page_title: Vicente Cerna y Cerna
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Vicente Cerna y Cerna / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Declaración del presidente Presidente es:Rafael Carrera como vitalicio. Más de las mitad de los firmantes formaban parte del es:Clan Aycinena.
context_page_description: Vicente Cerna y Cerna was president of Guatemala from 24 May 1865 to 29 June 1871. Loyal friend and comrade of Rafael Carrera, was appointed army's Field Marshal after Carraera's victory against Salvadorian leader Gerardo Barrios in 1863. He was appointed Carrera's successor after the caudillo's death in 1865 even though Guatemalan leaders would have preferred Field Marshal José Víctor Zavala.
  After the presidential elections of 1869, that Cerna won over liberal candidate Zavala, there were severe fraud accusations, and from then on Cerna's presidency was marred by constant uprising until he was eventually ousted by the liberal leaders Miguel Garcia Granados and Justo Rufino Barrios on 30 June 1871.
context_section_description: Cerna y Cerna was from Ipala, Chiquimula where he later served as major and "Corregidor". He was a loyal friend and camarade of Rafael Carrera and was a distinguished officer of the caudillo's army.  He was one of the Guatemalan officers in the Battle of La Arada as colonel, when he was Chiquimula in 1851.  Later on, he was among those who signed the act that declared Carrera, "Guatemalan president for life" in 1854. His high army and government ranks allowed him to reach the presidency after Carrera's death in 1865.
caption: The facsimile of the act where Rafael Carrera is declared president for life of Guatemala; Cerna y Cerna was one of the signatories.
  Museo Nacional de Historia de Guatemala.
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