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{{Short description|Head of state and government of Guatemala}}
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| post = President
| body = the<br />Republic of Guatemala
| native_name = {{small|Presidente de la República de Guatemala}}
| insignia = Coat of arms of Guatemala.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Guatemala|Coat of arms of the President]]
| flag = Guatemala Presidental Flag.svg
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = [[Presidential standard|Presidential flag]]
| image = Retrato oficial de Presidente Bernardo Arévalo.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[Bernardo Arévalo]]
| incumbentsince = 14 January 2024
| member_of = [[Council of Ministers of Guatemala|Cabinet]]
| department = Office of the President of Guatemala<br>National Security Council
| style = Most Excellent Mr. President of the Republic<br>{{resize|80%|(official)}}<br />[[Mr. President (title)|Mr. President]]<br>{{resize|80%|(informal)}}
| residence = [[w:es:Casa Presidencial de Guatemala|Casa Crema]]
| seat = [[Guatemala City]]
| status = [[Head of state]]<br>[[Head of government]]
| appointer = Supreme Electoral Court
| termlength = Four years
| termlength_qualified = non renewable 
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Guatemala]] (1986)
| formation = {{start date and age|1839|12|3|p=1|br=1}}
| salary = {{currency|146950|GTQ}} monthly<br />({{currency|18863|USD}} as of May 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/01/17/jimmy-morales-el-presidente-mejor-pagado-de-latinoamerica/ |title=Jimmy Morales el presidente mejor pagado de Latinoamérica |author=Rony Ríos|date=17 January 2017 |publisher=elPeriódico |archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119033553/https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/01/17/jimmy-morales-el-presidente-mejor-pagado-de-latinoamerica/ |access-date=19 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| inaugural = [[Mariano Rivera Paz]]
| deputy = [[Vice President of Guatemala]]
| website = {{URL|https://bernardoarevalo.presidencia.gob.gt/|www.presidencia.gob.gt}}
| flagborder = yes
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{{Politics of Guatemala}}

The '''president of Guatemala''' ({{langx|es|Presidente de Guatemala}}), officially titled '''President of the Republic of Guatemala''' ({{langx|es|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.

==Selection process==

===Eligibility===
Article 185 of the Constitution, sets the following requirements to qualify for the presidency:

* be Guatemalan of origin who is a citizen in good standing;
* be at least 40 years old.

A person who meets the above qualifications would, however, still be disqualified from holding the office of president if the individual:

* Was the leader or the head of a [[coup d'état]], armed revolution, or similar movement, that had altered the constitutional order, and as a result of their actions became the Head of Government;
* Exercised the role of President or Vice President during an election, or at any point within the presidential period in which elections are conducted.
* Are relatives of the incumbent president or vice president prior to the succeeding election;
* Served as a [[Council of Ministers of Guatemala|Minister]] within the government, for any time in the six months before the election;
* Served as a member of the [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Armed Forces]] unless they are on leave or have been in retirement for at least five years before the election;
* Are ministers of any religion or cult;
* Are magistrates of the [[Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Guatemala)|Supreme Electoral Tribunal]].

===Term limit===
The President serves a four-year term and is prohibited from seeking re-election or extending their tenure. Moreover, a person who held the position of president for more than two years is barred from running for office again.

==Executive powers==
Article 183 of the Constitution, confers the following duties and competencies to the president:

* Comply with and enforce the Constitution and laws.
* Provide the defense and security of the Nation, as well as the preservation of public order.
* Exercise the command of the [[Armed Forces of Guatemala]] with all the respective functions and attributions.
* Exercise the command of the National Police.
* Approve, promulgate, execute and enforce laws.
* Dictate the provisions that are necessary in cases of serious emergency or public calamity, having to report to the [[Congress of Guatemala|Congress]] in its immediate sessions.
* Submit proposals of laws to the Congress.
* Exercise the right of veto with respect to the laws issued by the Congress, except in cases in which it is not necessary to sanction the executive branch in accordance with the Constitution.
* Present annually to the Congress, at the beginning of its session, written report on the general situation of the Republic and of the business of its administration carried out during the previous year.
* Submit annually to the Congress, for approval with no less than one hundred and twenty days prior to the date on which the fiscal year begins, through the Ministry of Public Finance, the draft budget that contains in detail the income and expenditures of the State. If the Congress is not in session, it must hold extraordinary sessions to hear about the project.
* Submit for consideration of the Congress for approval, and before ratification, treaties and conventions of international character and contracts and concessions on public services.
* To summon the Legislative Organism to extraordinary sessions when the interests of the Republic demand it.
* Coordinate the development policy of the Nation through the Council of Ministers.
* Preside over the Council of Ministers and exercise the function of hierarchical superior of the officials and employees of the Executive Organism.
* Maintain the territorial integrity and dignity of the Nation.
* Direct foreign policy and international relations, pronounce, ratify and denounce treaties and agreements in accordance with the Constitution.
* Receive the diplomatic representatives, as well as issue and withdraw the exequatur to the patents of the consuls.
* Administer public finances in accordance with the law.
* Exonerate of fines and surcharges to the taxpayers who have incurred in them for not covering the taxes within the legal terms for acts or omissions in the administrative order.
* Appoint and remove ministers of state, deputy ministers, secretaries and undersecretaries of the presidency, ambassadors and other officials that correspond to it according to the law.
* Grant premiums, pensions and subsidies in accordance with the Law.
* Award decorations to Guatemalans and foreigners.
* Within the fifteen days following its conclusion, inform the Congress about the purpose of any trip that has taken place outside the national territory and about the results thereof.
* Submit every four months to the Congress through the respective ministry an analytical report on the budget execution, for its knowledge and control.
* Exercise all other functions assigned by the Constitution or the law.

