# List of Presidents of Guatemala
## List of Presidents of Guatemala
### Superior political chiefs

| No | Portrait | Head of State | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No | Portrait | Head of State | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | | Gabino Gaínza | 15 September 1821 | 5 January 1822 | 112 days |
| 2 | | Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823) | Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823) | Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823) | Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823) |
| 3 | | Vicente Filisola | 1 July 1823 | 10 July 1823 | 9 days |

### First triumvirate

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party |
| No | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 4 | | Pedro Molina Mazariegos | 10 July 1823 | 4 October 1823 | 86 days | Liberal |
| 5 | | Antonio Rivera Cabezas | 10 July 1823 | 4 October 1823 | 86 days | Liberal |
| 6 | | Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz | 10 July 1823 | 4 October 1823 | 86 days | |

### Second triumvirate

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party |
| No | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 7 | | Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz | 6 October 1823 | 15 March 1824 | 161 days | Liberal |
| 8 | | Manuel José Arce | 15 March 1824 | 20 October 1824 | 219 days | Liberal |
| 9 | | José Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar | 20 October 1824 | 29 April 1825 | 191 days | |
| 10 | | Tomas O'Horan | 4 October 1823 | 29 April 1825 | 1 year, 207 days | |
| 11 | | José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga | 4 October 1823 | 5 February 1824 | 124 days | |
| 12 | | José Cecilio del Valle | 5 February 1824 | 29 April 1825 | 1 year, 84 days | Conservative |

### Presidents

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party |
| No | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 13 | | Manuel José Arce | 29 April 1825 | 13 April 1829 | 3 years, 349 days | Liberal |
| 14 | | Mariano Beltranena y Llano (interim) | 13 April 1829 | 14 June 1829 | 62 days | Liberal |
| 15 | | José Francisco Barrundia (interim) | 26 June 1829 | 16 June 1830 | 355 days | Liberal |
| 16 | | Francisco Morazán | 16 September 1830 | 16 September 1834 | 4 years | Liberal |
| 17 | | José Cecilio del Valle | Elected in 1834 | Died in 1834 before being sworn into office | | Conservative |
| 18 | | José Gregorio Salazar (interim) | 16 September 1834 | 14 February 1835 | 151 days | Liberal |
| 19 | | Francisco Morazán | 14 February 1835 | 1 February 1839 | 3 years, 352 days | Liberal |
| 20 | | Diego Vigil Cocaña (interim) | 1 February 1839 | 31 March 1840 | 1 year, 60 days | Liberal |

### Heads of state of Guatemala within the Federal Republic of Central America (1824–1839)

| # | Portrait | Name | Time of Office | Time of Office | Time of Office | Party | Notes |
| # | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Time in Office | Party | Notes |
| 21 | | Alejandro Diaz Cabeza de Vaca | 15 September 1824 | 12 October 1824 | 3 weeks, 6 days | Conservative | Provisional |
| 22 | | Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia Cepeda | 12 October 1824 | 9 September 1826 | 1 year, 10 months, 28 days | Liberal | |
| 23 | | Cirilo Flores | 9 September 1826 | 13 October 1826 | 1 month, 4 days | N/A | Acting. |
| 24 | | Jose Domingo Estrada | 2 January 1827 | 1 March 1827 | 1 Months, 30 day | Conservative | Acting. |
| 25 | | Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol | 1 March 1827 | 12 April 1829 | 2 years, 1 month, 11 days | Conservative | |
| 26 | | Mariano Zenteno | 13 April 1829 | 30 April 1829 | 2 weeks, 3 days | Conservative | Provisional. |
| 27 | | Juan Nepomuceno Barrundia y Cepeda | 30 April 1829 | 23 August 1829 | 3 months, 24 days | Liberal | |
| 28 | | Pedro Molina Mazariegos | 23 August 1829 | 10 February 1831 | 1 years, 5 months, 18 days | Liberal | |
| 29 | | José Gregorio Márquez | 10 February 1831 | 28 August 1831 | 6 months, 18 days | N/A | Acting. |
| 30 | | Mariano Gálvez | 28 August 1831 | 3 March 1838 | 6 years, 6 months, 6 days | Liberal | |
| 31 | | Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui | 3 March 1838 | 29 July 1838 | 4 months, 26 days | N/A | Acting. |
| 32 | | Mariano Rivera Paz | 29 July 1838 | 30 January 1839 | 6 months, 1 days | Liberal | Acting. 1st time. |
| 33 | | Carlos Salazar Castro | 30 January 1839 | 13 April 1839 | 2 months,14 days | N/A | Provisional. |
| 34 | | Mariano Rivera Paz | 13 April 1839 | 3 December 1839 | 7 months, 20 days | Liberal | Acting. 2nd time. |

