| Alejandro Maldonado | |
| Office: | 49th President of Guatemala |
| Status: | Acting |
| Vicepresident: | Alfonso Fuentes |
| Term Start: | 3 September 2015 |
| Term End: | 14 January 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Successor: | Jimmy Morales |
| Order1: | 14th |
| Office1: | Vice President of Guatemala |
| President1: | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Term Start1: | 14 May 2015 |
| Term End1: | 3 September 2015 |
| Predecessor1: | Roxana Baldetti |
| Successor1: | Alfonso Fuentes |
| Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| President2: | Ramiro de León Carpio |
| Term Start2: | 6 June 1993 |
| Term End2: | 14 January 1996 |
| Predecessor2: | Gonzalo Menéndez |
| Successor2: | Eduardo Stein |
| Office3: | Minister of Education |
| President3: | Carlos Arana Osorio |
| Term Start3: | 1 July 1970 |
| Term End3: | 1 July 1974 |
| Predecessor3: | Carlos Martínez Durán |
| Successor3: | Guillermo Putzeys |
| Office4: | Deputy of the Central American Parliament |
| President4: | Jimmy Morales |
| Alongside4: | Alfonso Fuentes Soria |
| Term Start4: | 27 January 2016 |
| Term End4: | 14 January 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | Álvaro Colom |
| Successor4: | Jimmy Morales |
| Constituency4: | Former President of Guatemala |
| Office5: | Member of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala |
| Term Start5: | 14 April 2006 |
| Term End5: | 14 May 2015 |
| Predecessor5: | Nery Saúl Dighero Herrera |
| Successor5: | Gloria Patricia Porras |
| Nominator5: | Congress of Guatemala |
| Term Start6: | 14 April 1996 |
| Term End6: | 14 April 2001 |
| Predecessor6: | Edmundo Vásquez Martínez |
| Successor6: | Rodolfo Rohrmoser |
| Nominator6: | Supreme Court of Justice |
| Term Start7: | 9 June 1986 |
| Term End7: | 14 April 1991 |
| Predecessor7: | Position established |
| Successor7: | Josefina Vargas de Machado |
| Nominator7: | Vinicio Cerezo |
| Office8: | First Vice President of the Congress of Guatemala |
| President8: | Jorge Méndez Herbruger |
| Alongside8: | Roxana Baldetti and Leonel Rodríguez |
| Term Start8: | 14 January 2005 |
| Term End8: | 14 January 2006 |
| Predecessor8: | Rubén Darío Morales Veliz |
| Successor8: | Oliverio García Rodas |
| Office9: | Deputy of the Congress of Guatemala |
| Term Start9: | 1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970 1 July 1984 – 1 July 1986 14 January 2004 |
| Term End9: | 14 April 2006 |
| Constituency9: | National List |
| Birth Name: | Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Spouse: | Ana Fagianni de Maldonado |
| Signature: | Firma maldonado aguirre.png |
| Cabinet: | Cabinet of 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.[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.
Born in Guatemala City, Maldonado graduated from San Carlos University with a degree in law.[4]
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 death squads against communists. He was also Minister of Education under the military regime of Arana Osorio (1970–1974) and defended Guatemala before the United Nations when the international community isolated the military regime of Lucas García (1978–1982) for its gross human rights violations.
In the 1980s, he formed the National Renewal Party and joined a coalition with Guatemalan Christian Democracy in the 1982 election. Maldonado placed third in a blatantly rigged election, which he may have won had the contest been free and fair,[5] which was followed by a military coup. In 1985, he was again a presidential candidate for his party but placed seventh out of eight candidates and had only one seat in Congress. He would continue to hold numerous public posts, including that of Foreign Minister.
Later, Maldonado served as a judge on the Constitutional Court judge on three occasions.
One week after his appointment as Vice President in May 2015, protesters sought his resignation because he had overturned the guilty verdict in the Ríos Montt trial.[6]
Maldonado served as Vice President of Guatemala from his selection to the position following the resignation of Roxana Baldetti on May 14, 2015, until his accession as president on September 3, 2015.
Maldonado, as vice president, became acting president of Guatemala on September 3, 2015, upon the confirmation by the Congress of Guatemala of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina.
|-