==Vacancies and succession==
Article 189 of the Constitution establishes the presidential line of succession. If the president is temporarily absent, the vice president takes over the presidency. If the absence of the President is permanent, the vice president holds the presidency until the end of the constitutional period. In the event of a double vacancy, Congress has the authority to designate an acting president by a vote of two-thirds of the total number of deputies.

==List of presidents==
'''Note''': Regarding the numbering of the terms, several reliable sources state that Jimmy Morales is the 50th president<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1IltPnpVfA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/y1IltPnpVfA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Jimmy Morales tomó la banda presidencial como el 50° Presidente de la República de Guatemala |date=16 January 2016 |publisher=TN23 (news station, original in video)|access-date=5 April 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/01/14/el-comediante-jimmy-morales-asume-como-nuevo-presidente-de-guatemala |title=Jimmy Morales asume como nuevo presidente de Guatemala |date=14 January 2016 |publisher=CNN Español|archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204125804/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/01/14/el-comediante-jimmy-morales-asume-como-nuevo-presidente-de-guatemala/ |access-date=5 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/03/17/que-le-obsequiaria-usted-este-sabado-al-presidente-jimmy-morales-en-su-48-cumpleanos/ |title=¿Qué le obsequiaría usted este sábado al presidente Jimmy Morales en su 48 cumpleaños? |author=Tulio Juárez |date=17 March 2017 |publisher=elPeriódico |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405210321/https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2017/03/17/que-le-obsequiaria-usted-este-sabado-al-presidente-jimmy-morales-en-su-48-cumpleanos/ |access-date=5 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===State of Guatemala (1839–1847)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" |1
| [[File:Mariano Rivera Paz.jpg|100px]]
| [[Mariano Rivera Paz]]<br />{{small|(1804–1849)}}
| 3 December 1839
| 25 February 1842
| {{ayd|1839|12|03|1842|02|25}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| 2
| [[File:Jlrequenaguatemalapresd.jpg|100px]]
| [[José Venancio López]]<br />{{small|(1791–1863)<br />''Acting''}}
| 25 February 1842
| 14 May 1842
| {{ayd|1842|02|25|1842|05|14}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 3
| [[File:Mariano Rivera Paz.jpg|100px]]
| [[Mariano Rivera Paz]]<br />{{small|(1804–1849)}}
| 14 May 1842
| 14 December 1844
| {{ayd|1842|05|14|1844|12|14}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 4
| [[File:Carrerayturcios 2014-06-22 09-46 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Rafael Carrera]]<br />{{small|(1814–1865)}}
| 14 December 1844
| 16 August 1848
| {{ayd|1844|12|14|1848|08|16}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|}

