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2015 In Guatemala
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Guatemala. Incumbents *President of Guatemala, President: Otto Pérez Molina (until 3 September), Alejandro Maldonado (acting) (from 3 September) *Vice President of Guatemala, Vice President: ** until 8 May: Roxana Baldetti ** 8–14 May: Vacant ** 14 May–3 September: Alejandro Maldonado ** 3–16 September: Vacant ** starting 16 September: Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria Events April 25-September 6 2015: The 2015 Guatemalan Revolution takes place and ousts the government. 2015 in Guatemala, 2010s in Guatemala 2015 in Central America, Guatemala 2015 by country, Guatemala Years of the 21st century in Guatemala {{guatemala-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the 19th Eurozone country. * January 3– 7 – A series of massacres in Baga, Nigeria and surrounding villages by Boko Haram kills more than 2,000 people. *January 7 – Two gunmen belonging to Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch kill 12 people and injure 11 more at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaper ''Charlie Hebdo'', prompting an anti-terrorism demonstration attended by over a million people and more than 40 world leaders. * January 12 – A Boko Haram and Islamic State assault on Kolofata in the Far North Region of Cameroon is repelled by the Cameroonian Army, who kill 143 Boko Haram and Islamic State insurgents. * January 15 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica; in the 16th century, most of this was Spanish conquest of Guatemala, conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence from Spain and Mexico in 1821. From 1823 to 1841, it was part of the Federal Republic of Central America. For the latter half of the 19th century, Guatemala suffered instability and civil strife. From the early 20th century, it was ruled by a series of dictators backed by the United States. In 1944, authoritarian leader Jorge Ubico was overthrown by a pro-democratic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Guatemala
The president of Guatemala (), officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala (), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term. The position of President was created in 1839. Selection process Eligibility Article 185 of the Constitution, sets the following requirements to qualify for the presidency: * be Guatemalan of origin who is a citizen in good standing; * be at least 40 years old. A person who meets the above qualifications would, however, still be disqualified from holding the office of president if the individual: * Was the leader or the head of a coup d'état, armed revolution, or similar movement, that had altered the constitutional order, and as a result of their actions became the Head of Government; * Exercised the role of President or Vice President during an election, or at any point within the presidential period in which elections are conducted. * Are relatives of the incumbent president or vice p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Pérez Molina
Otto Fernando Pérez Molina (born December 1, 1950) is a Guatemalan politician and retired general who served as the 48th president of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015. Standing as the Patriotic Party (''Partido Patriota'') candidate, he lost the 2007 presidential election but prevailed in the 2011 presidential election. During the 1990s, before entering politics, he served as Director of Military Intelligence, Presidential Chief of Staff under President Ramiro de León Carpio, and as the chief representative of the military for the Guatemalan Peace Accords. On being elected President, he called for the legalization of drugs. On September 2, 2015, beset by corruption allegations and having been stripped of his immunity by Congress the day earlier, Pérez presented his resignation. He was arrested on September 3, 2015. Following his arrest, Pérez remained in prison until he was released on bond in January 2024; prior to his release, Pérez received convictions and jail sentence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Maldonado
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. 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. He was Minister of Education from 1970 to 1974 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Early life and political activities Born in Guatemala City, Maldonado graduated from San Carlos University with a degree in law. Since the 1960s, he was a member of the far-right National Liberation Movement political party (''Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional'' or MLN), alleged to have started the use of deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Guatemala
Vice president of Guatemala () is a political position in Guatemala which is since 1966 elected concurrently with the position of President of Guatemala. The current vice president is Karin Herrera. The vice president needs to be a Guatemalan citizen of over 40 years of age. Historically, there have been provisions for multiple Vice Presidents, officially Designates to the Presidency (), also known as Presidential Designates () elected for one- or two-year-terms. The election was carried in Congress of Guatemala. A provision for First and Second Vice Presidents existed 1882–1886, 1888-1921, 1921–1928 and 1956–1966. A provision for First, Second and Third Vice Presidents existed 1921 and 1928–1944. History of the office holders follows. 1882–1886 1886–1887 1888–1921 1921 1921–1928 1928–1944 1948–1951 1956–1966 1966 onwards See also *List of current vice presidents References Notes {{Deputy heads of government of North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxana Baldetti
Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías (born May 13, 1962) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the first female Vice President of Guatemala from 2012 until her resignation amid a corruption scandal in 2015. In 2018, she was sentenced to 15½ years in prison for illicit association, fraud, and influence peddling, and to 16 years in 2022 for illicit association and customs fraud for her part in the La Linea corruption ring. Early life Baldetti was born on May 13, 1962, in Guatemala City to Alejandro Baldetti and Gladys Elías de Baldetti. She was raised by her mother, who owned a beauty salon, in a conservative, Catholic household in the working-class neighborhood Colonia Primero de Julio neighborhood of Guatemala City. She has two brothers. Baldetti attended Colegio Monte Carmelo for primary school and graduated from El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Guatemala City's Centro Histórico neighborhood as a primary education teacher. In 1997, she obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria
Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria (; born 16 May 1947) is a politician who was Vice President of Guatemala following the appointment of Alejandro Maldonado as president by the Congress of Guatemala. He is also a dentist who was rector of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, ''University of San Carlos of Guatemala'') is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spa .... References Living people 1947 births Vice presidents of Guatemala 21st-century Guatemalan politicians 20th-century Guatemalan judges Guatemalan diplomats Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni Presidents of Central American Parliament {{Guatemala-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Guatemalan Revolution
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2015 In Guatemala
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Guatemala. Incumbents *President of Guatemala, President: Otto Pérez Molina (until 3 September), Alejandro Maldonado (acting) (from 3 September) *Vice President of Guatemala, Vice President: ** until 8 May: Roxana Baldetti ** 8–14 May: Vacant ** 14 May–3 September: Alejandro Maldonado ** 3–16 September: Vacant ** starting 16 September: Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria Events April 25-September 6 2015: The 2015 Guatemalan Revolution takes place and ousts the government. 2015 in Guatemala, 2010s in Guatemala 2015 in Central America, Guatemala 2015 by country, Guatemala Years of the 21st century in Guatemala {{guatemala-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s In Guatemala
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2015 In Central America
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