gen. Juan B. Alojos	15 March 1939	15 March 1940	^[56]
Mariano López	Gen. Demetrio Maldonado	Gen. Juan Alonso	15 March 1940	15 March 1941	^[57]
Mariano López	Gen. Demetrio Maldonado	Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas	15 March 1941	15 March 1942	^[58]
Gen. Demetrio Maldonado	Carlos Herrera Dorián	Gen. Pedro Reyes Renelas	15 March 1942	4 July 1944	^[59]^[60]^[61]
Gen. Federico Ponce Vaides	Gen. Domingo Solares	Ramón Calderón	4 July 1944	28 November 1944	^[62]

1956-1966

First Vice President	Second Vice President	Inaugurated	Left Office	President
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli	Col. Juan Francisco Oliva	15 March 1956	22 March 1957	Carlos Castillo Armas	^[63]
Luis Arturo González López	Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño	22 March 1957	9 October 1957	Carlos Castillo Armas	^[64]
Col. Luis Urrutia de León	Carlos Enrique Guillén Rodas	9 October 1957	25 March 1958	Guillermo Flores Avendaño	^[65]
Clemente Marroquín Rojas	Crisóstomo Castillo	25 March 1958	18 March 1959	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	^[66]
Manuel Ralda Ochoa	Alberto J. Urrutia Vasconcelos	18 March 1959	23 March 1960	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	^[67]
Abrahan Cabrera Cruz	Col. José Francisco Gómez Carranza	23 March 1960	30 May 1961	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	^[68]
Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez	Óscar Ubico Zebadúa	30 May 1961	16 March 1962	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	^[69]
Col. Ernesto Molina Arreaga	Rubén Flores Avendaño	16 March 1962	15 March 1963	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	^[70]
Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez	Joaquín Montenegro Paniagua	15 March 1963	1 July 1966	Enrique Peralta Azurdia	^[71]

1966 onwards

Vice President	Inaugurated	Left Office	President
Clemente Marroquín Rojas	1 July 1966	1 July 1970	Julio César Méndez Montenegro
Eduardo Rafael Cáceres Lenhoff	1 July 1970	1 July 1974	Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
Mario Augusto Sandoval Alarcón	1 July 1974	1 July 1978	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Francisco Villagrán Kramer	1 July 1978	12 September 1980	Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Óscar Mendoza Azurdia	12 September 1980	23 March 1982	Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Roberto Carpio Nicolle	14 January 1986	14 January 1991	Vinicio Cerezo
Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero	14 January 1991	1 June 1993	Jorge Serrano Elías
Arturo Herbruger Asturias	18 June 1993	14 January 1996	Ramiro de León Carpio
Luis Alberto Flores Asturias	14 January 1996	14 January 2000	Álvaro Arzú
Juan Francisco Reyes López	14 January 2000	14 January 2004	Alfonso Portillo
Eduardo Stein Barillas	14 January 2004	14 January 2008	Óscar Berger
José Rafael Espada	14 January 2008	14 January 2012	Álvaro Colom
Roxana Baldetti	14 January 2012	8 May 2015	Otto Pérez Molina
Vacant	8 May 2015	14 May 2015	Otto Pérez Molina
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	14 May 2015	3 September 2015	Otto Pérez Molina
Vacant	3 September 2015	16 September 2015	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre
Juan Fuentes Soria^[72]	16 September 2015	Present	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre

References

^ Decree 0037
^ Decree 0059
^ Decree 0087
^ Decree 0098
^ Decree 0111
^ Decree 0015
^ Decree 0062
^ Decree 0094
^ Decree 0130
^ Decree 0183
^ Decree 0212
^ Decree 0220
^ Decree 0260
^ Decree 0300
^ Decree 0329
^ Decree 0360
^ Decree 0398
^ Decree 0444
^ Decree 0511
^ Decree 0547
^ Decree 0555
^ Decree 0571
^ Decree 0650
^ Decree 0769
^ Decree 0794
^ Decree 0821
^ Decree 0847
^ Decree 0910
^ Decree 0928
^ Decree 0947
^ Decree 0965
^ Decree 0988
^ Decree 1011
^ Decree 1024
^ Decree 1091
^ Decree 2
^ Decree 1185
^ Decree 1245
^ Decree 1310
^ Decree 1377
^ Decree 1458
^ Decree 1466
^ Decree 1498
^ 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
^ Decree 1066
^ Decree 1151
^ Decree 1203
^ Decree 1223
^ Decree 1277
^ Decree 1345
^ Decree 1445
^ Decree 1517
^ Decree 1576
^ "Guatemala names interim vice president amid political crisis". Inquirer.net. 17 September 2015.

[1] Decree 0037

[2] Decree 0059

[3] Decree 0087

[4] Decree 0098

[5] Decree 0111

[6] Decree 0015

[7] Decree 0062

[8] Decree 0094

[9] Decree 0130

[10] Decree 0183

[11] Decree 0212

[12] Decree 0220

[13] Decree 0260

[14] Decree 0300

[15] Decree 0329

[16] Decree 0360

[17] Decree 0398

[18] Decree 0444

[19] Decree 0511

[20] Decree 0547

[21] Decree 0555

[22] Decree 0571

[23] Decree 0650

[24] Decree 0769

[25] Decree 0794

[26] Decree 0821

[27] Decree 0847

[28] Decree 0910

[29] Decree 0928

[30] Decree 0947

[31] Decree 0965

[32] Decree 0988

[33] Decree 1011

[34] Decree 1024

[35] Decree 1091

[36] Decree 2

[37] Decree 1185

[38] Decree 1245

[39] Decree 1310

[40] Decree 1377

[41] Decree 1458

[42] Decree 1466

[43] Decree 1498

[44] Decree 1520

[45] Decree 1571

[46] Decree 1624

[47] Decree 1685

[48] Decree 1696

[49] Decree 1760

[50] Decree 1877

[51] Decree 1936

[52] Decree 2019

[53] Decree 2099

[54] Decree 2188

[55] Decree 2264

[56] Decree 2330

[57] Decree 2383

[58] Decree 2471

[59] Decree 2569

[60] Decree 2634

[61] Decree 2734

[62] Decree 2808

[63] Decree 1066

[64] Decree 1151

[65] Decree 1203

[66] Decree 1223

[67] Decree 1277

[68] Decree 1345

[69] Decree 1445

[70] Decree 1517

[71] Decree 1576

[72] "Guatemala names interim vice president amid political crisis". Inquirer.net. 17 September 2015.

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Vice Presidents (1956–)	Ortiz González López Urrutia de León Marroquín Ralda Cabrera Chávez Molina Chávez Marroquín Cáceres Sandoval Villagrán Mendoza office vacant, 1982–86 Carpio Espina Herbruger Flores Reyes Stein Espada Baldetti Maldonado Fuentes Cabrera Castillo Herrera*
Second Vice Presidents (1956–66)	Juan Francisco Oliva G. Flores Avendaño Guillén Castillo Urrutia Gómez Carranza Ubico R. Flores Avendaño Montenegro

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