Guatemalan order of precedence

The order of precedence in Guatemala is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 07-2003 of March 11, 2003.^[1] signed by then President Alfonso Portillo, President of the Congress Efraín Ríos Montt and Former Interior Minister José Adolfo Reyes Calderón.

Order of precedence

Precedence is determined by the office; names of incumbents as of 2024^[update] are listed.

President: Bernardo Arévalo
Vice President: Karin Herrera
President of the Congress: Samuel Pérez Álvarez
President of the Supreme Court of Justice: Óscar Cruz Oliva
President of the Constitutional Court: Héctor Perez Aguilera
President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Blanca Alfaro
Former Presidents or their widows/widowers (ordered by term):
1. Vinicio Cerezo
2. Jorge Serrano Elías
3. Alfonso Portillo
4. Óscar Berger
5. Otto Pérez Molina
6. Alejandro Maldonado
7. Jimmy Morales
8. Alejandro Giammattei
Former Vice Presidents or their widows/widowers:
1. Gustavo Espina
2. Luis Alberto Flores
3. Eduardo Stein
4. Rafael Espada
5. Roxana Baldetti
6. Jafeth Cabrera
7. Alfonso Fuentes Soria
8. Guillermo Castillo Reyes
Diplomatic corps accredited in Guatemala and accredited diplomatic corps of Guatemala
Board of directors of the Congress
1. First Vice President of the Congress: Boris Roberto España Cáceres
2. Second Vice President of the Congress: Sergio David Arana Roca
3. Third Vice President of the Congress: Hérber Armando Melgar Padilla
4. First Secretary of the Congress: Mynor Gabriel Mejía Popol
5. Second Secretary of the Congress: Marvin Estuardo Alvarado Morales
6. Third Secretary of the Congress: Douglas Rivero Mérida
7. Fourth Secretary of the Congress: Aníbal Estuardo Rojas Espino
8. Fifth Secretary of the Congress: Leopoldo Salazar Samayoa
State ministers and secretaries
1. Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mario Búcaro
2. Minister of Interior: Byron Bor
3. Minister of National Defense: Henry Reyes Chigua
4. Minister of Public Finances: Edwin Cameros
5. Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing: Javier Maldonado Quiñonez
6. Minister of Education: Claudia Ruiz Casasola
7. Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food: Edgar René De León Moreno
8. Minister of Economy: Luz Pérez Contreras
9. Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance: Francisco Coma
10. Minister of Labor and Social Welfare: Rafael Eugenio Rodríguez Pellecer
11. Minister of Energy and Mines: Alberto Pimentel Mata
12. Minister of Culture and Sports: Felipe Amado Aguilar Marroquín
13. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Environment and Natural Resources: Gerson Elias Barrios Garrido
14. Minister of Social Development: Héctor Melvyn Caná Rivera
15. Secretaries of State
Deputies of the Congress
Attorney General of the Nation: Wuelmer Ubener Gómez González
Attorney General and Chief of Public Prosecutor's Office: María Consuelo Porras
Attorney for Human Rights: Alejandro Córdova Herrera
Comptroller General of Accounts: Frank Helmuth Bode Fuentes
Chief of Staff of the Army: Wiliam Arnulfo López Chay
Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice
Judges of the Constitutional Court
Magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Deputy Ministers of State
Departmental Governors
Mayors
Rectors of the Universities
1. Rector of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala: Walter Mazariegos Biolis
General directors of State entities
Army Officers
Official Commissions
Private Commissions

References

^ Reformas a la Ley del Ceremonial Diplomático - Decreto 07-2003 (Decree 07-2003) (in Spanish)

[1] Reformas a la Ley del Ceremonial Diplomático - Decreto 07-2003 (Decree 07-2003) (in Spanish)

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