# Vice President of Guatemala

Vice president of Guatemala (Spanish: Vicepresidente de Guatemala) is a political position in Guatemala which is since 1966 elected concurrently with the position of President of Guatemala. The current vice president is Karin Herrera.
The vice president needs to be a Guatemalan citizen of over 40 years of age.
Historically, there have been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents, officially Designates to the Presidency (Spanish: Designados a la Presidencia), also known as Presidential Designates (Spanish: Designados Presidenciales) elected for one- or two-year-terms. The election was carried in Congress of Guatemala. A provision for First and Second Vice Presidents existed 1882–1886, 1888-1921, 1921–1928 and 1956–1966. A provision for First, Second and Third Vice Presidents existed 1921 and 1928–1944.
History of the office holders follows.

## 1882–1886

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office |
| Julian Salguero | Gen. Manuel Barillas | 25 April 1882 | 27 April 1883 |
| Gen. José María Orantes | Gen. Salvador Arévalo | 27 April 1883 | 30 April 1884 |
| Alejandro Sinibaldi | Gen. Manuel Barillas | 30 April 1884 | 20 May 1885 |
| Gen. Manuel Barillas | Gen. Manuel Soto | 20 May 1885 | 15 March 1886 |

## 1886–1887

| Vice President | Took office | Left office | |
| Col. Vicente Castañeda | 15 March 1886 | 26 June 1887 | Position abolished |

## 1888–1921

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office |
| Gen. Calixto Mendizabal | Col. Manuel A. López | 1 May 1888 | 21 May 1889 |
| Gen. Vicente Orantes | Col. Manuel A. López | 21 May 1889 | 10 May 1890 |
| Rafael Salazar | Francisco Fuentes | 10 May 1890 | 28 May 1891 |
| Feliciano Aguilar | Francisco Villela | 28 May 1891 | 14 May 1892 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Arturo Ubico | 14 May 1892 | 29 April 1893 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Francisco Fuentes | 29 April 1893 | 11 May 1894 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Arturo Ubico | 11 May 1894 | 6 May 1895 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Jesús Portillo | 6 May 1895 | 28 April 1897 |
| Manuel Estrada Cabrera | Gen. Manuel Soto | 28 April 1897 | 26 April 1898 |
| Feliciano Aguilar | Gen. Felipe Cruz | 26 April 1898 | 29 April 1899 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Gen. Vicente Orantes | 29 April 1899 | 8 May 1900 |
| Manuel Morales Tovar | Gen. Luis Molina | 8 May 1900 | 13 May 1902 |
| José María Reina Andrade | Gen. Luis Molina | 26 June 1902 | 30 April 1903 |
| Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Francisco Alarcón | 30 April 1903 | 28 April 1904 |
| Francisco Anguiano | Francisco Alarcón | 28 April 1904 | 24 May 1907 |
| Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Juan Barrios M. | 24 May 1907 | 29 April 1910 |
| Matías J. López | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 29 April 1910 | 14 May 1911 |
| Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 14 May 1911 | 31 May 1912 |
| Col. Ignacio López Andrade | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 31 May 1912 | 30 April 1917 |
| Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz | Gen. Manuel Duarte | 30 April 1917 | 13 April 1920 |
| Carlos Herrera | José Ernesto Zelaya | 13 April 1920 | 12 April 1921 |

## 1921

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Third Vice president | Took office | Left office |
| José Ernesto Zelaya | Federico Castañeda Godoy | Maximiliano de León | 12 April 1921 | 8 December 1921 |

## 1921–1928

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office |
| Gen. José María Orellana | Alberto Mencos | 8 December 1921 | 27 April 1922 |
| Gen. Jorge Ubico | R. Felipe Solares | 27 April 1922 | 28 April 1923 |
| Gen. Margarito Ariza | Francisco Fuentes | 28 April 1923 | 3 May 1924 |
| Gen. Aurelio Recinos | Gen. Antonio Monterroso | 3 May 1924 | 28 April 1925 |
| Lazaro Chacón | Federico Aguilar Valenzuela | 28 April 1925 | 18 December 1926 |
| Gen. Miguel Larrave | Federico Aguilar Valenzuela | 18 December 1926 | 30 April 1927 |
| Gen. Miguel Larrave | Gen. Mauro De León | 30 April 1927 | 15 March 1928 |

