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.
Vice President of the Republic of Guatemala | |
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Vicepresidente de la República de Guatemala | |
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 |
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.
First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office | |
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Julian Salguero | Gen. Manuel Barillas | 25 April 1882 | 27 April 1883 | [3] |
Gen. José María Orantes | Gen. Salvador Arévalo | 27 April 1883 | 30 April 1884 | [4] |
Alejandro Sinibaldi | Gen. Manuel Barillas | 30 April 1884 | 20 May 1885 | [5][6] |
Gen. Manuel Barillas | Gen. Manuel Soto | 20 May 1885 | 1 May 1888 | [7] |
Gen. Calixto Mendizabal | Col. Manuel A. López | 1 May 1888 | 21 May 1889 | [8] |
Gen. Vicente Orantes | Col. Manuel A. López | 21 May 1889 | 10 May 1890 | [9] |
Rafael Salazar | Francisco Fuentes | 10 May 1890 | 28 May 1891 | [10] |
Feliciano Aguilar | Francisco Villela | 28 May 1891 | 14 May 1892 | [11] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Arturo Ubico | 14 May 1892 | 29 April 1893 | [12] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Francisco Fuentes | 29 April 1893 | 11 May 1894 | [13][14] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Arturo Ubico | 11 May 1894 | 6 May 1895 | [15] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Jesús Portillo | 6 May 1895 | 28 April 1897 | [16][17] |
Manuel Estrada Cabrera | Gen. Manuel Soto | 28 April 1897 | 26 April 1898 | [18] |
Feliciano Aguilar | Gen. Felipe Cruz | 26 April 1898 | 29 April 1899 | [19] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Gen. Vicente Orantes | 29 April 1899 | 8 May 1900 | [20] |
Manuel Morales Tovar | Gen. Luis Molina | 8 May 1900 | 13 May 1902 | [21][22] |
José María Reina Andrade | Gen. Luis Molina | 26 June 1902 | 30 April 1903 | [23] |
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Francisco Alarcón | 30 April 1903 | 28 April 1904 | [24] |
Francisco Anguiano | Francisco Alarcón | 28 April 1904 | 24 May 1907 | [25] |
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Juan Barrios M. | 24 May 1907 | 29 April 1910 | [26][27] |
Matías J. López | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 29 April 1910 | 14 May 1911 | [28] |
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 14 May 1911 | 31 May 1912 | [29] |
Col. Ignacio López Andrade | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 31 May 1912 | 30 April 1917 | [30][31][32] |
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 30 April 1917 | 13 April 1920 | [33][34][35] |
Carlos Herrera | José Ernesto Zelaya | 13 April 1920 | 12 April 1921 | [36] |
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] |
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] |
First Vice President | Second Vice President | Third Vice president | Took office | Left office | |
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Gen. Mauro de León | Rodolfo Sandoval | Col. Baudilio Santos Deroga | 26 March 1928 | 15 March 1929 | [46] |
Gen. Rodolfo A. Mendoza | Arturo Ramirez | Antonio Rivera | 15 March 1929 | 15 March 1930 | [47] |
Mario León | Baudilio Palma | Luis Chacón | 15 March 1930 | 1 January 1931 | [48] |
José María Reina Andrade | Gen. José Reyes | Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano | 1 January 1931 | 15 March 1931 | [49] |
Mariano J. López | Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano | Manuel Franco R. | 15 March 1931 | 15 March 1932 | [50] |
Gen. Factor Méndez | Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Miguel T. Alvarado | 15 March 1932 | 15 March 1933 | [51] |
Gen. Factor Méndez | Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Felipe Samayoa | 15 March 1933 | 15 March 1934 | [52] |
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Mariano J. López | Col. Carlos Enríquez Barrios | 15 March 1934 | 15 March 1935 | [53] |
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynuelas | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | José Mariano Trabanino | 15 March 1935 | 15 March 1936 | [54] |
Eduardo Pérez Figueroa | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | Gen. Factor Méndez | 15 March 1936 | 15 March 1937 | [55] |
Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas | Eduardo Pérez Figueroa | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | 15 March 1937 | 15 March 1938 | [56] |
Escolástico de León | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan Alonso | 15 March 1938 | 15 March 1939 | [57] |
Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan B. Alojos | 15 March 1939 | 15 March 1940 | [58] |
Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan Alonso | 15 March 1940 | 15 March 1941 | [59] |
Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas | 15 March 1941 | 15 March 1942 | [60] |
Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Carlos Herrera Dorián | Gen. Pedro Reyes Renelas | 15 March 1942 | 4 July 1944 | [61][62][63] |
Gen. Federico Ponce Vaides | Gen. Domingo Solares | Ramón Calderón | 4 July 1944 | 28 November 1944 | [64] |
Vice President | Took office | Left office | |
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Mario Monteforte Toledo | 15 March 1948 | 15 March 1951 | [65] |
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] |
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 |