List of presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

The President of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Presidente del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) is the presiding officer of the legislature.^[1] Until 1996 the title was President of the National Congress.

President of the Congress of the Republic
Coat of arms of Guatemala
Presidential standard of President of Congress
Incumbent Nery Ramos since January 19, 2024
Style	Mr. President
Seat	Guatemala City
Appointer	Congress of Guatemala
Term length	1 year
Inaugural holder	Jorge García Granados
Formation	March 15, 1945
Deputy	First Vice President

Below is a partial list of office-holders:

Chamber of Representatives 1851–1879

Cámara de Representantes

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Fernando Antonio Dávila	July 1839	December 1839 – ?	Constituent assembly[2]
Miguel Larreynaga	? – September 1840	September 1840 – ?	[2]
Juan Matheu	? – Jan 1849	January 1852 – ?	[3]
José Antonio Azmitia	? – 1858	1858 – ?	[4]
Juan Matheu	? – January 1868	1872 – ?	[2][5]
Marcos Dardón	? – August 1872	August 1872 – ?

National Assembly 1879–1945

Asamblea Nacional

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
José Antonio Salazar	7 May 1873	13 September 1876	Constituent assembly[6]
Manuel J. Dardon	1 October 1876	26 October 1876	Constituent assembly[6]
José Farfán	? – March 1879	December 1879 – ?	Constituent assembly[6]
José Antonio Salazar	1 March 1880	1 March 1881
Francisco Lainfiesta	1 March 1881	1 March 1882
José Antonio Salazar	1 March 1882	11 November 1882	died
Francisco Lainfiesta	2 December 1882	30 November 1883	His period ended on 1884
Angel María Arroyo	30 November 1883	1 March 1884	During extraordinary sessions
Manuel Ramírez	1 March 1884	1 March 1885
Angel María Arroyo	1 March 1885	5 April 1885	Appointed as Secretary of Interior
José Salazar	6 April 1885	26 May 1885	The Assembly was dissolved to reform the constitution
Joaquín Macal	24 August 1885	22 October 1885	Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution[6]
Miguel Alvarez	1 March 1886	1 March 1887	[7]
Manuel Ramírez	1 March 1887	26 June 1887
Ramón Uriarte	1 October 1887	16 November 1887	Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution[6]
Arturo Ubico Urruela	1 March 1888	12 March 1888
José Pinto	12 April 1888	1 March 1891
Antonio Lazo Arriaga	1 March 1891	April 1891
Miguel Flores	April 1891	1 March 1892
José Pinto	1 March 1892	1 March 1894
Mariano Cruz	1 March 1894	1 March 1895
Arturo Ubico Urruela	1 March 1895	1 March 1896
Mariano Cruz	1 March 1896	1 March 1897	[6]
Feliciano Aguilar	1 March 1897	31 May 1897	Reina Barrios dissolved the Assembly[8]
Mariano Cruz	16 August 1897	30 August 1897	Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution
Arturo Ubico Urruela	1 March 1898	3 June 1903
José Pinto	4 July 1903	12 July 1903	Constituent assembly to reform the Constitution[6]
Arturo Ubico Urruela	1 March 1904	October 1919	[9]
Mariano Cruz	? – September 1919	September 1919 – ?
Adrián Vidaurre	1 March 1920	April 1920 – ?
Tácito Molina Izquierdo	? – November 1920	March 1921 – ?	[6]
José A. Beteta	? – December 1927	December 1927 – ?	Constituent assembly[6]
Juan J. Ortega	1930	February 1931	[10]
Juan J. Ortega	March 1932	April 1934	[10]
Luis F. Mendizábal	1934	1937 – ?	[11]
Ramón Calderón	? – September 1941	September 1941 – ?	Constituent assembly
Manuel Galich	3 December 1944	15 March 1945	[12]

