Term start Term end Name Political Party 3 December 1839 25 February 1842 Mariano Rivera Paz (1st time) Liberal Party 14 December 1841 14 May 1842 José Venancio López Requena (acting for Rivera Paz to 25 February 1842) Liberal Party 14 May 1842 14 December 1844 Mariano Rivera Paz (2nd time) Liberal Party 14 December 1844 16 August 1848 José Rafael Carrera Turcios (1st time) Conservative Party 16 August 1848 28 November 1848 Juan Antonio Martínez (interim) Conservative Party 28 November 1848 3 January 1849 José Bernardo Escobar (interim) Conservative Party 3 January 1849 6 November 1851 Mariano Peredes (interim) Liberal Party 6 November 1851 14 April 1865 José Rafael Carrera Turcios (2nd time) (styled Perpetual President from 21 October 1854) Conservative Party 14 April 1865 24 May 1865 Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol (acting) Conservative Party 24 May 1865 29 June 1871 Vicente Cerna Sandoval Liberal Party 29 June 1871 4 June 1873 Miguel García Granados Zavala (in rebellion from 3 June 1871) Liberal Party 4 June 1873 2 April 1885 Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón Liberal Party 2 April 1885 5 April 1885 Alejandro M. Sinibaldi (acting) Liberal Party 6 April 1885 15 March 1892 Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián (acting to 15 March 1886) Conservative Party 15 March 1892 8 February 1898 José María Reina Barrios Conservative Party 8 February 1898 15 April 1920 Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (acting to 2 October 1898) Liberal Party 15 April 1920 10 December 1921 Carlos Herrera y Luna (acting to 15 September 1920; Head of State from 13 June 1921) Conservative Party 10 December 1921 26 September 1926 José María Orellana Pinto (Head of State to 14 January 1922; acting to 4 March 1922) Conservative Party 26 September 1926 2 January 1931 Lázaro Chacón González (acting to 18 December 1926) Conservative Party 2 January 1931 14 February 1931 José María Reina Andrade (acting) Conservative Party 14 February 1931 4 July 1944 Jorge Ubico y Castañeda Liberal Party 4 July 1944 20 October 1944 Juan Federico Ponce Vaides Liberal Party 20 October 1944 15 March 1945
Revolutionary Government Juntacomposed of:
Francisco Javier Arana
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Jorge Toriello Garrido Military 15 March 1945 15 March 1951 Juan José Arévalo Bermejo Revolutionary Action Party 15 March 1951 27 June 1954 Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán Revolutionary Action Party 27 June 1954 28 June 1954 Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (provisional) Liberal Party 28 June 1954 2 July 1954
Government Junta Icomposed of:
Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (junta chairman)
Jose Angel Sanchez
Jose Luis Cruz Salazar
Carlos Enrique Díaz de León
Mauricio Dubois Military 2 July 1954 1 September 1954
Government Junta IIcomposed of:
Carlos Castillo Armas (junta chairman)
Mauricio Dubois
Enrique Trinidad Oliva
Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre
Jose Luis Cruz Salazar Military 1 September 1954 26 July 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas Military 27 July 1957 24 October 1957 Luis Arturo González López (acting) National Progress Party 24 October 1957 26 October 1957 Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (chairman of military junta) Military 27 October 1957 2 March 1958 Guillermo Flores Avendaño (acting) Military 2 March 1958 31 March 1963 José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes Military/National Democratic Reconciliation/Redemption Party 31 March 1963 1 July 1966 Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (Head of government to 5 May 1966 and then Head of State) Military 1 July 1966 1 July 1970 Julio César Méndez
Montenegro Revolutionary Party 1 July 1970 1 July 1974 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio Military/National Liberation Movement 1 July 1974 1 July 1978 Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García Military/National Liberation Movement/Institutional Democratic Party 1 July 1978 23 March 1982 Fernando Romeo Lucas García Military/Institutional Democratic Party/Revolutionary Party 23 March 1982 8 August 1983 José Efraín Ríos Montt (chairman of military junta to 9 June 1982) Military 8 August 1983 14 January 1986 Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores (Chief of State) Military 14 January 1986 14 January 1991 Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo Guatemalan Christian Democratic Party 14 January 1991 5 June 1993 Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías Solidarity Action Movement 6 June 1993 14 January 1996 Ramiro de León Carpio Non-party 14 January 1996 14 January 2000 Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen National Progress Party 14 January 2000 14 January 2004 Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera Guatemalan Republican Front 14 January 2004 14 January 2008 Óscar Berger Perdomo Grand National Alliance 14 January 2008 Present Álvaro Colom Caballeros National Unity of Hope
As of 10-19-09