===Republic from Carrera to the Liberal Revolution (1847–1871)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 4
| [[File:Carrerayturcios 2014-06-22 09-46 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Rafael Carrera]]<br />{{small|(1814–1865)}}
| 14 December 1844
| 16 August 1848
| {{ayd|1844|12|14|1848|08|16}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 5
| [[File:Juan Antonio Martinez presidente interino Guatemala.jpg|100px]]
| [[Juan Antonio Martínez]]<br />{{small|(?–1854)<br />''Acting''}}
| 16 August 1848
| 28 November 1848
| {{ayd|1848|08|16|1848|11|28}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 6
| [[File:blank.png|100px]]
| [[José Bernardo Escobar]]<br />{{small|(1797–1849)<br />''Acting''}}
| 28 November 1848
| 1 January 1849
| {{ayd|1848|11|28|1849|01|01}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| 7
| [[File:blank.png|100px]]
| [[Mariano Paredes (Guatemala)|Mariano Paredes]]<br />{{small|(1800–1856)<br />''Acting''}}
| 1 January 1849
| 6 November 1851
| {{ayd|1849|01|01|1851|11|06}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 8
| [[File:Carrerayturcios 2014-06-22 09-46 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Rafael Carrera]]<br />{{small|(1814–1865)}}
| 6 November 1851
| 14 April 1865
| {{ayd|1851|11|06|1865|04|14}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 9
| [[File:Pedro de Aycinena.JPG|100px]]
| [[Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol]]<br />{{small|(1802–1897)<br />''Acting''}}
| 14 April 1865
| 24 May 1865
| {{ayd|1865|04|14|1865|05|24}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|-
! style="background:MediumBlue; color:white" | 10
| [[File:VicenteCerna (oficial).jpg|100px]]
| [[Vicente Cerna Sandoval]]<br />{{small|(1815–1885)}}
| 24 May 1865
| 29 June 1871
| {{ayd|1865|05|24|1871|06|29}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|}

===Liberal period (1871–1944)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 11
| [[File:La Locomotor 1906 García Granados (HQ) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Miguel García Granados]]<br />{{small|(1809–1878)}}
| 29 June 1871
| 4 June 1873
| {{ayd|1871|06|29|1873|06|04}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| —
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 12
| [[File:Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón.jpg|100px]]
| [[Justo Rufino Barrios]]<br />{{small|(1835–1885)}}
| 4 June 1873
| 2 April 1885
| {{ayd|1873|06|04|1885|04|02}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| [[1873 Guatemalan general election|1873]]<br />[[1880 Guatemalan general election|1880]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA"
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 13
| [[File:Alejandrosinibaldi.jpg|100px]]
| [[Alejandro M. Sinibaldi]]<br />{{small|(1825–1896)<br />''Acting''}}
| 2 April 1885
| 5 April 1885
| {{ayd|1885|04|02|1885|04|05}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| —
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 14
| [[File:Guatemala land of quetzal, Brigham 07.jpeg|100px]]
| [[Manuel Barillas]]<br />{{small|(1845–1907)}}
| 6 April 1885
| 15 March 1892
| {{ayd|1885|04|05|1892|03|15}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| —
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 15
| [[File:José María Reina Barrios, 1897.jpg|100px]]
| [[José María Reina Barrios]]<br />{{small|(1854–1898)}}
| 15 March 1892
| 8 February 1898
| {{ayd|1892|03|15|1898|02|08}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| [[1892 Guatemalan presidential election|1892]]
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 16
| [[File:Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 1916.jpg|100px]]
| [[Manuel Estrada Cabrera]]<br />{{small|(1857–1924)}}
| 8 February 1898
| 15 April 1920
| {{ayd|1898|02|08|1920|04|15}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| [[1898 Guatemalan presidential election|1898]]<br />[[1904 Guatemalan presidential election|1904]]<br />[[1910 Guatemalan presidential election|1910]]<br />[[1916 Guatemalan presidential election|1916]]
|-
! style="background:Yellow; color:black" | 17
| [[File:HERRERA, CARLOS. HONORABLE LCCN2016859094 (cropped).tif|100px]]
| [[Carlos Herrera]]<br />{{small|(1856–1930)}}
| 15 April 1920
| 10 December 1921
| {{ayd|1920|04|15|1921|12|10}}
| [[Partido Unionista de Guatemala (1920)|Unionist Party]]
| [[April 1920 Guatemalan presidential election|1920 (Apr)]]<br />[[August 1920 Guatemalan presidential election|1920 (Aug)]]
|-
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 18
| [[File:José María Orellana (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[José María Orellana]]<br />{{small|(1872–1926)}}
| 10 December 1921
| 26 September 1926
| {{ayd|1921|12|10|1926|09|26}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| [[1921 Guatemalan presidential election|1921]]<br />[[1922 Guatemalan presidential election|1922]]
|-
! style="background:Yellow; color:black" | 19
| [[File:LázaroChacón.jpg|100px]]
| [[Lázaro Chacón González]]<br />{{small|(1873–1931)}}
| 26 September 1926
| 12 December 1930
| {{ayd|1926|09|26|1930|12|12}}
| [[Partido Unionista de Guatemala (1920)|Unionist Party]]
| [[1926 Guatemalan general election|1926]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA"
! style="background:DarkBlue; color:white" | —
| [[File:Palma1923.jpg|100px]]
| [[Baudilio Palma]]<br />{{small|(1880–1930)<br />''Acting''}}
| 13 December 1930
| 17 December 1930
| {{ayd|1930|12|13|1930|12|17}}
| [[Conservative Party (Guatemala)|Conservative]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA"
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | —
| [[File:Manuel María Orellana Contreras.jpg|100px]]
| [[Manuel María Orellana Contreras]]<br />{{small|(1870–1940)<br />''De facto''}}
| 17 December 1930
| 2 January 1931
| {{ayd|1930|12|17|1931|01|02}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA"
! style="background:Maroon; color:white" | 20
| [[File:José María Reyna Andrade.jpg|100px]]
| [[José María Reina Andrade]]<br />{{small|(1860–1947)<br />''Acting''}}
| 2 January 1931
| 14 February 1931
| {{ayd|1931|01|02|1931|02|14}}
| [[Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Liberal]]
| —
|-
! style="background:#042EC6; color:white" | 21
| [[File:Presidente Jorge Ubico Castañeda.png|100px]]
| [[Jorge Ubico]]<br />{{small|(1878–1946)}}
| 14 February 1931
| 1 July 1944
| {{ayd|1931|02|14|1944|07|01}}
| [[Progressive Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Progressive Liberal Party]]
| [[1931 Guatemalan general election|1931]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA"
! style="background:#042EC6; color:white" | 22
| [[File:Federicoponcevaides (cropped).jpg|133x133px]]
| [[Juan Federico Ponce Vaides]]<br />{{small|(1889–1956)<br />''Acting''}}
| 4 July 1944
| 20 October 1944
| {{ayd|1944|07|04|1944|10|20}}
| [[Progressive Liberal Party (Guatemala)|Progressive Liberal Party]]
| [[July 1944 Guatemalan presidential election|July 1944]]
|}

