Ministry of Defence (Guatemala) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of National Defence
Seal:Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional Guatemala.png
Headquarters:Avenida La Reforma 1-45 zona 10, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Minister1 Name:Gen. Henry Saenz Ramos

The Ministry of National Defence (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de la Defensa de la Nación) is the agency of the Guatemalan government responsible for the budget, training and policy of the military of Guatemala. Based in Guatemala City, the Defence Ministry is highly guarded, and the President of Guatemala frequently visits. Prior to 1945 the agency was titled the Secretariat of War (Secretaría de la Guerra).

the Minister of National Defence is Major General Henry Saenz Ramos.[1]

Structure

The ministry is headed by the Minister of National Defence, who reports to the President of Guatemala, the commander in chief of the armed forces.

List of ministers of national defence

PictureNameTerm of officePresident(s) served under
StartEnd
Col. Carlos Paz TejadaJuan José Arévalo
Col. Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán15 March 194515 March 1951
Col. José Ángel Sánchez19541954Carlos Castillo Armas
Col. Enrique Close De León19551957
Juán Francisco Oliva19571957
Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño[2] 3 March 19581958Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Rubén González Siguí19601960
Col. Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia196030 March 1963
Col. Rafael Arriaga Bosque1 July 196626 March 1968Julio César Méndez Montenegro
Rolando Chinchilla Aguilar28 March 196819 February 1969
Brig. Gen. Doroteo Reyes Santa Cruz19 February 1969after 1 April 1970
Brig. Gen. Leonel Vassaux Martínezbefore July 1970after 1 January 1972
Brig. Gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud GarcíaJanuary 19721974Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio
Brig. Gen. Fausto David Rubio Coronado1974after 1 April 1975
Gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García1 July 1975after 1 January 1977Gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Gen. Otto Guillermo Spiegeler Noriega1 February 197715 January 1980
Gen. Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez[3] 15 January 19809 August 1981Gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Gen. Luís René Mendoza Palomo19811981
Brig. Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt19821982
Gen. Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores1 September 1982after 15 August 1985Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt
8 August 198514 January 1986Gen. Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Gen. Jaime Hernández Méndez14 January 198631 January 1987Vinicio Cerezo
Gen. Héctor Alejandro Gramajo Morales31 January 198721 May 1990
Gen. Juán Leonel Bolaños Chávez21 May 1990after 5 September 1990
Gen. Luis Enrique Mendoza García[4] 14 January 199113 December 1991Jorge Serrano Elías
Gen. José Domingo García Samayoa13 December 19917 June 1993Jorge Serrano Elías
Ramiro de León Carpio
Gen. Jorge Roberto Perussina Rivera[5] 7 June 199328 June 1993Ramiro de León Carpio
Gen. Mario René Enríquez Morales[6] 1 July 19939 October 1995
Maj. Gen. Marco Antonio González Taracena[7] 9 October 199513 January 1996
Maj. Gen. Julio Arnoldo Balconi Turcios[8] 14 January 19963 July 1997Álvaro Arzú
Brig. Gen. Héctor Mario Barrios Celada3 July 199730 June 1999
Gen. Marco Tulio Espinoza[9] 30 June 199914 January 2000
Col. Juan de Dios Estrada Velásquez[10] 18 January 20009 January 2001Alfonso Portillo
Maj. Gen. Eduardo Arévalo Lacs9 January 200112 December 2001
Gen. Leonel Méndez Estrada10 December 200126 August 2002
Robin Malconi Moran Muñoz26 August 2002January 2004
Brig. Gen. César Augusto Méndez PineloJanuary 20047 January 2005Óscar Berger
Maj. Gen. Carlos Humberto Aldana Villanueva[11] 7 January 20052 November 2005
Brig. Gen. Francisco Bermúdez Amado[12] [13] 2 November 200529 December 2006
Maj. Gen. Ronaldo Cecilio Leiva Rodríguez[14] 29 December 200614 January 2008
Brig. Gen. Marco Tulio García Franco[15] [16] 15 January 200821 December 2008Álvaro Colom
Maj. Gen. Abraham Valenzuela Gonzalez21 December 2008September 2011
Maj. Gen. Juan José Ruiz MoralesSeptember 201114 January 2012
Brig. Gen. Ulises Noé Anzueto Girón14 January 201216 July 2013Otto Pérez Molina
Maj. Gen. Manuel Augusto López Ambrosio[17] 16 July 201316 July 2015
Gen. Williams Agberto Mansilla Fernández16 July 20151 October 2017Otto Pérez Molina
Alejandro Maldonado
Jimmy Morales
Gen. Luis Miguel Ralda Moreno2 October 201719 December 2019Jimmy Morales
Gen. Albin Enrique Dubois Ramírez19 December 201914 January 2020
Gen. Juan Carlos Alemán Soto14 January 202021 December 2021Alejandro Giammattei
Gen. Henry Yovani Reyes Chigua21 December 202114 January 2024
Gen. Henry Saenz Ramos15 January 2024IncumbentBernardo Arévalo

