Vice President of Guatemala
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Vice President of Guatemala is a political position in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 which is since 1966 elected concurrently with the position of President of Guatemala
President of Guatemala
The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839, when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz...

. Latest Vice President who took over as President was Gustavo Espina in 1993.

Historically there has been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents elected for one-year-term. The election was carried in Congress of Guatemala. A provision for First and Second Vice Presidents existed 1882-1921, 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.

1882-1921

First Vice President Second Vice President Inaugurated Left Office
Julian Salguero Gen. Manuel Barillas 25 April 1882 27 April 1883
Gen. Stupid)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 1 May 1888
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
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Manuel José Estrada Cabrera was President of Guatemala from 8 February 1898 to 15 April 1920.Manuel Estrada forcibly took the presidency after the assassination of José María Reina. The Guatemalan cabinet called an emergency meeting to appoint a new successor, but declined to invite the General...

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
Luis Molina
Luis de Molina , was a Spanish Jesuit priest and a staunch Scholastic defender of 'human liberty' in the Divine grace and human liberty controversy of the Renaissance ....

8 May 1900 13 May 1902
José María Reina Andrade
José María Reina Andrade
José María Reina Andrade was the acting President of Guatemala from 2 January 1931 to 14 February 1931.José María Reina Andrade, He was nicknamed "Reinita" because of his short stature, was appointed by the Congress of Guatemala on December 31, 1930 as the first president of the Republic. On...

Gen. Luis Molina
Luis Molina
Luis de Molina , was a Spanish Jesuit priest and a staunch Scholastic defender of 'human liberty' in the Divine grace and human liberty controversy of the Renaissance ....

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
Manuel Duarte
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29 April 1910 14 May 1911
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz Gen. Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte
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14 May 1911 31 May 1912
Col. Ignacio López Andrade Gen. Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte is a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward for Leixões for ten seasons in the 1960s and 1970s....

31 May 1912 30 April 1917
Gen. Mariano Serrano Muñoz Gen. Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte
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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 Inaugurated 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 Inaugurated Left Office
Gen. José María Orellana Alberto Mencos 8 December 1921 27 April 1922
Gen. Jorge Ubico
Jorge Ubico
Jorge Ubico y Castañeda was a Guatemalan dictator who held the title of President of Guatemala from 14 February 1931 to 4 July 1944.-Early years:...

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 Inaugurated Left Office
Gen. Mauro de León Rodolfo Sandoval
Rodolfo Sandoval
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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 Baudelio Palma Luis Chacón 15 March 1930 1 January 1931
José María Reina Andrade
José María Reina Andrade
José María Reina Andrade was the acting President of Guatemala from 2 January 1931 to 14 February 1931.José María Reina Andrade, He was nicknamed "Reinita" because of his short stature, was appointed by the Congress of Guatemala on December 31, 1930 as the first president of the Republic. On...

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

1956-1966

First Vice President Second Vice President Inaugurated Left Office President
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli Col. Juan Francisco Oliva 15 March 1956 22 March 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan Colonel who came to power in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1954. He held the title of President of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957.-The coup:...

Luis Arturo González López
Luis Arturo González López
Luis Arturo González López was a politician in Guatemala and the acting President of Guatemala on an interim basis, from 27 July 1957 to 24 October 1957. González replaced assassinated Carlos Castillo Armas. The work of his government was focused on trying to call new elections...

Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Colonel Guillermo Flores Avendaño was President of Guatemala from 27 October 1957 until 2 March 1958, when he was appointed Minister of Defence in the government of Miguel Ydígoras.-References:...

22 March 1957 9 October 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan Colonel who came to power in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1954. He held the title of President of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957.-The coup:...

Col. Luis Urrutia de León Carlos Enrique Guillén Rodas 9 October 1957 25 March 1958 Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Colonel Guillermo Flores Avendaño was President of Guatemala from 27 October 1957 until 2 March 1958, when he was appointed Minister of Defence in the government of Miguel Ydígoras.-References:...

Clemente Marroquín Rojas
Clemente Marroquín
Clemente Marroquín Rojas was Guatemalan journalist and politician.He was elected as Vice President of Guatemala for period from 1 July 1966 to 30 June 1970 as running mate of Julio César Méndez. He served also a one-year-term as First Vice President from March 1958 to March 1959, elected by...

Crisóstomo Castillo 25 March 1958 18 March 1959 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes was President of Guatemala from 2 March 1958 to 31 March 1963. He took power following the murder of Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas....

Manuel Ralda Ochoa Alberto J. Urrutia Vasconcelos 18 March 1959 23 March 1960 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes was President of Guatemala from 2 March 1958 to 31 March 1963. He took power following the murder of Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas....

Abrahan Cabrera Cruz Col. José Francisco Gómez Carranza 23 March 1960 30 May 1961 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes was President of Guatemala from 2 March 1958 to 31 March 1963. He took power following the murder of Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas....

Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez Óscar Ubico Zebadúa 30 May 1961 16 March 1962 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes was President of Guatemala from 2 March 1958 to 31 March 1963. He took power following the murder of Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas....

