List of Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) is the presiding officer of the legislature.

List of Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

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Table Section Text: The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) is the presiding officer of the legislature.

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes

Jorge García Granados	March 1945	1945

Manuel Galich	1945	1946

Mario Monteforte Toledo	1946	March 1948

Víctor Giordani	?	?

Julio Estrada de la Hoz	1952	?

Luis Arturo González López	1955	?

Federico Carbonell Rodas	? - 1957	1957 - ?

Julio Prado García Salas	1958	1958 -?

Ernesto Viteri Bertrand	? - 1959	1960

Jorge Luis Zelaya Coronado	1960	1961

Rubén Flores Avendaño	1961	1962

Miguel Angel Ortega Mérida	1962	1963

Manuel Orellana Portillo	1963	?

Mario Fuentes Pieruccini	1966	1967

J. Gregorio Prem Beteta	1967	1968

Manuel Francisco Villamar	1968	1969

Enrique A. Claverie Delgado	1969	1970

Mario Sandoval Alarcón	1970	June 1974

Luis Alfonso López	June 1974	June 1975

Donaldo Álvarez Ruiz	June 1975	1976

Luis Alfonso López	1976	1977

Rafael Castillo Valdez	1977	June 1978

José Trinidad Uclés	1978	1979

Manuel Salvador Polanco Ramírez	1979	1981

Tomás Esteban Zepeda Guzmán	1981	1982

Jorge Bonilla López	1982	March 1982

Ramiro de León Carpio	July 1984	January 1986	Three rotating presidents

Roberto Carpio	July 1984	January 1986	Three rotating presidents

Héctor Aragón Quiñónez	July 1984	January 1986	Three rotating presidents

Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo	January 1986	1986	DCG

Roberto Adolfo Valle Valdizán	1986	1987	DCG

José Ricardo Gómez Gálvez	1987	1988	DCG

Alfonso Alonso Barillas	1988	1989	DCG

José Fernando Lobo Dubón	1989	1990

Marco Antonio Dardon Castillo	January 1990	January 1991	DCG

Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes	January 1991	January 1992	DCG

Edmond Mulet	January 1992	January 1993	UCN

José Fernando Lobo Dubón	January 1993	June 1993	DCG

Óscar Vinicio Villar Anleu	January 1994	September 1994	DCG

Arabella Castro Quiñones de Comparini	September 1994	January 1995	PAN

José Efraín Ríos Montt	January 1995	1996	FRG

Carlos Alberto García Regás	1996	1997	PAN

Arabella Castro Quiñones de Comparini	1997	1998	PAN

Rafael Eduardo Barrios Flores	1998	1999	PAN

Leonel López Rodas	1999	January 2000	PAN

José Efraín Ríos Montt	January 2000	January 2004	FRG

Francisco Rolando Morales Chávez	January 2004	January 2005	UNE

Jorge Méndez Herbruger	January 2005	January 2007	GANA

Ruben Dario Morales Véliz	January 2007	January 2008	PAN

Aristides Crespo Villegas	January 2008	January 2009

José Roberto Alejos Cámbara	January 2009	January 2012

Gudy Rivera Estrada	January 2012	January 2013

Pedro Muadi	January 2013	January 2014

Arístides Crespo Villegas	January 2014	January 2015

Luis Rabbé	January 2015	January 2016

Mario Taracena	January 2016	January 2017

Óscar Chinchilla	January 2017	January 2018

Álvaro Arzú Escobar	January 2018	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

In 2016, Taracena was elected as President of the Congress.

final_sentence: In 2016, Taracena was elected as President of the Congress.