List of Presidents of Guatemala


The president of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente de Guatemala), officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Guatemala), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term. The position of President was created in 1839. Template:Politics of Guatemala

Heads of state of Guatemala within the Federal Republic of Central America (1824–1839)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
1 Alejandro Diaz Cabeza de Vaca
(–)
Provisional 		15 September 1824 12 October 1824 Conservative
2 Juan Barrundia
(–) 		12 October 1824 9 September 1826 Liberal
3 Cirilo Flores Estrada
(1779–1826)
Acting 		9 September 1826 13 October 1826 N/A
4 Jose Domingo Estrada
(–)
Acting 		2 January 1827 1 March 1827 Conservative
5 Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol
(1789–1855) 		1 March 1827 12 April 1829 Conservative
6 Mario Zenteno
(–)
Provisional 		13 April 1829 30 April 1829 Conservative
7 Juan Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda
(–) 		30 April 1829 23 August 1829 Liberal
8 Pedro Molina Mazariegos
(1777–1854) 		23 August 1829 10 February 1831 Liberal
9 José Gregorio Márquez
(–)
Acting 		10 February 1831 28 August 1835 N/A
10 Mariano Gálvez
(c. 1794–1862) 		28 August 1831 3 March 1838 Liberal
11 Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui
(–)
Acting 		3 March 1838 29 July 1838 N/A
12 Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849)
Acting 		29 July 1838 30 January 1839 Conservative
13 Carlos Salazar Castro
(1800–1867)
Provisional 		30 January 1839 13 April 1839 N/A
14 Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849)
Acting 		13 April 1839 3 December 1839 Conservative

Presidents of Guatemala

Name Term of office
Gabino Gaínza 1821 - 1822
Vicente Filísola 1822 - 1823
Tomás Antonio O'Horán y Argüello 1823 - 18 September 1823

Captaincy government

Color key
  Monarchist/Annexationist
Captain General Assumed office Left office
1 Gabino Gaínza

(1753–1829)

5 January 1822 23 June 1822
2 Vicente Filísola

(1785–1850)

23 June 1822 26 November 1822
3 Felipe Codallos

(1790–1849)

26 November 1822 7 March 1823
4 Vicente Filísola

(1785–1850)

7 March 1823 1 July 1823


Heads of state (1824–1839)

# Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
5 Alejandro Diaz Cabeza de Vaca

(–)

15 September 1824 12 October 1824 Conservative
6 Juan Barrundia

(–)

12 October 1824 9 September 1826 Liberal
7 Cirilo Flores Estrada

(1779–1826)

9 September 1826 13 October 1826 N/A
8 Jose Domingo Estrada

(–)

2 January 1827 1 March 1827 Conservative
9 Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol

(1789–1855)

1 March 1827 12 April 1829 Conservative
10 Mario Zenteno

(–)

13 April 1829 30 April 1829 Conservative
11 Juan Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda

(–)

30 April 1829 23 August 1829 Liberal
12 Pedro Molina Mazariegos

(1777–1854)

23 August 1829 10 February 1831 Liberal
13 José Gregorio Márquez

(–)

10 February 1831 28 August 1835 N/A
14 Mariano Gálvez

(c. 1794–1862)

28 August 1831 3 March 1838 Liberal
15 Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui

(–)

3 March 1838 29 July 1838 N/A
16 Mariano Rivera Paz

(1804–1849)

29 July 1838 30 January 1839 Conservative
17 Carlos Salazar Castro

(1800–1867)

30 January 1839 13 April 1839 N/A
18 Mariano Rivera Paz

(1804–1849)

13 April 1839 3 December 1839 Conservative

State of Guatemala (1839–1847)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
18 Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849) 		3 December 1839 25 February 1842 Conservative —
19 José Venancio López
(1791–1863)
Acting 		25 February 1842 14 May 1842 Independent —
20 Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849) 		14 May 1842 14 December 1844 Conservative —
21 Rafael Carrera
(1814–1865) 		14 December 1844 16 August 1848 Conservative —

Republic from Carrera to the Liberal Revolution (1847–1871)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
21 Rafael Carrera
(1814–1865) 		14 December 1844 16 August 1848 Conservative —
22 Juan Antonio Martínez
(?–1854)
Acting 		16 August 1848 28 November 1848 Conservative —
23 José Bernardo Escobar
(1797–1849)
Acting 		28 November 1848 1 January 1849 Conservative —
24 Mariano Paredes
(1800–1856)
Acting 		1 January 1849 6 November 1851 Independent —
25 Rafael Carrera
(1814–1865) 		6 November 1851 14 April 1865 Conservative —
26 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol
(1802–1897)
Acting 		14 April 1865 24 May 1865 Conservative —
27 Vicente Cerna Sandoval
(1815–1885) 		24 May 1865 29 June 1871 Conservative —

