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President of Guatemala |
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The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839, when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz. Earlier, Guatemala had been a state within the United Provinces of Central America since 1823, before that part of the Mexican Empire under Agustín de Iturbide, and before 1821 ruled by the Captain General of Guatemala, a Spanish colonial official owing allegiance to the Viceroy of New Spain and the King of Spain, back to the Spanish conquest of the region in the early 16th century.
The title of "President" has been used by democratically elected leaders and appointed heads of state, as well as by dictators who took power by military coup.
| Term start | Term end | Name | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 December 1839 | 25 February 1842 | Mariano Rivera Paz (1st time) | Liberal Party |
| 14 December 1841 | 14 May 1842 | José Venancio López Requena (acting for Rivera Paz to 25 February 1842) | Liberal Party |
| 14 May 1842 | 14 December 1844 | Mariano Rivera Paz (2nd time) | Liberal Party |
| 14 December 1844 | 16 August 1848 | José Rafael Carrera Turcios (1st time) | Conservative Party |
| 16 August 1848 | 28 November 1848 | Juan Antonio Martínez (interim) | Conservative Party |
| 28 November 1848 | 3 January 1849 | José Bernardo Escobar (interim) | Conservative Party |
| 3 January 1849 | 6 November 1851 | Mariano Paredes (interim) | Liberal Party |
| 6 November 1851 | 14 April 1865 | José Rafael Carrera Turcios (2nd time) (styled Perpetual President from 21 October 1854) | Conservative Party |
| 14 April 1865 | 24 May 1865 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol (acting) | Conservative Party |
| 24 May 1865 | 29 June 1871 | Vicente Cerna Sandoval | Liberal Party |
| 29 June 1871 | 4 June 1873 | Miguel García Granados Zavala (in rebellion from 3 June 1871) | Liberal Party |
| 4 June 1873 | 2 April 1885 | Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón | Liberal Party |
| 2 April 1885 | 5 April 1885 | Alejandro M. Sinibaldi (acting) | Liberal Party |
| 6 April 1885 | 15 March 1892 | Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián (acting to 15 March 1886) | Conservative Party |
| 15 March 1892 | 8 February 1898 | José María Reina Barrios | Conservative Party |
| 8 February 1898 | 15 April 1920 | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (acting to 2 October 1898) | Liberal Party |
| 15 April 1920 | 10 December 1921 | Carlos Herrera y Luna (acting to 15 September 1920; Head of State from 13 June 1921) | Conservative Party |
| 10 December 1921 | 26 September 1926 | José María Orellana Pinto (Head of State to 14 January 1922; acting to 4 March 1922) | Conservative Party |
| 26 September 1926 | 2 January 1931 | Lázaro Chacón González (acting to 18 December 1926) | Conservative Party |
| 2 January 1931 | 14 February 1931 | José María Reina Andrade (acting) | Conservative Party |
| 14 February 1931 | 4 July 1944 | Jorge Ubico y Castañeda | Liberal Party |
| 4 July 1944 | 20 October 1944 | Juan Federico Ponce Vaides | Liberal Party |
| 20 October 1944 | 15 March 1945 | Revolutionary Government Junta composed of: Francisco Javier Arana Jacobo Arbenz Guzman Jorge Toriello Garrido |
Military |
| 15 March 1945 | 15 March 1951 | Juan José Arévalo Bermejo | Revolutionary Action Party |
| 15 March 1951 | 27 June 1954 | Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán | Revolutionary Action Party |
| 27 June 1954 | 28 June 1954 | Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (provisional) | Liberal Party |
| 28 June 1954 | 2 July 1954 | Government Junta I composed of: Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (junta chairman) Jose Angel Sanchez Jose Luis Cruz Salazar Carlos Enrique Díaz de León Mauricio Dubois |
Military |
| 2 July 1954 | 1 September 1954 | Government Junta II composed of: Carlos Castillo Armas (junta chairman) Mauricio Dubois Enrique Trinidad Oliva Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre Jose Luis Cruz Salazar |
Military |
| 1 September 1954 | 26 July 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas | Military |
| 27 July 1957 | 24 October 1957 | Luis Arturo González López (acting) | National Progress Party |
| 24 October 1957 | 26 October 1957 | Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (chairman of military junta) | Military |
| 27 October 1957 | 2 March 1958 | Guillermo Flores Avendaño (acting) | Military |
| 2 March 1958 | 31 March 1963 | José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes | National Democratic Reconciliation/Redemption Party |
| 31 March 1963 | 1 July 1966 | Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (Head of government to 5 May 1966 and then Head of State) | Military |
| 1 July 1966 | 1 July 1970 | Julio César Méndez Montenegro | Revolutionary Party |
| 1 July 1970 | 1 July 1974 | Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio | Military/National Liberation Movement |
| 1 July 1974 | 1 July 1978 | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García | Military/National Liberation Movement/Institutional Democratic Party |
| 1 July 1978 | 23 March 1982 | Fernando Romeo Lucas García | Military/Institutional Democratic Party/Revolutionary Party |
| 23 March 1982 | 8 August 1983 | José Efraín Ríos Montt (chairman of military junta to 9 June 1982) | Military |
| 8 August 1983 | 14 January 1986 | Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores (Chief of State) | Military |
| 14 January 1986 | 14 January 1991 | Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo | Guatemalan Christian Democratic Party |
| 14 January 1991 | 5 June 1993 | Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías | Solidarity Action Movement |
| 6 June 1993 | 14 January 1996 | Ramiro de León Carpio | Non-party |
| 14 January 1996 | 14 January 2000 | Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen | National Progress Party |
| 14 January 2000 | 14 January 2004 | Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera | Guatemalan Republican Front |
| 14 January 2004 | 14 January 2008 | Óscar Berger Perdomo | Grand National Alliance |
| 14 January 2008 | Present | Álvaro Colom Caballeros | National Unity of Hope |
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