# Guatemalan order of precedence

The order of precedence in Guatemala is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 07-2003 of March 11, 2003. signed by then President Alfonso Portillo, President of the Congress Efraín Ríos Montt and Former Interior Minister José Adolfo Reyes Calderón.

## Order of precedence

Precedence is determined by the office; names of incumbents as of 2024 are listed.
* President: Bernardo Arévalo
* Vice President: Karin Herrera
* President of the Congress: Samuel Pérez Álvarez
* President of the Supreme Court of Justice: Óscar Cruz Oliva
* President of the Constitutional Court: Héctor Perez Aguilera
* President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Blanca Alfaro
* Former Presidents or their widows/widowers (ordered by term):
** Vinicio Cerezo
** Jorge Serrano Elías
** Alfonso Portillo
** Óscar Berger
** Otto Pérez Molina
** Alejandro Maldonado
** Jimmy Morales
** Alejandro Giammattei
* Former Vice Presidents or their widows/widowers:
** Luis Alberto Flores
** Eduardo Stein
** Rafael Espada
** Roxana Baldetti
** Jafeth Cabrera
** Alfonso Fuentes Soria
** Guillermo Castillo Reyes
* Diplomatic corps accredited in Guatemala and accredited diplomatic corps of Guatemala
* Board of directors of the Congress
** First Vice President of the Congress: Boris Roberto España Cáceres
** Second Vice President of the Congress: Sergio David Arana Roca
** Third Vice President of the Congress: Hérber Armando Melgar Padilla
** First Secretary of the Congress: Mynor Gabriel Mejía Popol
** Second Secretary of the Congress: Marvin Estuardo Alvarado Morales
** Third Secretary of the Congress: Douglas Rivero Mérida
** Fourth Secretary of the Congress: Aníbal Estuardo Rojas Espino
** Fifth Secretary of the Congress: Leopoldo Salazar Samayoa
* State ministers and secretaries
** Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mario Búcaro
** Minister of Interior: Byron Bor
** Minister of National Defense: Henry Reyes Chigua
** Minister of Public Finances: Edwin Cameros
** Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing: Javier Maldonado Quiñonez
** Minister of Education: Claudia Ruiz Casasola
** Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food: Edgar René De León Moreno
** Minister of Economy: Luz Pérez Contreras
** Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance: Francisco Coma
** Minister of Labor and Social Welfare: Rafael Eugenio Rodríguez Pellecer
** Minister of Energy and Mines: Alberto Pimentel Mata
** Minister of Culture and Sports: Felipe Amado Aguilar Marroquín
** Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Environment and Natural Resources: Gerson Elias Barrios Garrido
** Minister of Social Development: Héctor Melvyn Caná Rivera
** Secretaries of State
* Deputies of the Congress
* Attorney General of the Nation: Wuelmer Ubener Gómez González
* Attorney General and Chief of Public Prosecutor's Office: María Consuelo Porras
* Attorney for Human Rights: Alejandro Córdova Herrera
* Comptroller General of Accounts: Frank Helmuth Bode Fuentes
* Chief of Staff of the Army: Wiliam Arnulfo López Chay
* Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice
* Judges of the Constitutional Court
* Magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
* Deputy Ministers of State
* Departmental Governors
* Mayors
* Rectors of the Universities
** Rector of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala: Walter Mazariegos Biolis
* General directors of State entities
* Army Officers
* Official Commissions
* Private Commissions