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Presidente Bernardo Arévalo juramenta a su gabinete de Gobierno . 2024-01-16 . www.soy502.com . es.
  2. Web site: Outgoing Provisional Chief Named Defense Minister . 4 March 1958. New York Times. 2008-08-11.
  3. Web site: Guatemalan Aide Resigns. 9 August 1981. New York Times. 2008-08-11.
  4. Web site: Guatemalans Irked by U.S. Pressure in Killing. Christian. Shirley. 13 December 1991. New York Times. 2008-08-11.
  5. Web site: Guatemala's De Leon. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525040317/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60345454.html?dids=60345454:60345454&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. May 25, 2011. 21 July 1993. Los Angeles Times. 2008-08-15.
  6. Web site: Guatemalan defense minister resigns after massacre. 10 October 1995. CNN. 2008-08-11.
  7. Web site: President Arzu: A New Stage Begins. February 1996. Envío Magazine. 2008-08-15.
  8. Web site: Guatemala's Top 2 Military Chiefs Are Fired. 5 July 1997. Los Angeles Times. 2008-08-11.
  9. Web site: Guatemala: President Alvaro Arzu Appoints General Accused In Gerardi Assassination To Head Defense Ministry. 22 July 1999. NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs . 2008-08-11.
  10. Web site: Guatemala Military Reform. Flakus. Greg. 18 January 2000. Voice of America. 2008-08-11.
  11. Web site: Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional . Guoz . Abner . 9 January 2005 . ElPeriódico de Guatemala . Spanish . 2008-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717061124/http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20050109/actualidad/11534/ . 2011-07-17 .
  12. Web site: Francisco Bermúdez asume como nuevo ministro de la Defensa . 3 November 2005 . Prensa Libre . Spanish . 2008-08-11 . https://archive.today/20080527184025/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/noviembre/03/127007.html . 2008-05-27 . dead .
  13. Web site: Francisco Bermúdez presenta renuncia . Arrecis . Francisco González . 21 December 2006 . Prensa Libre . Spanish . 2008-08-11 . https://archive.today/20080622231001/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2006/diciembre/21/159143.html . 2008-06-22 . dead .
  14. Web site: Leiva Rodríguez será ministro de Defensa . Francisco González Arrecis . 29 December 2006 . Prensa Libre . Spanish . 2008-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080623192410/http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2006/diciembre/29/159620.html . 2008-06-23 . dead .
  15. Web site: Álvaro Colom demanda lealtad del Ejército . Osorio, J., Rodríguez, L. and Alvarado, Y. H. . 16 January 2008 . Prensa Libre . Spanish . 2008-08-12 . https://archive.today/20080516223709/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/enero/16/214453.html . 2008-05-16 . dead .
  16. Web site: Presidente destituye al alto mando del Ejército . https://archive.today/20081223144319/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/diciembre/22/284822.html. dead. 23 December 2008. Por Ricardo Quinto y Jéssica Osorio. 22 December 2008. Prensa Libre. 2009-03-24.
  17. Web site: Asume nuevo Ministro de la Defensa Nacional . Juárez, E. . 16 July 2013 . La Hora . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140108013527/http://www.lahora.com.gt/index.php/nacional/guatemala/actualidad/180805-asume-nuevo-ministro-de-la-defensa-nacional . 2014-01-08 .