===Ten-Year Revolution (1944–1954)===
The authoritarian regime of Jorge Ubico, which persisted since 1931, was overthrown by a revolution known as the  "[[Guatemalan Revolution|Ten Years of Spring]]" on 4 July 1944. After more than a month of mass student and trade union protests, Ubico resigned and fled to [[Mexico]], transferring powers to his [[Vice President of Guatemala|First Deputy]], [[Juan Federico Ponce Vaides|Federico Ponce Vaides]]. Presidential elections were held on [[July 1944 Guatemalan presidential election|4 July 1944]], which declared Ponce as the president. However, the opposition rejected the results, and as a result, on 20 October 1944, a group of young officers overthrew Ponce, creating a military-civilian government called the ''Revolutionary Government Junta''. A new constitution was adopted and elections were held, which resulted in the victory of [[Juan José Arévalo]] in [[1944 Guatemalan presidential election|1944]] and [[Jacobo Árbenz]] in [[1950 Guatemalan presidential election|1950]]. During this period, Guatemala underwent numerous social and economic reforms, including [[Decree 900|large-scale land reform]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 23
| [[File:Juntagobierno1944.jpg|100px]]
| Revolutionary Government Junta
| 20 October 1944
| 15 March 1945
| {{ayd|1944|10|20|1945|03|15}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|-
! style="background:Navy; color:white" | 24
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Juan José Arévalo (cropped 1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Juan José Arévalo]]<br />{{small|(1904–1990)}}
| 15 March 1945
| 15 March 1951
| {{age in years|1945|03|15|1951|03|15}} years
| [[Revolutionary Action Party]]
| [[1944 Guatemalan presidential election|1944]]
|-
! style="background:Navy; color:white" | 25
| [[File:Retrato de Presidente Jacobo Árbenz.png|100px]]
| [[Jacobo Árbenz]]<br />{{small|(1913–1971)}}
| 15 March 1951
| 27 June 1954<br />{{small|([[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état|Deposed]])}}
| {{ayd|1951|03|15|1954|06|27}}
| [[Revolutionary Action Party]] /<br />[[Party of the Guatemalan Revolution]]
| [[1950 Guatemalan presidential election|1950]]
|}

===Military governments (1954–1958)===
Upon presenting his resignation, Jacobo Árbenz left Colonel [[Carlos Enrique Díaz de León|Carlos Enrique Díaz]], head of the [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Armed Forces]], in charge of the presidency. Diaz's first measure was the integration of a provisional government board which he led alongside Colonels [[Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre|Elfego H. Monzón]] and [[José Ángel Sánchez]]. On 29 June, Díaz was forced to resign, leading to Monzón succeeding as the new chairman of the board. Monzón would assemble a new governing board and incorporate Colonel [[Carlos Castillo Armas|Castillo Armas]], [[Juan Mauricio Dubois]], [[Jose Luis Cruz Salazar]], and [[Enrique Oliva]].