Col. Ernesto Molina Arreaga Rubén Flores Avendaño 16 March 1962 15 March 1963 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes was President of Guatemala from 2 March 1958 to 31 March 1963. He took power following the murder of Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas....

Col. Catalino Chávez Pérez Joaquín Montenegro Paniagua 15 March 1963 1 July 1966 Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia was President of Guatemala from 31 March 1963 to 1 July 1966.Enrique Peralta was born on June 17, 1908 in Guatemala City. He took over the presidency after a coup against president Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes...


1966 onwards

Vice President Inaugurated Left Office President
Clemente Marroquín Rojas
Clemente Marroquín
Clemente Marroquín Rojas was Guatemalan journalist and politician.He was elected as Vice President of Guatemala for period from 1 July 1966 to 30 June 1970 as running mate of Julio César Méndez. He served also a one-year-term as First Vice President from March 1958 to March 1959, elected by...

1 July 1966 1 July 1970 Julio César Méndez Montenegro
Julio César Méndez Montenegro
Julio César Méndez Montenegro was the Revolutionary Party President of Guatemala from 1 July 1966 to 1 July 1970. The only civilian to occupy Guatemala's presidency during the long period of military rule between 1954 and 1986, Méndez was not allowed to act independently of the military and was...

Eduardo Rafael Cáceres Lenhoff
Eduardo Cáceres
Eduardo Rafael Cáceres Lehnhoff served as Vice President of Guatemala from 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1974 in the cabinet of Carlos Arana.Died 31 January 1980 in the Burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala-City-References:...

1 July 1970 1 July 1974 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1974.Carlos Arana was born in Barberena, in the department of Santa Rosa....

Mario Augusto Sandoval Alarcón
Mario Sandoval Alarcón
Mario Sandoval Alarcón was a Guatemalan politician. He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional . In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Arbenz....

1 July 1974 1 July 1978 Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978. He was the son of a Norwegian father and Guatemalan mother....

Francisco Villagrán Kramer
Francisco Villagrán Kramer
Francisco Villagrán Kramer was a Guatemalan legal scholar and social democrat who served as vice president under General Romeo Lucas García beginning in 1978. He resigned from office on 1 September 1980, before his term ended, citing differences with the Lucas administration and disapproval of...

1 July 1978 12 September 1980 Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García was the 25th President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982...

Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
Colonel Óscar Mendoza Azurdia was the chairman of the military junta in Guatemala from 24 October 1957 to 26 October 1957. He was later elected as Vice President on 12 September 1980 after the resignation of Francisco Villagrán...

12 September 1980 23 March 1982 Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García was the 25th President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982...

Roberto Carpio Nicolle
Roberto Carpio
Roberto Carpio Nicolle served as Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 1986 to 14 January 1991 in the cabinet of president Vinicio Cerezo.- References :...

14 January 1986 14 January 1991 Vinicio Cerezo
Vinicio Cerezo
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Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero 14 January 1991 1 June 1993 Jorge Serrano Elías
Jorge Serrano Elías
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías was President of Guatemala from January 14, 1991 to May 31, 1993.-Career:Serrano was born April 26, 1945 in Guatemala City as the son of Jorge Adán Serrano and Rosa Elías...

Arturo Herbruger Asturias
Arturo Herbruger
Arturo Herbruger Asturias served as Vice President of Guatemala from 18 June 1993 to 14 January 1996 in the cabinet of president Ramiro de León. He was elected by National Congress. He was previously head of independent Supreme Electoral Tribunal....

18 June 1993 14 January 1996 Ramiro de León Carpio
Ramiro de León Carpio
Ramiro de León Carpio was the President of Guatemala from 6 June 1993 until 14 January 1996.-Career:He studied law at the University of San Carlos and then at the Rafael Landívar University, where he ran the Sol Bolivariano newspaper...

Luis Alberto Flores Asturias
Luis Alberto Flores Asturias
Luis Alberto Flores Asturias served as Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 1996 to 14 January 2000 in the cabinet of president Álvaro Arzú.-References:...

14 January 1996 14 January 2000 Álvaro Arzú
Álvaro Arzú
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Yrigoyen was the 32nd President of Guatemala from January 14, 1996 until January 14, 2000...

Juan Francisco Reyes López
Juan Francisco Reyes
Juan Francisco Reyes López served as Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 2000 to 14 January 2004 in the cabinet of president Alfonso Portillo.-References:...

14 January 2000 14 January 2004 Alfonso Portillo
Alfonso Portillo
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of the Republic of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004....

Eduardo Stein Barillas 14 January 2004 14 January 2008 Óscar Berger
Óscar Berger
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José Rafael Espada
Rafael Espada
Dr. José Rafael Espada is the Vice President of Guatemala and a former cardiothoracic surgeon.Espada is well known in the Houston cardiothoracic surgery community. He grew up in Guatemala. From an early age he wanted to grow up to be a doctor...

14 January 2008 Incumbent Álvaro Colom
Álvaro Colom
Álvaro Colom Caballeros is the President of Guatemala for the 2008–2012 term and leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope .-Early years:...

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