President of Guatemala

List of Presidents of Guatemala

Flag of the President of GuatemalaJosé Rafael Carrera Turcios 6 November 1851 – 14 April 1865
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol 14 April 1865 – 24 May 1865
Vicente Cerna Sandoval 24 May 1865 – 29 June 1871
Miguel García Granados Zavala 29 June 1871 – 4 June 1873
Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón 4 June 1873 – 2 April 1885
Alejandro M. Sinibaldi 2 April 1885 – 5 April 1885
Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián 6 April 1885 – 15 March 1892
José María Reina Barrios 15 March 1892 – 8 February 1898
Manuel José Estrada Cabrera 8 February 1898 – 15 April 1920
Carlos Herrera y Luna 15 April 1920 – 10 December 1921
José María Orellana Pinto 10 December 1921 – 26 September 1926
Lázaro Chacón González 26 September 1926 – 2 January 1931
José María Reina Andrade 2 January 1931 – 14 February 1931
Jorge Ubico y Castañeda 14 February 1931 – 4 July 1944
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides 4 July 1944 – 20 October 1944

(From 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 Guatemala was governed by a military junta consisting of Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, and Jorge Toriello Garrido.)

Juan José Arévalo Bermejo 15 March 1945 – 15 March 1951
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán 15 March 1951 – 27 June 1954
Carlos Enrique Díaz de León 27 June 1954 – 28 June 1954

(From 29 June 1954 to 8 July 1954 Guatemala was run by a Junta headed by General Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre; from then until 26 July 1957 by a Junta headed by Carlos Castillo Armas)

Luis Arturo González López 27 July 1957 – 24 October 1957

(From 24 October 1957 to 26 October 1957 Guatemala was ruled by a military Junta headed by Óscar Mendoza Azurdia.)

Guillermo Flores Avendaño 27 October 1957 – 2 March 1958
José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes 2 March 1958 – 31 March 1963
Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia 31 March 1963 – 1 July 1966
Julio César Méndez Montenegro 1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio 1 July 1970 – 1 July 1974
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García 1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978
Fernando Romeo Lucas García 1 July 1978 – 23 March 1982
José Efraín Ríos Montt 23 March 1982 – 8 August 1983
Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores 8 August 1983 – 14 January 1986
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo 14 January 1986 – 14 January 1991
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías 14 January 1991 – 31 May 1993
Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero 1 June 1993 – 5 June 1993
Ramiro de León Carpio 6 June 1993 – 14 January 1996
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen 14 January 1996 – 14 January 2000
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera 14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004
Óscar Berger Perdomo 14 January 2004 (incumbent)