The new board would dissolve after a popular plebiscite held on [[1954 Guatemalan general election|10 October 1954]] would allow Colonel Castillo Armas to assume the presidency. Under Armas' mandate, several reforms implemented during the [[Guatemalan Revolution]] were suspended, and political opponents, as well as unions and peasant organizations, were persecuted. Armas' assassination on 26 July 1957, would prompt [[Congress of the Republic of Guatemala|Congress]] to appoint [[Luis Arturo González López|Luis Arturo González]] as acting president and condition him to call for elections within four months.

The planned election was held on [[1957 Guatemalan general election|20 October 1957]], but the results were later nullified due to allegations of fraud. President González would resign and cede power to a provisional governing board led by [[Óscar Mendoza Azurdia]], [[Gonzalo Yurrita Nova]], and [[Roberto Lorenzana]]. The new board would govern for two days before Congress would appoint Colonel [[Guillermo Flores Avendaño]] as acting president. President Avendaño would call for elections in [[1958 Guatemalan general election|January 1958]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 26
| [[File:Retrato de Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Carlos Enrique Díaz de León]]<br />{{small|(1915–2014)}}<br />{{small|''Provisional President''}}
| 27 June 1954
| 29 June 1954
| {{ayd|1954|06|27|1954|06|29}}
| [[Military of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|-
! style="background:#002C77; color:white" | 27
| [[File:blank.png|100px]]
| [[Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre]]<br />{{small|(1912–1981)}}<br />{{small|''Chairman of Military Junta''}}
| 29 June 1954
| 8 July 1954
| {{ayd|1954|06|29|1954|07|08}}
| [[National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)|National Liberation Movement]]
| —
|-
! style="background:#002C77; color:white" | 28
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Carlos Castillo Armas (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Carlos Castillo Armas]]<br />{{small|(1914–1957)}}
| 8 July 1954
| 26 July 1957
| {{ayd|1954|07|08|1957|07|26}}
| [[National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)|National Liberation Movement]]
| [[1954 Guatemalan general election|1954]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:#002C77;  color:white" | 29
| [[File:Luis Arturo González López (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Luis Arturo González López]]<br />{{small|(1900–1965)<br />''Acting''}}
| 27 July 1957
| 24 October 1957
| {{ayd|1957|07|27|1957|10|24}}
| [[National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)|National Liberation Movement]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 30
| [[File:Oscar Mendoza Azurdia.png|100px]]
| [[Óscar Mendoza Azurdia]]<br />{{small|(1917–1995)}}<br />{{small|''Chairman of Military Junta''}}
| 24 October 1957
| 26 October 1957
| {{ayd|1957|10|24|1957|10|26}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 31
| [[File:Foto oficial de Presidente Guillermo Flores Avendaño (trimmed) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Guillermo Flores Avendaño]]<br />{{small|(1894–1982)<br />''Acting''}}
| 26 October 1957
| 2 March 1958
| {{ayd|1957|10|24|1958|3|2}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|}

