List of Presidents of Guatemala

The president of Guatemala (), officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala (), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term. The position of President was created in 1839.

Heads of state of Guatemala within the Federal Republic of Central America (1824–1839)
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party 1 75px Alejandro Diaz Cabeza de Vaca 15 September 1824 12 October 1824 Conservative 2 75px Juan Barrundia 12 October 1824 9 September 1826 Liberal 3 151x151px Cirilo Flores Estrada 9 September 1826 13 October 1826 N/A 4 75px Jose Domingo Estrada 2 January 1827 1 March 1827 Conservative 5 131x131px Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol 1 March 1827 12 April 1829 Conservative 6 75px Mario Zenteno 13 April 1829 30 April 1829 Conservative 7 75px Juan Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda 30 April 1829 23 August 1829 Liberal 8 133x133px Pedro Molina Mazariegos 23 August 1829 10 February 1831 Liberal 9 75px José Gregorio Márquez 10 February 1831 28 August 1835 N/A 10 129x129px Mariano Gálvez 28 August 1831 3 March 1838 Liberal 11 124x124px Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui 3 March 1838 29 July 1838 N/A 12 139x139px Mariano Rivera Paz 29 July 1838 30 January 1839 Conservative 13 121x121px Carlos Salazar Castro 30 January 1839 13 April 1839 N/A 14 139x139px Mariano Rivera Paz 13 April 1839 3 December 1839 Conservative

 Presidents of Guatemala 
Name Term of office Gabino Gaínza 1821 - 1822 Vicente Filísola 1822 -  1823 Tomás Antonio O'Horán y Argüello 1823 - 18 September  1823
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Captain GeneralAssumed officeLeft officeGabino Gaínza5 January 182223 June 1822Vicente Filísola23 June 182226 November 1822Felipe Codallos26 November 18227 March 1823Vicente Filísola7 March 18231 July 1823

 Heads of state (1824–1839) 
#PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party5Alejandro Diaz Cabeza de Vaca
(–)15 September 182412 October 1824Conservative6Juan Barrundia
(–)12 October 18249 September 1826Liberal7Cirilo Flores Estrada
(1779–1826)9 September 182613 October 1826N/A8Jose Domingo Estrada
(–)2 January 18271 March 1827Conservative9Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol
(1789–1855)1 March 182712 April 1829Conservative10Mario Zenteno
(–)13 April 182930 April 1829Conservative11Juan Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda
(–)30 April 182923 August 1829Liberal12Pedro Molina Mazariegos
(1777–1854)23 August 182910 February 1831Liberal13José Gregorio Márquez
(–)10 February 183128 August 1835N/A14Mariano Gálvez
(c. 1794–1862)28 August 18313 March 1838Liberal15Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui
(–)3 March 183829 July 1838N/A16Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849)29 July 183830 January 1839Conservative17Carlos Salazar Castro
(1800–1867)30 January 183913 April 1839N/A18Mariano Rivera Paz
(1804–1849)13 April 18393 December 1839Conservative

 State of Guatemala (1839–1847) 

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected18 100px Mariano Rivera Paz 3 December 1839 25 February 1842 Conservative — 19 100px José Venancio López 25 February 1842 14 May 1842 Independent — 20 100px Mariano Rivera Paz 14 May 1842 14 December 1844 Conservative — 21 100px Rafael Carrera 14 December 1844 16 August 1848 Conservative —

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

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected 21 100px Rafael Carrera 14 December 1844 16 August 1848 Conservative — 22 100px Juan Antonio Martínez 16 August 1848 28 November 1848 Conservative — 23 100px José Bernardo Escobar 28 November 1848 1 January 1849 Conservative —  24 100px Mariano Paredes 1 January 1849 6 November 1851 Independent — 25 100px Rafael Carrera 6 November 1851 14 April 1865 Conservative — 26 100px Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol 14 April 1865 24 May 1865 Conservative — 27 100px Vicente Cerna Sandoval 24 May 1865 29 June 1871 Conservative —

 Liberal period (1871–1944) 