### State of Guatemala (1839–1847)

| # | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| 35 | Mariano Rivera Paz (1804–1849) | 3 December 1839 | 25 February 1842 | 2 years, 84 days | Conservative | — |
| 36 | José Venancio López (1791–1863) | 25 February 1842 | 14 May 1842 | 78 days | Independent | — |
| 37 | Mariano Rivera Paz (1804–1849) | 14 May 1842 | 14 December 1844 | 2 years, 214 days | Conservative | — |
| 38 | Rafael Carrera (1814–1865) | 14 December 1844 | 16 August 1848 | 3 years, 246 days | Conservative | — |

### Republic from Carrera to the Liberal Revolution (1847–1871)

| # | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| 39 | Rafael Carrera (1814–1865) | 14 December 1844 | 16 August 1848 | 3 years, 246 days | Conservative | — |
| 40 | Juan Antonio Martínez (?–1854) | 16 August 1848 | 28 November 1848 | 104 days | Conservative | — |
| 41 | José Bernardo Escobar (1797–1849) | 28 November 1848 | 1 January 1849 | 34 days | Conservative | — |
| 42 | Mariano Paredes (1800–1856) | 1 January 1849 | 6 November 1851 | 2 years, 309 days | Independent | — |
| 43 | Rafael Carrera (1814–1865) | 6 November 1851 | 14 April 1865 | 13 years, 159 days | Conservative | — |
| 44 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol (1802–1897) | 14 April 1865 | 24 May 1865 | 40 days | Conservative | — |
| 45 | Vicente Cerna Sandoval (1815–1885) | 24 May 1865 | 29 June 1871 | 6 years, 36 days | Conservative | — |

### Liberal period (1871–1944)

| # | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| 46 | Miguel García Granados (1809–1878) | 29 June 1871 | 4 June 1873 | 1 year, 340 days | Liberal | — |
| 47 | Justo Rufino Barrios (1835–1885) | 4 June 1873 | 2 April 1885 | 11 years, 302 days | Liberal | 1873 1880 |
| 48 | Alejandro M. Sinibaldi (1825–1896) | 2 April 1885 | 5 April 1885 | 3 days | Liberal | — |
| 49 | Manuel Barillas (1845–1907) | 6 April 1885 | 15 March 1892 | 6 years, 345 days | Liberal | — |
| 50 | José María Reina Barrios (1854–1898) | 15 March 1892 | 8 February 1898 | 5 years, 330 days | Liberal | 1892 |
| 51 | Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857–1924) | 8 February 1898 | 15 April 1920 | 22 years, 67 days | Liberal | 1898 1904 1910 1916 |
| 52 | Carlos Herrera (1856–1930) | 15 April 1920 | 10 December 1921 | 1 year, 239 days | Unionist Party | 1920 (Apr) 1920 (Aug) |
| 53 | José María Orellana (1872–1926) | 10 December 1921 | 26 September 1926 | 4 years, 290 days | Liberal | 1921 1922 |
| 54 | Lázaro Chacón González (1873–1931) | 26 September 1926 | 12 December 1930 | 4 years, 77 days | Unionist Party | 1926 |
| 55 | Baudilio Palma (1880–1930) | 13 December 1930 | 17 December 1930 | 4 days | Conservative | — |
| 56 | Manuel María Orellana Contreras (1870–1940) | 17 December 1930 | 2 January 1931 | 16 days | Liberal | — |
| 57 | José María Reina Andrade (1860–1947) | 2 January 1931 | 14 February 1931 | 43 days | Liberal | — |
| 58 | Jorge Ubico (1878–1946) | 14 February 1931 | 1 July 1944 | 13 years, 138 days | Progressive Liberal Party | 1931 |
| 59 | Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889–1956) | 4 July 1944 | 20 October 1944 | 108 days | Progressive Liberal Party | 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 "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 First Deputy, Federico Ponce Vaides. Presidential elections were held on 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 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1950. During this period, Guatemala underwent numerous social and economic reforms, including large-scale land reform.

