List of presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala explained

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Post:President of the
Congress of the Republic
Incumbent:Nery Ramos
Incumbentsince:January 19, 2024
Style:Mr. President
Seat:Guatemala City
Appointer:Congress of Guatemala
Deputy:First Vice President
Termlength:1 year
Formation:March 15, 1945
Inaugural:Jorge García Granados
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The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (es|Presidente del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) is the presiding officer of the legislature.[1] Until 1996 the title was President of the National Congress.

Below is a partial list of office-holders:

Chamber of Representatives 1851–1879

Cámara de Representantes

NameTook office Left officeNotes
Fernando Antonio DávilaJuly 1839December 1839 – ?Constituent assembly[2]
Miguel Larreynaga? – September 1840September 1840 – ?
Juan Matheu? – Jan 1849January 1852 – ?[3]
José Antonio Azmitia? – 18581858 – ?[4]
Juan Matheu? – January 18681872 – ?[5]
Marcos Dardón? – August 1872August 1872 – ?

National Assembly 1879–1945

Asamblea Nacional

NameTook office Left officeNotes
José Antonio Salazar7 May 187313 September 1876Constituent assembly[6]
Manuel J. Dardon1 October 187626 October 1876Constituent assembly
José Farfán? – March 1879December 1879 – ?Constituent assembly
José Antonio Salazar1 March 18801 March 1881
Francisco Lainfiesta1 March 18811 March 1882
José Antonio Salazar1 March 188211 November 1882died
Francisco Lainfiesta2 December 188230 November 1883His period ended on 1884
Angel María Arroyo30 November 18831 March 1884During extraordinary sessions
Manuel Ramírez1 March 18841 March 1885
Angel María Arroyo1 March 18855 April 1885Appointed as Secretary of Interior
José Salazar6 April 188526 May 1885The Assembly was dissolved to reform the constitution
Joaquín Macal24 August 188522 October 1885Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution
Miguel Alvarez1 March 18861 March 1887[7]
Manuel Ramírez1 March 188726 June 1887
Ramón Uriarte1 October 188716 November 1887Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution
Arturo Ubico Urruela1 March 188812 March 1888
José Pinto12 April 18881 March 1891
Antonio Lazo Arriaga1 March 1891April 1891
Miguel FloresApril 18911 March 1892
José Pinto1 March 18921 March 1894
Mariano Cruz1 March 18941 March 1895
Arturo Ubico Urruela1 March 18951 March 1896
Mariano Cruz1 March 18961 March 1897
Feliciano Aguilar1 March 189731 May 1897Reina Barrios dissolved the Assembly[8]
Mariano Cruz16 August 189730 August 1897 Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution
Arturo Ubico Urruela1 March 18983 June 1903
José Pinto4 July 190312 July 1903Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution
Arturo Ubico Urruela1 March 1904October 1919[9]
Mariano Cruz? – September 1919September 1919 – ?
Adrián Vidaurre1 March 1920April 1920 – ?
Tácito Molina Izquierdo? – November 1920March 1921 – ?
José A. Beteta? – December 1927December 1927 – ?Constituent assembly
Juan J. Ortega1930February 1931[10]
Juan J. OrtegaMarch 1932April 1934
Luis F. Mendizábal19341937 – ?[11]
Ramón Calderón? – September 1941September 1941 – ?Constituent assembly
Manuel Galich3 December 194415 March 1945[12]