## 1928–1944

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Third Vice president | Took office | Left office |
| Gen. Mauro de León | Rodolfo Sandoval | Col. Baudilio Santos Deroga | 26 March 1928 | 15 March 1929 |
| Gen. Rodolfo A. Mendoza | Arturo Ramirez | Antonio Rivera | 15 March 1929 | 15 March 1930 |
| Mario León | Baudilio Palma | Luis Chacón | 15 March 1930 | 1 January 1931 |
| José María Reina Andrade | Gen. José Reyes | Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano | 1 January 1931 | 15 March 1931 |
| Mariano J. López | Gen. Rodrigo G. Solórzano | Manuel Franco R. | 15 March 1931 | 15 March 1932 |
| Gen. Factor Méndez | Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Miguel T. Alvarado | 15 March 1932 | 15 March 1933 |
| Gen. Factor Méndez | Col. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Felipe Samayoa | 15 March 1933 | 15 March 1934 |
| Gen. Pedro Reyes Reinelas | Mariano J. López | Col. Carlos Enríquez Barrios | 15 March 1934 | 15 March 1935 |
| Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynuelas | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | José Mariano Trabanino | 15 March 1935 | 15 March 1936 |
| Eduardo Pérez Figueroa | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | Gen. Factor Méndez | 15 March 1936 | 15 March 1937 |
| Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas | Eduardo Pérez Figueroa | Gen. Carlos Jurado R. | 15 March 1937 | 15 March 1938 |
| Escolástico de León | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan Alonso | 15 March 1938 | 15 March 1939 |
| Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan B. Alojos | 15 March 1939 | 15 March 1940 |
| Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Juan Alonso | 15 March 1940 | 15 March 1941 |
| Mariano López | Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Gen. Pedro Reyes Reynelas | 15 March 1941 | 15 March 1942 |
| Gen. Demetrio Maldonado | Carlos Herrera Dorián | Gen. Pedro Reyes Renelas | 15 March 1942 | 4 July 1944 |
| Gen. Federico Ponce Vaides | Gen. Domingo Solares | Ramón Calderón | 4 July 1944 | 28 November 1944 |

## 1948–1951

| Vice President | Took office | Left office |
| Mario Monteforte Toledo | 15 March 1948 | 15 March 1951 |

## 1956–1966

| First Vice President | Second Vice President | Took office | Left office | President |
| Miguel Ortiz Passarelli | Col. Juan Francisco Oliva | 15 March 1956 | 22 March 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas |
| Luis Arturo González López | Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño | 22 March 1957 | 9 October 1957 | Carlos Castillo Armas |
| Col. Luis Urrutia de León | Carlos Enrique Guillén Rodas | 9 October 1957 | 25 March 1958 | Guillermo Flores Avendaño |
| Clemente Marroquín Rojas | Crisóstomo Castillo | 25 March 1958 | 18 March 1959 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
| Manuel Ralda Ochoa | Alberto J. Urrutia Vasconcelos | 18 March 1959 | 23 March 1960 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
| Abrahan Cabrera Cruz | Col. José Francisco Gómez Carranza | 23 March 1960 | 30 May 1961 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
| Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez | Óscar Ubico Zebadúa | 30 May 1961 | 16 March 1962 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
| Col. Ernesto Molina Arreaga | Rubén Flores Avendaño | 16 March 1962 | 15 March 1963 | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
| Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez | Joaquín Montenegro Paniagua | 15 March 1963 | 1 July 1966 | Enrique Peralta Azurdia |

## 1966 onwards

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Party | Election | President |
| 1 | Clemente Marroquín (1897–1978) | 1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970 | Independent | 1966 | Julio Méndez Montenegro |
| 2 | Eduardo Cáceres (1906–1980) | 1 July 1970 – 1 July 1974 | Independent | 1970 | Carlos Arana Osario |
| 3 | Mario Sandoval Alarcón (1923–2003) | 1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978 | MLN | 1974 | Kjell Laugerud García |
| 4 | Francisco Villagrán Kramer (1927–2011) | 1 July 1978 – 1 September 1980 | Independent | 1978 | Romeo Lucas García |
| 5 | Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (1917–1995) | 1 September 1980 – 23 March 1982 | MLN | –– | Romeo Lucas García |
| 6 | Rodolfo Lobos Zamora (1936–1997) | 8 August 1983 – 14 January 1986 | Military | –– | Óscar Mejía Víctores |
| 7 | Roberto Carpio (1930–2022) | 14 January 1986 – 14 January 1991 | DCG | 1985 | Vinicio Cerezo |
| 8 | Gustavo Espina (1946–2024) | 14 January 1991 – 1 June 1993 | MAS | 1990 | Jorge Serrano Elías |
| 9 | Arturo Herbruger (1912–1999) | 18 June 1993 – 14 January 1996 | Independent | 1993 | Ramiro de León Carpio |
| 10 | Luis Flores Asturias (1947) | 14 January 1996 – 14 January 2000 | PAN | 1995 | Álvaro Arzú |
| 11 | Juan Francisco Reyes (1938–2019) | 14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004 | FRG | 1999 | Alfonso Portillo |
| 12 | Eduardo Stein (1946) | 14 January 2004 – 14 January 2008 | GANA | 2003 | Óscar Berger |
| 13 | Rafael Espada (b. 1944) | 14 January 2008 – 14 January 2012 | UNE | 2007 | Álvaro Colom |
| 14 | Roxana Baldetti (b. 1962) | 14 January 2012 – 8 May 2015 | PP | 2011 | Otto Pérez Molina |
| 15 | Alejandro Maldonado (b. 1936) | 14 May 2015 – 3 September 2015 | Independent | 2015 | Otto Pérez Molina |
| 16 | Alfonso Fuentes Soria (b. 1947) | 16 September 2015 – 14 January 2016 | Independent | 2015 | Alejandro Maldonado |
| 17 | Jafeth Cabrera (b. 1948) | 14 January 2016 – 14 January 2020 | FCN | 2015 | Jimmy Morales |
| 18 | Guillermo Castillo Reyes (b. 1966) | 14 January 2020 – 14 January 2024 | VAMOS | 2019 | Alejandro Giammattei |
| 19 | Karin Herrera (b. 1967) | 15 January 2024 – Incumbent | Semilla | 2023 | Bernardo Arévalo |