### Revolutionary Government Junta

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 60 | | Jacobo Árbenz, Jorge Toriello, and Francisco Arana, members of the military junta. | 20 October 1944 | 15 March 1945 | 146 days | Military |

### President

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 61 | | Juan José Arévalo (1904–1990) | 15 March 1945 | 15 March 1951 | 6 years | Revolutionary Action Party | 1944 |
| 62 | | Jacobo Árbenz (1913–1971) | 15 March 1951 | 27 June 1954 (Deposed) | 3 years, 104 days | Revolutionary Action Party / Party of the Guatemalan Revolution | 1950 |

### Military governments (1954–1958)

Upon presenting his resignation, Jacobo Árbenz left Colonel Carlos Enrique Díaz, head of the 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 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 Castillo Armas, Juan Mauricio Dubois, Jose Luis Cruz Salazar, and Enrique Oliva.
The new board would dissolve after a popular plebiscite held on 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 to appoint Luis Arturo González as acting president and condition him to call for elections within four months.
The planned election was held on 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 January 1958.
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 63 | | Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1915–2014) | 27 June 1954 | 29 June 1954 | 2 days | Military | — |
| 64 | | Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (1912–1981) | 29 June 1954 | 8 July 1954 | 9 days | National Liberation Movement | — |

### President

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 65 | | Carlos Castillo Armas (1914–1957) | 8 July 1954 | 26 July 1957 | 3 years, 18 days | National Liberation Movement | 1954 |
| 66 | | Luis Arturo González López (1900–1965) | 27 July 1957 | 24 October 1957 | 89 days | National Liberation Movement | — |

### Military governments

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| 67 | | Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (1917–1995) Chairman of Military Junta | 24 October 1957 | 26 October 1957 | 2 days | Military |
| 68 | | Guillermo Flores Avendaño (1894–1982) Acting | 26 October 1957 | 2 March 1958 | 129 days | Military |

### Civil War period (1958–1996)

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 69 | | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895–1982) | 2 March 1958 | 31 March 1963 (Deposed) | 5 years, 29 days | Military / REDENCION | 1958 |
| 70 | | Enrique Peralta Azurdia (1908–1997) | 31 March 1963 | 1 July 1966 | 3 years, 92 days | Institutional Democratic Party | — |
| 71 | | Julio César Méndez Montenegro (1915–1996) | 1 July 1966 | 1 July 1970 | 4 years | Revolutionary Party | 1966 |
| 72 | | Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio (1918–2003) | 1 July 1970 | 1 July 1974 | 4 years | Institutional Democratic Party | 1970 |
| 73 | | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García (1930–2009) | 1 July 1974 | 1 July 1978 | 4 years | Institutional Democratic Party | 1974 |

### President to Military

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 74 | | Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924–2006) | 1 July 1978 | 23 March 1982 (Deposed) | 3 years, 265 days | Institutional Democratic Party | 1978 |

### Military

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| 75 | | Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018) | 23 March 1982 | 8 August 1983 (Deposed) | 1 year, 138 days | Military |
| 76 | | Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930–2016) | 8 August 1983 | 14 January 1986 | 2 years, 159 days | Military |

### President

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 77 | | Vinicio Cerezo (born 1942) | 14 January 1986 | 14 January 1991 | 5 years | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 1985 |
| 78 | | Jorge Serrano Elías (born 1945) | 14 January 1991 | 1 June 1993 (Resigned) | 2 years, 138 days | Solidarity Action Movement | 1990 |
| 79 | | Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero (1946–2024) | 1 June 1993 | 5 June 1993 | 4 days | Solidarity Action Movement | — |
| 80 | | Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002) | 6 June 1993 | 14 January 1996 | 2 years, 222 days | Independent | 1993 |

### Contemporary period (1996–present)

| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Elected |
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Elected |
| 81 | | Álvaro Arzú (1946–2018) | 14 January 1996 | 14 January 2000 | 4 years | National Advancement Party / Unionist Party | 1995–1996 |
| 82 | | Alfonso Portillo (born 1951) | 14 January 2000 | 14 January 2004 | 4 years | Guatemalan Republican Front | 1999 |
| 83 | | Óscar Berger (born 1946) | 14 January 2004 | 14 January 2008 | 4 years | National Solidarity Party / Grand National Alliance | 2003 |
| 84 | | Álvaro Colom (1951–2023) | 14 January 2008 | 14 January 2012 | 4 years | National Unity of Hope | 2007 |
| 85 | | Otto Pérez Molina (born 1950) | 14 January 2012 | 3 September 2015 (Resigned) | 3 years, 232 days | Patriotic Party / Grand National Alliance | 2011 |
| 86 | | Alejandro Maldonado (born 1936) Acting | 3 September 2015 | 14 January 2016 | 133 days | Independent | — |
| 87 | | Jimmy Morales (born 1969) | 14 January 2016 | 14 January 2020 | 4 years | National Convergence Front | 2015 |
| 88 | | Alejandro Giammattei (born 1956) | 14 January 2020 | 14 January 2024 | 4 years | Vamos | 2019 |
| 89 | | Bernardo Arévalo (born 1958) | 14 January 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 35 days | Semilla | 2023 |