Guatemala

1524-1823

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
1524 Spanish possession subordinate to New Spain colony
1821 15 september Independence of the colonial "Kingdom of Guatemala" Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano
1822 5 january Mexican provence

1823-1824

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1823 1 july Independence state Vicente Filísola
1823 10 july United Provinces of the Centre of America Antonio Rivera Cabezas, Pedro José Antonio Molina Mazariegos, Juan Vicente Villacorta
1823 4 october Juan Vicente Villacorta, Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello, José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriagga
1824 5 february Juan Vicente Villacorta, Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello, José Cecilio Díaz del Vallle y Díaz del Valle
1824 15 march Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga , Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello, José Cecilio Díaz del Vallle y Díaz del Valle
1824 20 october José Manuel de la Cerda, Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello, José Cecilio Díaz del Vallle y Díaz del Valle

1824-1843

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1824 22 november
1825 10 april Federal Republic of Central America
1825 29 april Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga
1829 13 april José Francisco Morazán Quezada (I)
1829 25 june José Francisco Barrundia
1830 16 september José Francisco Morazán Quezada (II)
1834 16 september José Gregorio Salazar Lara
1835 14 february José Francisco Morazán Quezada (III)
1839 1 february Diego Vigil Cocaña )
1839 17 april Republic Mariano Rivera Paz (I)
1842 25 february José Venancio López Requena
1842 14 may Mariano Rivera Paz (II)

1843-1851

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1843 26 october José Rafael Carrera Turcios
1844 14 december José Rafael Carrera Turcios (I)
1848 16 august Juan Antonio Martínez
1848 20 november José Bernardo Escobar
1849 3 january Mariano Paredes

1851-1858

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1851 14 march
1851 6 november José Rafael Carrera Turcios (II)

1858-1871

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1858 21 may
1865 24 may Vicente Cerna Sandoval

1871-1885

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1871 17 august Miguel García Granados Zavala
1873 4 june Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón

1885-

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT
1885 2 april Alejandro M. Sinibaldi
1885 6 april Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián
1892 15 march José María Reina Barrios
1898 8 february Manuel José Estrada Cabrera
1920 15 april Carlos Herrera y Luna
1921 10 december José María Orellana Pinto
1926 26 september gen. Lázaro Chacón González
1931 2 january José María Reina Andrade
1931 14 february Jorge Ubico y Castañeda
1944 4 july Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
1944 20 october gen. Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, Jorge Toriello Garrido
1945 15 march Juan José Arévalo Bermejo
1951 15 march Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán
1954 27 june ten. col. Carlos Enrique Díaz de León
1954 28 june col. Elfego Hernán Monzón, Carlos Enrique Díaz de León, José Ángel Sánchez
1954 29 june Elfego Hernán Monzón
1954 8 july Carlos Castillo Armas
1957 27 july Luis Arturo González López
1957 24 october Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
1958 2 march gen. José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes
1963 31 march col. Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia
1966 1 july Julio César Méndez Montenegro
1970 1 july Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
1974 1 july gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
1978 1 july gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García
1982 23 march gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt
1983 8 august gen. Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores
1986 14 january Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo
1991 14 january Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías
1993 1 june Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero
1993 6 june Ramiro de León Carpio
1996 14 january Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen
2000 14 january Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera
2004 14 january Óscar Berger Perdomo
2008 14 january Álvaro Colom

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