Liberal period (1871–1944)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
28 Miguel García Granados
(1809–1878) 		29 June 1871 4 June 1873 Liberal —
29 Justo Rufino Barrios
(1835–1885) 		4 June 1873 2 April 1885 Liberal 1873
1880
30 Alejandro M. Sinibaldi
(1825–1896) 		2 April 1885 5 April 1885 Liberal —
31 Manuel Barillas
(1845–1907) 		6 April 1885 15 March 1892 Liberal —
32 José María Reina Barrios
(1854–1898) 		15 March 1892 8 February 1898 Liberal 1892
33 Manuel Estrada Cabrera
(1857–1924) 		8 February 1898 15 April 1920 Liberal 1898
1904
1910
1916
34 Carlos Herrera
(1856–1930) 		15 April 1920 10 December 1921 Unionist Party 1920 (Apr)
1920 (Aug)
35 José María Orellana
(1872–1926) 		10 December 1921 26 September 1926 Liberal 1921
1922
36 Lázaro Chacón González
(1873–1931) 		26 September 1926 12 December 1930 Unionist Party 1926
37 Baudilio Palma
(1880–1930) 		13 December 1930 17 December 1930 Conservative —
38 Manuel María Orellana Contreras
(1870–1940)
De facto 		17 December 1930 2 January 1931 Liberal —
39 José María Reina Andrade
(1860–1947)
Acting 		2 January 1931 14 February 1931 Liberal —
40 Jorge Ubico
(1878–1946) 		14 February 1931 1 July 1944 Progressive Liberal Party 1931
41 Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
(1889–1956)
Acting 		4 July 1944 20 October 1944 Progressive Liberal Party July 1944

Ten-Year Revolution (1944–1954)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
42 Revolutionary Government Junta 20 October 1944 15 March 1945 Military —
43 Juan José Arévalo
(1904–1990) 		15 March 1945 15 March 1951 Revolutionary Action Party 1944
44 Jacobo Árbenz
(1913–1971) 		15 March 1951 27 June 1954
(Deposed) 		Revolutionary Action Party /
Party of the Guatemalan Revolution 		1950

Military governments (1954–1958)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
45 Carlos Enrique Díaz de León
(1915–2014)
Provisional President 		27 June 1954 29 June 1954 Military —
46 Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre
(1912–1981)
Chairman of Military Junta 		29 June 1954 8 July 1954 National Liberation Movement —
47 Carlos Castillo Armas
(1914–1957) 		8 July 1954 26 July 1957 National Liberation Movement 1954
48 Luis Arturo González López
(1900–1965)
Acting 		27 July 1957 24 October 1957 National Liberation Movement —
49 Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
(1917–1995)
Chairman of Military Junta 		24 October 1957 26 October 1957 Military —
50 Guillermo Flores Avendaño
(1894–1982)
Acting 		26 October 1957 2 March 1958 Military —

Civil War period (1958–1996)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
51 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
(1895–1982) 		2 March 1958 31 March 1963
(Deposed) 		Military /
REDENCION 		1958
52 Enrique Peralta Azurdia
(1908–1997) 		31 March 1963 1 July 1966 Institutional Democratic Party —
53 Julio César Méndez Montenegro
(1915–1996) 		1 July 1966 1 July 1970 Revolutionary Party 1966
54 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
(1918–2003) 		1 July 1970 1 July 1974 Institutional Democratic Party 1970
55 Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
(1930–2009) 		1 July 1974 1 July 1978 Institutional Democratic Party 1974
56 Fernando Romeo Lucas García
(1924–2006) 		1 July 1978 23 March 1982
(Deposed) 		Institutional Democratic Party 1978
57 Efraín Ríos Montt
(1926–2018) 		23 March 1982 8 August 1983
(Deposed) 		Military —
58 Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
(1930–2016) 		8 August 1983 14 January 1986 Military —
59 Vinicio Cerezo
(born 1942) 		14 January 1986 14 January 1991 Guatemalan Christian Democracy 1985
60 Jorge Serrano Elías
(born 1945) 		14 January 1991 1 June 1993
(Resigned) 		Solidarity Action Movement 1990
61 Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero
(1946–2024)
Acting 		1 June 1993 5 June 1993 Solidarity Action Movement —
62 Ramiro de León Carpio
(1942–2002) 		6 June 1993 14 January 1996 Independent 1993

Contemporary period (1996–present)

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Elected
63 Álvaro Arzú
(1946–2018) 		14 January 1996 14 January 2000 National Advancement Party /
Unionist Party 		1995–1996
64 Alfonso Portillo
(born 1951) 		14 January 2000 14 January 2004 Guatemalan Republican Front 1999
65 Óscar Berger
(born 1946) 		14 January 2004 14 January 2008 National Solidarity Party /
Grand National Alliance 		2003
66 Álvaro Colom
(1951–2023) 		14 January 2008 14 January 2012 National Unity of Hope 2007
67 Otto Pérez Molina
(born 1950) 		14 January 2012 3 September 2015
(Resigned) 		Patriotic Party /
Grand National Alliance 		2011
68 Alejandro Maldonado
(born 1936)
Acting 		3 September 2015 14 January 2016 Independent —
69 Jimmy Morales
(born 1969) 		14 January 2016 14 January 2020 National Convergence Front 2015
70 Alejandro Giammattei
(born 1956) 		14 January 2020 14 January 2024 Vamos 2019
71 Bernardo Arévalo
(born 1958) 		14 January 2024 Incumbent Semilla 2023

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