President of Guatemala

President of the Republic of Guatemala
Coat of arms of the President
Presidential Standart of Guatemala
Incumbent Jimmy Morales Cabrera since 14 January 2016
Head of State and government of the Republic of Guatemala
Style	Mr. President (informal) Most Excellent Mr. President of the Republic (official) His Excellency (alternative formal, diplomatic outside of Guatemala)
Member of	Cabinet
Residence	Guatemalan National Palace
Seat	Guatemala City
Appointer	Supreme Electoral Court
Term length	Four years non-renewable
Constituting instrument	Guatemala Constitution
Inaugural holder	Rafael Carrera
Formation	March 21, 1847 (1847-03-21)
Deputy	Vice President of Guatemala
Salary	Q. 1,694,004.00 annually
Website	Government of Guatemala

The President of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente de Guatemala), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala.

The position of President was created in 1847. From 1821 until 1847, the head of state of Guatemala was styled simply as Head of State (Spanish: Jefe de Estado).

Requirements to hold office

According to article 185 of the constitution, the following is required to be president:

1. A Guatemalan of origin who is a citizen in good standing
2. Forty years of age

Heads of State of Guatemala within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1839)

• Alejandro Díaz Cabeza de Vaca (Provisional): 15 September 1824 – 12 October 1824
• Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia Cepeda: 12 October 1824 – 9 September 1826
• Cirilo Flores (Acting): 9 September 1826 – 13 October 1826
• José Domingo Estrada (Acting): 2 January 1827 – 1 March 1827
• Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol: 1 March 1827 – 13 April 1829
• Mariano Zenteno (Provisional): 13 April 1829 – 30 April 1829
• Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia Cepeda: 30 April 1829 – 23 August 1829
• Pedro Molina Mazariegos: 23 August 1829 – 10 February 1831
• José Gregorio Márquez (Acting): 10 February 1831 – 28 August 1831
• Mariano Gálvez: 28 August 1831 – 3 March 1838
• Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui (Acting): 3 March 1838 – 29 July 1838
• Mariano Rivera Paz (Acting): 29 July 1838 – 30 January 1839
• Carlos Salazar Castro (Provisional): 30 January 1839 – 13 April 1839
• Mariano Rivera Paz (Acting): 13 April 1839 – 3 December 1839

Heads of State of the Independent Republic of Guatemala (1839–present)

Heads of State (1839–1847)

No.	Head of State		Term of Office		Political Affiliation
1	Mariano Rivera Paz		3 December 1839	25 February 1842	Liberal
2	José Venancio López Requena Acting Head of State		25 February 1842	14 May 1842	Liberal
3	Mariano Rivera Paz		14 May 1842	14 December 1844	Liberal
4	Rafael Carrera		14 December 1844	21 March 1847	Conservative

Presidents (1847–present)