===Civil War period (1958–1996)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:#4682B4; color:white" |32
| [[File:Foto oficial de Presidente Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (cropped 2).png|100px]]
| [[Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes]]<br />{{small|(1895–1982)}}
| 2 March 1958
| 31 March 1963<br />{{small|([[1963 Guatemalan coup d'état|Deposed]])}}
| {{ayd|1958|3|2|1963|03|31}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]] /<br />[[National Democratic Reconciliation Party|REDENCION]]
| [[1958 Guatemalan general election|1958]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Republican Front}}; color:white" | 33
| [[File:Retrato de Enrique Peralta Azurdia.jpg|100px]]
| [[Enrique Peralta Azurdia]]<br />{{small|(1908–1997)}}
| 31 March 1963
| 1 July 1966
| {{ayd|1963|03|31|1966|07|01}}
| [[Institutional Democratic Party]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Revolutionary Party (Guatemala)}}; color:white" | 34
| [[File:Foto oficial de Julio César Méndez Montenegro (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Julio César Méndez Montenegro]]<br />{{small|(1915–1996)}}
| 1 July 1966
| 1 July 1970
| {{age in years|1966|07|01|1970|07|01}} years
| [[Revolutionary Party (Guatemala)|Revolutionary Party]]
| [[1966 Guatemalan general election|1966]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Republican Front}}; color:white" | 35
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio (photo scan) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio]]<br />{{small|(1918–2003)}}
| 1 July 1970
| 1 July 1974
| {{age in years|1970|07|01|1974|07|01}} years
| [[Institutional Democratic Party]]
| [[1970 Guatemalan general election|1970]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Republican Front}}; color:white" | 36
| [[File:Foto alternativa del retrato presidencial de Kjell Eugenio Laugerud Garcia (b).jpg|100px]]
| [[Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García]]<br />{{small|(1930–2009)}}
| 1 July 1974
| 1 July 1978
| {{age in years|1974|07|01|1978|07|01}} years
| [[Institutional Democratic Party]]
| [[1974 Guatemalan general election|1974]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Republican Front}}; color:white" | 37
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia (cropped 1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Fernando Romeo Lucas García]]<br />{{small|(1924–2006)}}
| 1 July 1978
| 23 March 1982<br />{{small|([[1982 Guatemalan coup d'état|Deposed]])}}
| {{ayd|1978|07|01|1982|03|23}}
| [[Institutional Democratic Party]]
| [[1978 Guatemalan general election|1978]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 38
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Efraín Ríos Montt (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]<br />{{small|(1926–2018)}}
| 23 March 1982
| 8 August 1983<br />{{small|([[1983 Guatemalan coup d'état|Deposed]])}}
| {{ayd|1982|03|23|1983|08|08}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}}; color:black" | 39
| [[File:Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores.jpg|100px]]
| [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores]]<br />{{small|(1930–2016)}}
| 8 August 1983
| 14 January 1986
| {{ayd|1983|08|08|1986|01|14}}
| [[Armed Forces of Guatemala|Military]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Christian Democracy}}; color:white" | 40
| [[File:Foto oficial de Presidente Vinicio Cerezo (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Vinicio Cerezo]]<br />{{small|(born 1942)}}
| 14 January 1986
| 14 January 1991
| {{age in years|1986|01|14|1991|01|14}} years
| [[Guatemalan Christian Democracy]]
| [[1985 Guatemalan general election|1985]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Solidarity Action Movement}}; color:white" | 41
| [[File:Foto oficial de Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías (cropped 2).png|100px]]
| [[Jorge Serrano Elías]]<br />{{small|(born 1945)}}
| 14 January 1991
| 1 June 1993<br />{{small|([[1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis|Resigned]])}}
| {{ayd|1991|01|14|1993|06|01}}
| [[Solidarity Action Movement]]
| [[1990 Guatemalan general election|1990]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{party color|Solidarity Action Movement}}; color:white" | 42
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Vicepresidente Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero.jpg|100px]]
| [[Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero]]<br />{{small|(1946–2024)<br />''Acting''}}
| 1 June 1993
| 5 June 1993
| {{ayd|1993|06|01|1993|06|05}}
| [[Solidarity Action Movement]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" | 43
| [[File:FiRetrato de Ramiro de León Carpio como Procurador de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala (1987-1993)(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Ramiro de León Carpio]]<br />{{small|(1942–2002)}}
| 6 June 1993
| 14 January 1996
| {{ayd|1993|06|06|1996|01|14}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[1993 Guatemalan presidential election|1993]]
|}

