Alejandro Maldonado

Alejandro Maldonado
Alejandro Maldonado
	Official portrait, 2015
49th President of Guatemala
	Acting
	In office; 3 September 2015 – 14 January 2016
Vice President	Alfonso Fuentes
Preceded by	Otto Pérez Molina
Succeeded by	Jimmy Morales
14th Vice President of Guatemala
	In office; 14 May 2015 – 3 September 2015
President	Otto Pérez Molina
Preceded by	Roxana Baldetti
Succeeded by	Alfonso Fuentes
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 6 June 1993 – 14 January 1996
President	Ramiro de León Carpio
Preceded by	Gonzalo Menéndez
Succeeded by	Eduardo Stein
Minister of Education
	In office; 1 July 1970 – 1 July 1974
President	Carlos Arana Osorio
Preceded by	Carlos Martínez Durán
Succeeded by	Guillermo Putzeys
President	In office; 27 January 2016 – 14 January 2020 Serving with Alfonso Fuentes Soria
Additional positions
Deputy of the Central American Parliament
	In office; 27 January 2016 – 14 January 2020 Serving with Alfonso Fuentes Soria
President	Jimmy Morales
Preceded by	Álvaro Colom
Succeeded by	Jimmy Morales
Constituency	Former President of Guatemala
Member of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala
	In office; 14 April 2006 – 14 May 2015
Nominated by	Congress of Guatemala
Preceded by	Nery Saúl Dighero Herrera
Succeeded by	Gloria Patricia Porras
	In office; 14 April 1996 – 14 April 2001
Nominated by	Supreme Court of Justice
Preceded by	Edmundo Vásquez Martínez
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Rohrmoser
	In office; 9 June 1986 – 14 April 1991
Nominated by	Vinicio Cerezo
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Josefina Vargas de Machado
First Vice President of the Congress of Guatemala
	In office; 14 January 2005 – 14 January 2006 Serving with Roxana Baldetti and Leonel Rodríguez
President	Jorge Méndez Herbruger
Preceded by	Rubén Darío Morales Veliz
Succeeded by	Oliverio García Rodas
Deputy of the Congress of Guatemala
	In office; 1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970; 1 July 1984 – 1 July 1986; 14 January 2004 – 14 April 2006
Constituency	National List
Personal details
Born	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre; 6 January 1936 (age 88); Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political party	National Liberation Movement (Before 1978); National Renewal Party (1978–1990); Unionist Party (2002–2006); Independent (2006–present)
Other political; affiliations	National Opposition Union (1982)
Spouse	Ana Fagianni de Maldonado
Cabinet	Cabinet of Alejandro Maldonado
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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.

^ "Guatemala judge orders jail for ex-president Perez Molina". BBC News. 4 September 2015.
^ "Guatemala congress taps Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre VP after Roxana Baldetti resigns in wake of customs scandal". New York Daily News. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
^ "Jurist Chosen as Guatemala's New VP". Latin American Herald Tribune. May 16, 2015. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

[1] "Guatemala judge orders jail for ex-president Perez Molina". BBC News. 4 September 2015.

[NYT-2] "Guatemala congress taps Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre VP after Roxana Baldetti resigns in wake of customs scandal". New York Daily News. May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

[LAHT-3] "Jurist Chosen as Guatemala's New VP". Latin American Herald Tribune. May 16, 2015. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

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