No.	President		Term of Office		Political Affiliation
5	Rafael Carrera		21 March 1847	16 August 1848	Conservative
—	Juan Antonio Martínez Acting President		16 August 1848	28 November 1848	Conservative
—	José Bernardo Escobar Acting President		28 November 1848	1 January 1849	Conservative
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|—	Mariano Peredes Acting President		1 January 1849	6 November 1851	Independent
6	Rafael Carrera		6 November 1851	14 April 1865	Conservative
—	Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol Acting President	File:PedroAycinena.jpg	14 April 1865	24 May 1865	Conservative
7	Vicente Cerna Sandoval		24 May 1865	29 June 1871	Conservative
8	Miguel García Granados		29 June 1871	4 June 1873	Liberal
9	Justo Rufino Barrios		4 June 1873	2 April 1885	Liberal
—	Alejandro M. Sinibaldi Acting President		2 April 1885	5 April 1885	Liberal
10	Manuel Barillas		6 April 1885	15 March 1892	Liberal
11	José María Reina Barrios		15 March 1892	8 February 1898	Liberal
12	Manuel Estrada Cabrera		8 February 1898	15 April 1920	Liberal
13	Carlos Herrera		15 April 1920	10 December 1921	Unionist Party
14	José María Orellana		10 December 1921	26 September 1926	Liberal
15	Lázaro Chacón González		26 September 1926	2 January 1931	Unionist Party
—	José María Reina Andrade Acting President		2 January 1931	14 February 1931	Liberal
16	Jorge Ubico Castañeda		14 February 1931	4 July 1944	Liberal
17	Juan Federico Ponce Vaides Acting President		4 July 1944	20 October 1944	Liberal
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|—	Revolutionary Government Junta		20 October 1944	15 March 1945	Military
18	Juan José Arévalo Bermejo		15 March 1945	15 March 1951	Revolutionary Action Party
19	Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán		15 March 1951	27 June 1954 (Deposed)	Revolutionary Action Party / Party of the Guatemalan Revolution
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|—	Carlos Enrique Díaz de León Provisional President		27 June 1954	28 June 1954	Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|—	Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre Chairman of Military Junta		29 June 1954	8 July 1954	Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|20	Carlos Castillo Armas	File:Carlos Castillo Armas Color.jpg	8 July 1954	26 July 1957	Military
—	Luis Arturo González López Acting President		27 July 1957	24 October 1957	National Progress Party
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|—	Óscar Mendoza Azurdia Chairman of Military Junta		24 October 1957	26 October 1957	Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|—	Guillermo Flores Avendaño Acting President		26 October 1957	2 March 1958	Military
21	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	File:Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes.jpg	2 March 1958	31 March 1963	Military / National Democratic Reconciliation Party
style="background:Template:Guatemalan Republican Front/meta/color; color:white"|22	Enrique Peralta Azurdia		31 March 1963	1 July 1966	Institutional Democratic Party
23	Julio César Méndez Montenegro		1 July 1966	1 July 1970	Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Guatemalan Republican Front/meta/color; color:white"|24	Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio		1 July 1970	1 July 1974	Institutional Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Guatemalan Republican Front/meta/color; color:white"|25	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García		1 July 1974	1 July 1978	Institutional Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Guatemalan Republican Front/meta/color; color:white"|26	Fernando Romeo Lucas García		1 July 1978	23 March 1982	Institutional Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|27	José Efraín Ríos Montt		23 March 1982	8 August 1983	Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black"|28	Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores		8 August 1983	14 January 1986	Military
29	Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo		14 January 1986	14 January 1991	Guatemalan Christian Democracy
30	Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías	File:Jorge Serrano Elias.jpg	14 January 1991	1 June 1993	Solidarity Action Movement
31	Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero		1 June 1993	5 June 1993	Solidarity Action Movement
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|32	Ramiro de León Carpio		6 June 1993	14 January 1996	Independent
33	Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen		14 January 1996	14 January 2000	National Advancement Party / Unionist Party
style="background:Template:Guatemalan Republican Front/meta/color; color:white"|34	Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera		14 January 2000	14 January 2004	Guatemalan Republican Front
35	Óscar Rafael Berger Perdomo		14 January 2004	14 January 2008	National Solidarity Party / Grand National Alliance
style="background:Template:National Unity of Hope/meta/color; color:white"|36	Álvaro Colom Caballeros		14 January 2008	14 January 2012	National Unity of Hope
37	Otto Fernando Pérez Molina		14 January 2012	3 September 2015	Patriotic Party / Grand National Alliance
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|—	Alejandro Baltasar Maldonado Aguirre Acting President		3 September 2015	14 January 2016	Independent
style="background:Template:National Convergence Front/meta/color; color:white"|38	Jimmy Ernesto Morales Cabrera		14 January 2016	Incumbent	National Convergence Front

Latest election

Main article: Guatemalan general election, 2015

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Jimmy Morales	National Convergence Front	1,167,030	23.85	2,750,847	67.44
Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova	National Unity of Hope	967,242	19.76	1,328,381	32.56
Manuel Antonio Baldizón Méndez	Renewed Democratic Liberty	961,284	19.64
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla	Fuerza	315,774	6.45
Zury Maité Ríos Sosa	Vision with Values	288,421	5.89
Lizardo Arturo Sosa López	Todos	260,801	5.33
Mario David Antonio García Velásquez	Patriotic Party	226,372	4.63
Roberto González Díaz-Durán	CREO–Unionist Party	168,715	3.45
Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana	National Change Union	168,664	3.45
Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Strauss	National Advancement Party	151,655	3.10
Miguel Ángel Sandoval	Winaq–URNG–MAIZ	103,300	2.11
José Ángel López Camposeco	Encounter for Guatemala	44,360	0.91
Luis Fernando Pérez Martínez	Institutional Republican Party	41,964	0.86
Rodolfo Aníbal García Hernández	New Republic Movement	28,427	0.58
Invalid/blank votes		495,996	–	176,647	–
Total		5,390,005	100	4,079,228	100
Registered voters/turnout		7,556,873	71.33	7,556,873	56.32
Source: TSE