Congress since 1945

The title 1984–1986 was President of the National Constituent Assembly

NameTook office Left officePartyNotes
Jorge García Granados10 January 194515 March 1945National constituent assembly[13]
Jorge García Granados20 March 194512 July 1945
Julio Bonilla González20 July 194528 February 1946
Gerardo Gordillo Barrios19 March 194628 February 1947
Mario Monteforte Toledo1947March 1948
Víctor Giordani19481948[14]
Óscar Barrios Castillo19481948
Mario Monteforte Toledo1 March 194928 February 1950
Guillermo Fonseca Penedo1 March 195028 February 1951
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes1 March 195128 February 1952
Julio Estrada de la Hoz1 March 195228 February 1953
Guillermo Ovando Arriola1 March 195328 February 1954
Marco Antonio Franco Chacón1 March 195429 June 1954Deposed
Luis Arturo González López29 October 195428 February 1956National constituent assembly
Luis Arturo González López1 March 195628 February 1957[15]
Federico Carbonell Rodas1 March 195728 February 1958
Julio Prado García Salas1 March 195828 February 1959
Ernesto Viteri Bertrand1 March 195928 February 1960
Jorge Luis Zelaya Coronado1 March 196028 February 1961
Rubén Flores Avendaño1 March 196128 February 1962
Miguel Angel Ortega Mérida1 March 196228 February 1963
Manuel Orellana Portillo1 March 196331 March 1963
Vicente Diaz Samayoa6 July 19645 May 1966Constituent assembly president
Mario Fuentes Pieruccini5 May 196615 June 1967
José Gregorio Prem Beteta15 June 19671968[16]
Manuel Francisco Villamar19681969[17]
Enrique A. Claverie Delgado19691970[18]
Mario Sandoval Alarcón1970June 1974[19]
Luis Alfonso LópezJune 1974June 1975[20]
Donaldo Álvarez RuizJune 19751976[21] [22]
Luis Alfonso López19761977[23]
Rafael Castillo Valdez1977June 1978[24]
José Trinidad Uclés19781979[25]
Manuel Salvador Polanco Ramírez19791981[26] [27]
Tomás Esteban Zepeda Guzmán19811982[28]
Jorge Bonilla López1982March 1982[29]
Ramiro de León CarpioJuly 1984January 1986UCNThree rotating presidents[30]
Roberto CarpioJuly 1984January 1986DCGThree rotating presidents
Héctor Aragón QuiñónezJuly 1984January 1986MLNThree rotating presidents
Alfonso Cabrera HidalgoJanuary 19861986DCG[31]
Roberto Adolfo Valle Valdizán19861987DCG[32]
José Ricardo Gómez Gálvez19871988DCG
Alfonso Alonso Barillas19881989DCG[33]
José Fernando Lobo Dubón19891990[34]
Marco Antonio Dardón CastilloJanuary 1990January 1991DCG[35] [36]
Ana Catalina Soberanis ReyesJanuary 1991January 1992DCG[37]
Edmond MuletJanuary 1992January 1993UCN[38]
José Fernando Lobo DubónJanuary 1993June 1993DCG[39]
Óscar Vinicio Villar AnleuJanuary 1994September 1994DCG
Arabella Castro Quiñónez de CompariniSeptember 1994January 1995PAN[40]
José Efraín Ríos MonttJanuary 19951996FRG
Carlos Alberto García Regás19961997PAN[41]
Arabella Castro Quiñónez de Comparini19971998PAN
Rafael Eduardo Barrios Flores19981999PAN
Leonel López Rodas1999January 2000PAN[42]
José Efraín Ríos MonttJanuary 2000January 2004FRG
Francisco Rolando Morales ChávezJanuary 2004January 2005UNE
January 2005January 2007GANA
Ruben Dario Morales VélizJanuary 2007January 2008PAN
Eduardo MeyerJanuary 2008January 2009UNE[43]
José Roberto Alejos CámbaraJanuary 2009January 2012
Gudy Rivera EstradaJanuary 2012January 2013
Pedro MuadiJanuary 2013January 2014
Arístides Crespo VillegasJanuary 2014January 2015
Luis RabbéJanuary 2015January 2016Independent
Mario TaracenaJanuary 2016January 2017UNE
Óscar ChinchillaJanuary 2017January 2018CREO
Álvaro Arzú EscobarJanuary 2018January 2020
Allan RodríguezJanuary 2020January 2022VAMOS
Shirley Rivera14 January 202214 January 2024VAMOS
Samuel Pérez Álvarez14 January 202419 January 2024Semilla[44]
Nery Ramos19 January 2024IncumbentBlue Party[45]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junta Directiva . congreso.gob.gt . 2020-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408115949/https://www.congreso.gob.gt/el-congreso/organos-del-congreso/junta-directiva/ . 8 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Recopilación de las leyes de Guatemala. July 18, 1869. Imprenta de la Paz, en el Palacio. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Recopilación de las leyes de Guatemala. Guatemala. Mont. Manuel Pineda de. 1869.
  4. https://www.yumpu.com/es/document/read/14181523/la-america-central-ante-la-historia
  5. Web site: Calendario manual y guía de forasteros en Madrid. 1872.
  6. http://biblioteca.oj.gob.gt/digitales/42728.pdf
  7. Book: Guatemala. Recopilación de las leyes de la República de Guatemala. 1886. Tipografía Nacional. es.
  8. Web site: 2022-07-12 . HoyHistoriaGT José María Reina Barrios . 2023-11-11 . HoyHistoriaGT Hoy en la Historia de Guatemala . es.
  9. Book: Guatemala. Recopilación de las leyes de la República de Guatemala. 1910. Tipografía "La Unión". es.
  10. Book: Gaitán . Luis . Biografía del Dr. Juan J. Ortega . 1958 . Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala . es.
  11. Web site: Political Handbook of the World(year 1938). 1938.
  12. http://polidoc.usac.edu.gt/digital/cedec11085.pdf
  13. Web site: Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. July 18, 1968. Gobierno de la República. Google Books.
  14. Book: Lima, Flavio Rojas. Diccionario histórico biográfico de Guatemala. July 18, 2004. Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. 9789992244012. Google Books.
  15. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  16. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  17. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  18. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  19. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  20. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  21. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  22. Web site: Ordenan captura de Donaldo Álvarez Ruiz – Prensa Libre. 10 December 2016 .
  23. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  24. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  25. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  26. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  27. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  28. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  29. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  30. Book: varios, Autores. Constitución de Guatemala de 1985. 1 January 2014. Linkgua digital. 9788498971521. Google Books.
  31. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  32. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  33. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  34. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  35. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  36. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  37. Web site: PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS, CONGRESO Y GOBERNABILIDAD DEMOCRÁTICA: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos.
  38. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala.
  39. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala. 2020-09-18. congreso.gob.gt.
  40. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala. 2020-09-18. congreso.gob.gt.
  41. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala. 2020-09-18. congreso.gob.gt.
  42. Web site: Las plazas 011 que han firmado 11 presidentes del Congreso. 25 January 2016. elPeriodico.
  43. Web site: Guatemala . 2024-01-17 . U.S. Department of State.
  44. Web site: Hora . Redacción La . 2024-01-15 . Con 92 votos, planilla de Samuel Pérez presidirá el Congreso en el 2024 . 2024-01-15 . La Hora . es.
  45. Web site: 19 January 2024 . DIPUTADO NERY RAMOS ELECTO PRESIDENTE DEL CONGRESO . 2024-01-20 . www.congreso.gob.gt.

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