List of Presidents of Guatemala

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List of Presidents of Guatemala

Before: After its independence from Spain on September 15, 1821, Guatemala was part of the United Provinces of Central America until December 3, 1839 . For the rulers of this period see also:

List of Presidents of Central America and List of Heads of State of the Province of Guatemala

List of Presidents of Guatemala from 1839
Surname	Life dates	Term of office	image
Mariano Rivera Paz	1804-1849	December 3, 1839 - December 14, 1841
José Venancio López Requena	1791-1863	December 14, 1841 - May 14, 1842
Mariano Rivera Paz	so	May 14, 1842 - December 11, 1844
José Rafael Carrera Turcios	1814-1865	December 11, 1844 - August 16, 1848
Juan Antonio Martínez	? -1854	August 16, 1848 - November 28, 1848
José Bernardo Escobar	1797-1849	November 28, 1848 - December 30, 1848
Mariano Paredes	1800-1856	January 1, 1849 - October 21, 1851
José Rafael Carrera Turcios	so	October 21, 1851 - April 14, 1865
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol	1802-1897	April 14, 1865 - May 3, 1865
Vicente Cerna Sandoval	≈1815–1885	May 24, 1865 - June 2, 1871
Miguel García Granados Zavala	1809-1878	June 3, 1871 - June 3, 1873
Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón	1835-1885	June 4, 1873 - April 2, 1885
Alejandro Sinibaldi	1825-1896	April 2, 1885 - April 6, 1885
Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián	1864-1907	April 6, 1885 - March 15, 1892
José María Reina Barrios	1853-1898	March 15, 1892 - February 8, 1898
Manuel José Estrada Cabrera	1857-1924	August 31, 1898 - April 8, 1920
Carlos Herrera y Luna	1856-1930	April 8, 1920 - December 10, 1921
José María Orellana Pinto	1872-1926	December 10, 1921 - September 26, 1926
Lázaro Chacón González	1873-1931	September 27, 1926 - December 13, 1930
Baudilio Palma	1880-1930	December 13, 1930 - December 16, 1930
Manuel María Orellana Contreras	1870-1940	December 17, 1930 - December 31, 1930
José María Reina Andrade	1860-1947	January 2, 1931 - February 15, 1931
Jorge Ubico Castañeda	1878-1946	February 15, 1931 - July 1, 1944
Juan Federico Ponce Vaidez	1889-1956	July 1, 1944 - October 21, 1944
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán	1913-1971	December 19, 1944 - March 1, 1945
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo	1904-1990	March 11, 1945 - March 1, 1951
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán	so	March 1, 1951 - June 27, 1954
Carlos Enrique Díaz de León	1910-1971	June 27, 1954 - June 29, 1954
Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre	1912-1981	June 29, 1954 - July 8, 1954
Carlos Castillo Armas	1914-1957	July 8, 1954 - July 26, 1957
Luis Arturo González López	1900-1957	July 27, 1957 - October 24, 1957
Colonel Óscar Mendoza Azurdia Colonel Roberto Lorenzana Colonel Gonzalo Yurrita Nova	1917-2015	October 24, 1957 - October 27, 1957
Guillermo Flores Avendaño	1894-1982	October 27, 1957 - March 2, 1958
José Miguel Ramón Idígoras Fuentes	1895-1982	March 2, 1958 - March 31, 1963
Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia	1908-1997	March 31, 1963 - June 30, 1966
Julio César Méndez Montenegro	1915-1996	July 1, 1966 - June 30, 1970
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio	1918-2003	July 1, 1970 - June 30, 1974
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	1930-2009	July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1978
Fernando Romeo Lucas García	1923-2006	July 1, 1978 - March 23, 1982
Efraín Ríos Montt	1926-2018	March 23, 1982 - August 8, 1983
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores	1930-2016	August 8, 1983 - January 14, 1986
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo	* 1942	January 14, 1986 - January 14, 1991
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elias	* 1945	January 14, 1991 - June 1, 1993
Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero	* 1946	June 1, 1993 - June 5, 1993
Ramiro de León Carpio	1942-2002	June 6, 1993 - January 14, 1996
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyén	1946-2018	January 14, 1996 - January 14, 2000
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera	* 1951	January 14, 2000 - January 14, 2004
Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo	* 1946	January 14, 2004 - January 14, 2008
Álvaro Colom Caballeros	* 1951	January 14, 2008 - January 14, 2012
Otto Pérez Molina	* 1950	January 14, 2012 - September 3, 2015
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	* 1936	September 3, 2015 - January 14, 2016
Jimmy Morales Cabrera	* 1969	January 14, 2016 - January 14, 2020
Alejandro Giammattei	* 1956	from January 14, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alejandro Giammattei wins Guatemala's presidential race. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .