The attorney general of Guatemala (''fiscal general de la República de Guatemala'') is the chief public prosecutor and head of the (Department of Justice) of
Guatemala
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.
According to article 251 of the
Constitution of Guatemala
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, the attorney general is selected by the
president
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from a pool of six candidates who must be lawyers and must have the same qualifications as the magistrates of the
Supreme Court
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. They are nominated by a commission conformed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the deans of the law schools of the
country's universities, and both the chairman of the bar association and of its honor tribunal.
The attorney general has a term of four years and has the same immunity as the magistrates of the Supreme Court. The president can remove the official only due to a justified reason properly established.
This reason according to article 14 of the
Organic Law
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of the is conviction of the attorney general for committing a crime during the exercise of their functions.
List of attorneys general
See also
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Justice ministry
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Politics of Guatemala
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References
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