===Contemporary period (1996–present)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Elected
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! width="100" |Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:Yellow; color:black" | 44
| [[File:Foto oficial de Presidente Álvaro Arzú (autografiado) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Álvaro Arzú]]<br />{{small|(1946–2018)}}
| 14 January 1996
| 14 January 2000
| {{age in years|1996|01|14|2000|01|14}} years
| [[National Advancement Party]] /<br />[[Unionist Party (Guatemala)|Unionist Party]]
| [[1995–96 Guatemalan general election|1995–1996]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Guatemalan Republican Front}}; color:white" | 45
| [[File:Foto oficial de Alfonso Portillo (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Alfonso Portillo]]<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
| 14 January 2000
| 14 January 2004
| {{age in years|2000|01|14|2004|01|14}} years
| [[Institutional Republican Party|Guatemalan Republican Front]]
| [[1999 Guatemalan general election|1999]]
|-
! style="background:Crimson; color:white" | 46
| [[File:Presidente Óscar Berger (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Óscar Berger]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}
| 14 January 2004
| 14 January 2008
| {{age in years|2004|01|14|2008|01|14}} years
| [[National Solidarity Party (Guatemala)|National Solidarity Party]] /<br />[[Grand National Alliance (Guatemala)|Grand National Alliance]]
| [[2003 Guatemalan general election|2003]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Unity of Hope}}; color:white" | 47
| [[File:Foto oficial de Álvaro Colom (cropped) (cropped 1).jpg|100px]]
| [[Álvaro Colom]]<br />{{small|(1951–2023)}}
| 14 January 2008
| 14 January 2012
| {{age in years|2008|01|14|2012|01|14}} years
| [[National Unity of Hope]]
| [[2007 Guatemalan general election|2007]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Party (Guatemala)}}; color:white" | 48
| [[File:Foto oficial de Presidente Otto Molina Perez (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Otto Pérez Molina]]<br />{{small|(born 1950)}}
| 14 January 2012
| 3 September 2015<br />{{small|([[2015 Guatemalan protests|Resigned]])}}
| {{ayd|2012|01|14|2015|09|03}}
| [[Patriotic Party (Guatemala)|Patriotic Party]] /<br />[[Grand National Alliance (Guatemala)|Grand National Alliance]]
| [[2011 Guatemalan general election|2011]]
|- style="background:#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black" | 49
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre (cropped 3).jpg|100px]]
| [[Alejandro Maldonado]]<br />{{small|(born 1936)<br />''Acting''}}
| 3 September 2015
| 14 January 2016
| {{ayd|2015|09|03|2016|01|14}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| —
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Convergence Front}}; color:white" | 50
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Jimmy Morales (cropped 2).jpg|100px]]
| [[Jimmy Morales]]<br />{{small|(born 1969)}}
| 14 January 2016
| 14 January 2020
| {{age in years|2016|01|14|2020|01|14}} years
| [[National Convergence Front]]
| [[2015 Guatemalan general election|2015]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Vamos (Guatemala)}}; color:white"| 51
| [[File:Retrato de Alejandro Giammattei, Presidente de Guatemala (2020-2024) (cropped 3).png|100px]]
| [[Alejandro Giammattei]]<br />{{small|(born 1956)}}
| 14 January 2020
| 14 January 2024
| {{age in years|2020|01|14|2024|01|14}} years
| [[Vamos (Guatemala)|Vamos]]
| [[2019 Guatemalan general election|2019]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Semilla (Guatemala)}}; color:white"| 52
| [[File:Retrato oficial de Presidente Bernardo Arévalo (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Bernardo Arévalo]]<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}
| 14 January 2024
| Incumbent<br />{{small|(''Term ends on 14 January 2028'')}}
| {{ayd|2024|01|14}}
| [[Semilla (political party)|Semilla]]
| [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023]]
|}