Congress since 1945

The title 1984–1986 was President of the National Constituent Assembly

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Jorge García Granados	10 January 1945	15 March 1945		National constituent assembly[13][6]
Jorge García Granados	20 March 1945	12 July 1945		[13]
Julio Bonilla González	20 July 1945	28 February 1946		[13]
Gerardo Gordillo Barrios	19 March 1946	28 February 1947		[13]
Mario Monteforte Toledo	1947	March 1948
Víctor Giordani	1948	1948		[14]
Óscar Barrios Castillo	1948	1948
Mario Monteforte Toledo	1 March 1949	28 February 1950		[13]
Guillermo Fonseca Penedo	1 March 1950	28 February 1951		[13]
Roberto Alvarado Fuentes	1 March 1951	28 February 1952		[13]
Julio Estrada de la Hoz	1 March 1952	28 February 1953		[13]
Guillermo Ovando Arriola	1 March 1953	28 February 1954		[13]
Marco Antonio Franco Chacón	1 March 1954	29 June 1954		Deposed[13]
Luis Arturo González López	29 October 1954	28 February 1956		National constituent assembly[13]
Luis Arturo González López	1 March 1956	28 February 1957		[13][15][6]
Federico Carbonell Rodas	1 March 1957	28 February 1958		[13]
Julio Prado García Salas	1 March 1958	28 February 1959		[13]
Ernesto Viteri Bertrand	1 March 1959	28 February 1960		[13]
Jorge Luis Zelaya Coronado	1 March 1960	28 February 1961		[13]
Rubén Flores Avendaño	1 March 1961	28 February 1962		[13]
Miguel Angel Ortega Mérida	1 March 1962	28 February 1963		[13]
Manuel Orellana Portillo	1 March 1963	31 March 1963		[13]
Vicente Diaz Samayoa	6 July 1964	5 May 1966		Constituent assembly president[13][6]
Mario Fuentes Pieruccini	5 May 1966	15 June 1967		[13]
José Gregorio Prem Beteta	15 June 1967	1968		[16]
Manuel Francisco Villamar	1968	1969		[17]
Enrique A. Claverie Delgado	1969	1970		[18]
Mario Sandoval Alarcón	1970	June 1974		[19]
Luis Alfonso López	June 1974	June 1975		[20]
Donaldo Álvarez Ruiz	June 1975	1976		[21][22]
Luis Alfonso López	1976	1977		[23]
Rafael Castillo Valdez	1977	June 1978		[24]
José Trinidad Uclés	1978	1979		[25]
Manuel Salvador Polanco Ramírez	1979	1981		[26][27]
Tomás Esteban Zepeda Guzmán	1981	1982		[28]
Jorge Bonilla López	1982	March 1982		[29]
Ramiro de León Carpio	July 1984	January 1986	UCN	Three rotating presidents[30]
Roberto Carpio	July 1984	January 1986	DCG	Three rotating presidents[30]
Héctor Aragón Quiñónez	July 1984	January 1986	MLN	Three rotating presidents[30]
Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo	January 1986	1986	DCG	[31][32]
Roberto Adolfo Valle Valdizán	1986	1987	DCG	[33]
José Ricardo Gómez Gálvez	1987	1988	DCG	[31]
Alfonso Alonso Barillas	1988	1989	DCG	[31][34]
José Fernando Lobo Dubón	1989	1990	DCG	[31][35]
Marco Antonio Dardón Castillo	January 1990	January 1991	DCG	[31][36][37]
Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes	January 1991	January 1992	DCG	[31]
Edmond Mulet	January 1992	January 1993	UCN	[31][38]
José Fernando Lobo Dubón	January 1993	June 1993	DCG	[31][39]
Óscar Vinicio Villar Anleu	January 1994	September 1994	DCG	[31]
Arabella Castro Quiñónez de Comparini	September 1994	January 1995	PAN	[31][40]
José Efraín Ríos Montt	January 1995	1996	FRG	[31]
Carlos Alberto García Regás	1996	1997	PAN	[31][41]
Arabella Castro Quiñónez de Comparini	1997	1998	PAN	[31]
Rafael Eduardo Barrios Flores	1998	1999	PAN	[31]
Leonel López Rodas	1999	January 2000	PAN	[31][42]
José Efraín Ríos Montt	January 2000	January 2004	FRG	[31][42]
Francisco Rolando Morales Chávez	January 2004	January 2005	UNE	[42]
Jorge Méndez Herbruger	January 2005	January 2007	GANA	[42]
Ruben Dario Morales Véliz	January 2007	January 2008	PAN	[42]
Eduardo Meyer	January 2008	August 2008	UNE[43]	[42]
Arístides Crespo Villegas	August 2008	January 2008	FRG
José Roberto Alejos Cámbara	January 2009	January 2012	UNE	[42]
Gudy Rivera Estrada	January 2012	January 2013	PP	[42]
Pedro Muadi	January 2013	January 2014	PP	[42]
Arístides Crespo Villegas	January 2014	January 2015	PP	[42]
Luis Rabbé	January 2015	January 2016	Independent	[42]
Mario Taracena	January 2016	January 2017	UNE
Óscar Chinchilla	January 2017	January 2018	CREO
Álvaro Arzú Escobar	January 2018	January 2020	PU
Allan Rodríguez	January 2020	January 2022	VAMOS
Shirley Rivera	14 January 2022	14 January 2024	VAMOS
Samuel Pérez Álvarez	14 January 2024	19 January 2024	Semilla	[44]
Nery Ramos	19 January 2024	Incumbent	Blue Party	[45]