The following lists events in the year 2023 in

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Incumbents

* President: Alejandro Giammattei * Vice-President: Guillermo Castillo Reyes (until January 20);

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onwards

Events

* Ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala The COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020. Backgrou ...

* 4 MayVolcán de Fuego eruption

June

* 25 June **

2023 Guatemalan general election General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 340 municipalities in the coun ...

** 2023 Guatemala City mayoral election

September

* 3 SeptemberGuatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal temporarily reinstates

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Bernardo Arévalo César Bernardo Arévalo de León (; born 7 October 1958 in Montevideo) is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician who is the president-elect of Guatemala. He defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres in the second round of t ...

's Semilla

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, which had been suspended pending an investigation into alleged registration irregularities. * 12 September The office of the

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...

carries out raids in the offices of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and opens electoral boxes that contain the electoral ballots. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal condemns the decision.

October

* 9 October Dozens of road blockades are reported throughout the country, mainly in

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...

, organized by community organizations demanding Attorney General

María Consuelo Porras María Consuelo Porras Argueta (born August 23, 1953) is a Guatemalan lawyer. She served as Deputy Magistrate of the Constitutional Court since April 2016. She was appointed by President Jimmy Morales as the new Attorney General and Chief of the ...

' resignation.

December

* 8 December The Attorney General's Office says that the results of the 2023 general election are "null and void" and should be "annulled". The Organization of American States condemned the actions and called them an "attempted

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, ...

". * 15 December A ruling from the

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finds

to have violated

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by allowing a large nickel mine to operate on tribal land.

Sports

* July 2022 - May 2023:

2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala The 2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala, also known as Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, was the 70th season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season began on 23 July 2022, when the Ap ...

Deaths

* 23 January -

Álvaro Colom Álvaro Colom Caballeros (; born 15 June 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who was the President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope (UNE). Early years Colom was born in Guatemala C ...

, 71, engineer and politician,

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

(2008–2012). * 5 April -

Hugo Rodríguez Chinchilla Hugo Otoniel Rodríguez Chinchilla (5 October 1975 – 5 April 2023) was a Guatemalan politician who served as a deputy of the Congress of Guatemala for the Central District from January 2020 until his death in April 2023. Rodríguez was a mem ...

, 47, politician,

deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, ...

(since 2020). * 26 August -

Milton Francisco Guerra Calderón Milton Francisco Guerra Calderón (29 October 1974 – 26 August 2023) was a Guatemalan businessman, rancher and politician who served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020. Guerra was a member of the political parties Nat ...

, 48, farmer and politician, deputy (2012–2020).

References

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