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected 28 100px Miguel García Granados 29 June 1871 4 June 1873 Liberal — 29 100px Justo Rufino Barrios 4 June 1873 2 April 1885 Liberal 18731880 30 100px Alejandro M. Sinibaldi 2 April 1885 5 April 1885 Liberal — 31 100px Manuel Barillas 6 April 1885 15 March 1892 Liberal — 32 100px José María Reina Barrios 15 March 1892 8 February 1898 Liberal 1892 33 100px Manuel Estrada Cabrera 8 February 1898 15 April 1920 Liberal 1898190419101916 34 100px Carlos Herrera 15 April 1920 10 December 1921 Unionist Party 1920 (Apr)1920 (Aug) 35 100px José María Orellana 10 December 1921 26 September 1926 Liberal 19211922 36 100px Lázaro Chacón González 26 September 1926 12 December 1930 Unionist Party 1926 37 100px Baudilio Palma 13 December 1930 17 December 1930 Conservative — 38 100px Manuel María Orellana Contreras 17 December 1930 2 January 1931 Liberal — 39 100px José María Reina Andrade 2 January 1931 14 February 1931 Liberal — 40 100px Jorge Ubico 14 February 1931 1 July 1944 Progressive Liberal Party 1931 41 100px Juan Federico Ponce Vaides 4 July 1944 20 October 1944 Progressive Liberal Party July 1944

 Ten-Year Revolution (1944–1954) 

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected 42 100px Revolutionary Government Junta 20 October 1944 15 March 1945 Military — 43 100px Juan José Arévalo 15 March 1945 15 March 1951 Revolutionary Action Party 1944 44 100px Jacobo Árbenz 15 March 1951 27 June 1954 Revolutionary Action Party /Party of the Guatemalan Revolution 1950

 Military governments (1954–1958)Jacobo Árbenz was replaced by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, who took power in a U.S.-backed CIA coup (Operation PBSUCCESS) in 1954, ending Árbenz's democratically elected government and installing a military dictatorship that reversed Árbenz's land reforms. Initially, a military junta led by Colonel Elfego Monzón took over after Árbenz resigned, but Armas soon became the head of state, becoming provisional president and later elected presiden 
#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected 45 100px Carlos Enrique Díaz de León 27 June 1954 29 June 1954 Military — 46 100px Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre 29 June 1954 8 July 1954 National Liberation Movement — 47 100px Carlos Castillo Armas 8 July 1954 26 July 1957 National Liberation Movement 1954 48 100px Luis Arturo González López 27 July 1957 24 October 1957 National Liberation Movement — 49 100px Óscar Mendoza Azurdia 24 October 1957 26 October 1957 Military —  50 100px Guillermo Flores Avendaño 26 October 1957 2 March 1958 Military —

 Civil War period (1958–1996) 

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected51 100px Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 2 March 1958 31 March 1963 Military /REDENCION 1958  52 100px Enrique Peralta Azurdia 31 March 1963 1 July 1966 Institutional Democratic Party — 53 100px Julio César Méndez Montenegro 1 July 1966 1 July 1970 Revolutionary Party 1966  54 100px Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio 1 July 1970 1 July 1974 Institutional Democratic Party 1970  55 100px Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García 1 July 1974 1 July 1978 Institutional Democratic Party 1974  56 100px Fernando Romeo Lucas García 1 July 1978 23 March 1982 Institutional Democratic Party 1978 57 100px Efraín Ríos Montt 23 March 1982 8 August 1983 Military — 58 100px Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores 8 August 1983 14 January 1986 Military — 59 100px Vinicio Cerezo 14 January 1986 14 January 1991 Guatemalan Christian Democracy 1985  60 100px Jorge Serrano Elías 14 January 1991 1 June 1993 Solidarity Action Movement 1990  61 100px Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero 1 June 1993 5 June 1993 Solidarity Action Movement —  62 100px Ramiro de León Carpio 6 June 1993 14 January 1996 Independent 1993

 Contemporary period (1996–present) 

#PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyElected 63 100px Álvaro Arzú 14 January 1996 14 January 2000 National Advancement Party /Unionist Party 1995–1996 64 100px Alfonso Portillo 14 January 2000 14 January 2004 Guatemalan Republican Front 1999 65 100px Óscar Berger 14 January 2004 14 January 2008 National Solidarity Party /Grand National Alliance 2003 66 100px Álvaro Colom 14 January 2008 14 January 2012 National Unity of Hope 2007 67 100px Otto Pérez Molina 14 January 2012 3 September 2015 Patriotic Party /Grand National Alliance 2011  68 100px Alejandro Maldonado 3 September 2015 14 January 2016 Independent — 69 100px Jimmy Morales 14 January 2016 14 January 2020 National Convergence Front 2015 70 100px Alejandro Giammattei 14 January 2020 14 January 2024 Vamos 2019  71 100px Bernardo Arévalo 14 January 2024 Incumbent Semilla 2023

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