1993 Guatemalan presidential election explained
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1990–91 Guatemalan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1995 Guatemalan general election |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
| Election Date: | 5 June 1993 |
| Image1: | FiRetrato de Ramiro de León Carpio como Procurador de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala (1987-1993)(cropped).jpg |
| Electoral Vote1: | 106 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Running Mate1: | Arturo Herbruger |
| President |
| Before Election: | Jorge Serrano |
| Before Party: | Solidarity Action Movement |
| Posttitle: | Acting President |
| After Election: | Ramiro de León |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
Indirect presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 5 June 1993. They were sparked by the 1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis in which President Jorge Serrano Elías had attempted a self-coup. The result was a victory for Ramiro de León Carpio, who won unopposed in the second round of voting, whilst the army-backed Arturo Herbruger was elected vice-president.[1]
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Notes and References
- Torres Rivas, Edelberto. 1996. “Guatemala: democratic governability.” Constructing democratic governance: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s. 1996. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Part IV. Pp. 58.
