Alejandro Maldonado

Alejandro Maldonado
Official portrait, 2015
49th President of Guatemala
Acting
In office
3 September 2015 – 14 January 2016
Vice PresidentAlfonso Fuentes
Preceded byOtto Pérez Molina
Succeeded byJimmy Morales
14th Vice President of Guatemala
In office
14 May 2015 – 3 September 2015
PresidentOtto Pérez Molina
Preceded byRoxana Baldetti
Succeeded byAlfonso Fuentes
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
6 June 1993 – 14 January 1996
PresidentRamiro de León Carpio
Preceded byGonzalo Menéndez
Succeeded byEduardo Stein
Minister of Education
In office
1 July 1970 – 1 July 1974
PresidentCarlos Arana Osorio
Preceded byCarlos Martínez Durán
Succeeded byGuillermo Putzeys
Additional positions
Deputy of the Central American Parliament
In office
27 January 2016 – 14 January 2020
Serving with Alfonso Fuentes Soria
PresidentJimmy Morales
Preceded byÁlvaro Colom
Succeeded byJimmy Morales
ConstituencyFormer President of Guatemala
Member of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala
In office
14 April 2006 – 14 May 2015
Nominated byCongress of Guatemala
Preceded byNery Saúl Dighero Herrera
Succeeded byGloria Patricia Porras
In office
14 April 1996 – 14 April 2001
Nominated bySupreme Court of Justice
Preceded byEdmundo Vásquez Martínez
Succeeded byRodolfo Rohrmoser
In office
9 June 1986 – 14 April 1991
Nominated byVinicio Cerezo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJosefina Vargas de Machado
First Vice President of the Congress of Guatemala
In office
14 January 2005 – 14 January 2006
Serving with Roxana Baldetti and Leonel Rodríguez
PresidentJorge Méndez Herbruger
Preceded byRubén Darío Morales Veliz
Succeeded byOliverio García Rodas
Deputy of the Congress of Guatemala
In office
1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970
1 July 1984 – 1 July 1986
14 January 2004 – 14 April 2006
ConstituencyNational List
Personal details
Born
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre

(1936-01-06) 6 January 1936 (age 88)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political partyNational Liberation Movement (Before 1978)
National Renewal Party (1978–1990)
Unionist Party (2002–2006)
Independent (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Opposition Union (1982)
SpouseAna Fagianni de Maldonado
CabinetCabinet of Alejandro Maldonado
Signature

Alejandro Baltazar Maldonado Aguirre (born January 6, 1936) is a Guatemalan statesman who served as the acting president of Guatemala following the Congress' acceptance of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina on September 3, 2015.[1]

He was elected as vice president by Congress on May 14, 2015, after his predecessor, Roxana Baldetti, resigned amid allegations of corruption. Before becoming vice president, he served as a constitutional judge, congressional deputy, ambassador to the United Nations, and political leader, including a failed presidential bid in 1982.[2][3] He was Minister of Education from 1970 to 1974 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996.

  1. ^ "Guatemala judge orders jail for ex-president Perez Molina". BBC News. 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Guatemala congress taps Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre VP after Roxana Baldetti resigns in wake of customs scandal". New York Daily News. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "Jurist Chosen as Guatemala's New VP". Latin American Herald Tribune. May 16, 2015. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.