==Timeline==
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  from: 25/02/1842 till: 14/05/1842 color:Ind text:"[[José Venancio López]]"
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  from: 14/12/1844 till: 16/08/1848 color:Con
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  from: 16/08/1848 till: 28/11/1848 color:Con text:"[[Juan Antonio Martínez]]"
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  from: 28/11/1848 till: 01/01/1849 color:Con text:"[[José Bernardo Escobar]]"
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  from: 01/01/1849 till: 06/11/1851 color:Ind text:"[[Mariano Paredes (President of Guatemala)|Mariano Paredes]]"
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  from: 14/05/1865 till: 24/05/1865 color:Con text:"[[Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol]]"
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  from: 24/05/1865 till: 29/06/1871 color:Con text:"[[Vicente Cerna Sandoval]]"
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  from: 29/06/1871 till: 04/06/1873 color:Lib text:"[[Miguel García Granados]]"
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  from: 02/04/1885 till: 05/04/1885 color:Lib text:"[[Alejandro M. Sinibaldi]]"
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  from: 05/04/1885 till: 15/03/1892 color:Lib text:"[[Manuel Barillas]]"
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  from: 15/03/1892 till: 08/02/1898 color:Lib text:"[[José María Reina Barrios]]
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  from: 08/02/1898 till: 15/04/1920 color:Lib text:"[[Manuel Estrada Cabrera]]"
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  from: 15/04/1920 till: 10/12/1921 color:Uni text:"[[Carlos Herrera]]"
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  from: 10/12/1921 till: 26/09/1926 color:Lib text:"[[José María Orellana]]"
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  from: 26/09/1926 till: 12/12/1930 color:Uni text:"[[Lázaro Chacón González]]"
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  from: 12/12/1930 till: 17/12/1930 color:Con text:"[[Baudillio Palma]]"
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  from: 17/12/1930 till: 02/01/1931 color:Lib text:"[[Manuel María Orellana Contreras]]"
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  from: 02/01/1931 till: 14/02/1931 color:Lib text:"[[José María Reina Andrade]]"
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  from: 14/02/1931 till: 01/07/1944 color:PLP text:"[[Jorge Ubico]]"
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  from: 01/07/1944 till: 20/10/1944 color:PLP text:"[[Juan Federico Ponce Vaides]]"
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  from: 15/03/1945 till: 15/03/1951 color:PAP text:"[[Juan José Arévalo]]"
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  from: 15/03/1951 till: 27/06/1954 color:PAP text:"[[Jacobo Árbenz]]"
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  from: 27/06/1954 till: 29/06/1954 color:Mil text:"[[Carlos Enrique Díaz de León]]"
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  from: 29/06/1954 till: 08/07/1954 color:Mil text:"[[Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre]]"
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  from: 08/07/1954 till: 26/07/1957 color:NLM text:"[[Carlos Castillo Armas]]"
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  from: 27/06/1957 till: 24/10/1957 color:Ind text:"[[Luis Arturo González López]]"
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  from: 24/10/1957 till: 26/10/1957 color:Mil text:"[[Óscar Mendoza Azurdia]]"
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  from: 26/10/1957 till: 02/03/1958 color:Mil text:"[[Guillermo Flores Avendaño]]"
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  from: 02/03/1958 till: 31/03/1963 color:Rec text:"[[Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes]]"
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  from: 14/01/2000 till: 14/01/2004 color:GRF text:"[[Alfonso Portillo]]"
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==Latest election==
{{main|2023 Guatemalan general election}}
{{Election results
|cand1=[[Sandra Torres]]|vp1=[[Romeo Guerra]]|party1=[[National Unity of Hope]]|votes1=881592|votes1_2=1567664
|cand2=[[Bernardo Arévalo]]|vp2=[[Karin Herrera]]|party2=[[Semilla (Guatemala)|Semilla]]|votes2=654534|votes2_2=2442718
|cand3=[[Manuel Conde Orellana|Manuel Conde]]|vp3=Luis Antonio Suárez|party3=[[Vamos (Guatemala)|Vamos]]|votes3=435631
|cand4=[[Armando Castillo (politician)|Armando Castillo]]|vp4=Édgar Grisolia|party4=[[Vision with Values]]|votes4=404059
|cand5=[[Edmond Mulet]]|vp5=[[Máximo Santa Cruz]]|party5=[[Cabal (political party)|Cabal]]|votes5=371857
|cand6=[[Zury Ríos]]|vp6=[[Héctor Cifuentes]]|party6=[[Valor (political party)|Valor]]–[[Unionist Party (Guatemala)|Unionist]]|votes6=365028
|cand7=[[Manuel Villacorta]]|vp7=[[Jorge Mario García España|Jorge Mario García]]|party7=[[Will, Opportunity and Solidarity]]|votes7=238686
|cand8=Giovanni Reyes|vp8=Óscar Figueroa|party8=[[Bienestar Nacional]]|votes8=141714
|cand9=Amílcar Rivera|vp9=Fernando Mazariegos|party9=[[Victory (political party)|Victory]]|votes9=135591
|cand10=Amílcar Pop|vp10=Mónica Enríquez|party10=[[Winaq]]–[[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity|URNG–MAIZ]]|votes10=87676
|cand11=Ricardo Sagastume|vp11=Guillermo González|party11=[[Todos (political party)|Todos]]|votes11=76582
|cand12=Rudy Guzmán|vp12=Diego González|party12=[[Nosotros (political party)|Nosotros]]|votes12=66116
|cand13=[[Isaac Farchi]]|vp13=Mauricio Zaldaña|party13=[[Blue Party (Guatemala)|Blue Party]]|votes13=61472
|cand14=Julio Rivera|vp14=José Urrutia|party14=My Family|votes14=46092
|cand15=Francisco Arredondo|vp15=Francisco Bermúdez|party15=[[Commitment, Renewal and Order]]|votes15=41948
|cand16=Giulio Talamonti|vp16=Óscar Barrientos|party16=[[Republican Union (Guatemala)|Republican Union]]|votes16=40358
|cand17=Hugo Peña|vp17=Hugo Johnson|party17=[[Elephant Community]]|votes17=39271
|cand18=Rudio Lecsan Mérida|vp18=Rubén Darío Rosales|party18=[[Humanist Party of Guatemala|Humanist Party]]|votes18=34285
|cand19=[[Rafael Espada]]|vp19=Arturo Herrador|party19=[[Republican Party (Guatemala)|Republican Party]]|votes19=32139
|cand20=Sammy Morales|vp20=Miguel Ángel Moir|party20=[[National Convergence Front]]|votes20=22316
|cand21=Álvaro Trujillo|vp21=Miguel Ángel Ibarra|party21=[[Cambio (political party)|Change]]|votes21=17715
|cand22=Luis Lam Padilla|vp22=Otto Marroquín|party22=[[National Integration Party (Guatemala)|National Integration Party]]|votes22=7780
|blank=388442
|blank2=52687
|invalid=966389
|invalid2=147165
|electorate=9249794
|electorate2=9361068
|source=[https://primeraeleccion.trep.gt/#!/tc1/ENT TSE] (first round; 99.13% counted) [https://segundaeleccion.trep.gt/#!/tc1/ENT TSE] (second round; 100% counted)
}}

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