The order of precedence in Guatemala is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 07-2003 of March 11, 2003.[1] signed by then President Alfonso Portillo, President of the Congress Efraín Ríos Montt and Former Interior Minister José Adolfo Reyes Calderón.
Order of precedence
Precedence is determined by the office; names of incumbents as of 2024[update] are listed.
- President: Bernardo Arévalo
- Vice President: Karin Herrera
- President of the Congress: Samuel Pérez Álvarez
- President of the Supreme Court of Justice: Óscar Cruz Oliva
- President of the Constitutional Court: Héctor Perez Aguilera
- President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Blanca Alfaro
- Former Presidents or their widows/widowers (ordered by term):
- Vinicio Cerezo
- Jorge Serrano Elías
- Alfonso Portillo
- Óscar Berger
- Otto Pérez Molina
- Alejandro Maldonado
- Jimmy Morales
- Alejandro Giammattei
- Former Vice Presidents or their widows/widowers:
- Gustavo Espina
- Luis Alberto Flores
- Eduardo Stein
- Rafael Espada
- Roxana Baldetti
- Jafeth Cabrera
- Alfonso Fuentes Soria
- Guillermo Castillo Reyes
- Diplomatic corps accredited in Guatemala and accredited diplomatic corps of Guatemala
- Board of directors of the Congress
- First Vice President of the Congress: Boris Roberto España Cáceres
- Second Vice President of the Congress: Sergio David Arana Roca
- Third Vice President of the Congress: Hérber Armando Melgar Padilla
- First Secretary of the Congress: Mynor Gabriel Mejía Popol
- Second Secretary of the Congress: Marvin Estuardo Alvarado Morales
- Third Secretary of the Congress: Douglas Rivero Mérida
- Fourth Secretary of the Congress: Aníbal Estuardo Rojas Espino
- Fifth Secretary of the Congress: Leopoldo Salazar Samayoa
- State ministers and secretaries
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mario Búcaro
- Minister of Interior: Byron Bor
- Minister of National Defense: Henry Reyes Chigua
- Minister of Public Finances: Edwin Cameros
- Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing: Javier Maldonado Quiñonez
- Minister of Education: Claudia Ruiz Casasola
- Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food: Edgar René De León Moreno
- Minister of Economy: Luz Pérez Contreras
- Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance: Francisco Coma
- Minister of Labor and Social Welfare: Rafael Eugenio Rodríguez Pellecer
- Minister of Energy and Mines: Alberto Pimentel Mata
- Minister of Culture and Sports: Felipe Amado Aguilar Marroquín
- Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Environment and Natural Resources: Gerson Elias Barrios Garrido
- Minister of Social Development: Héctor Melvyn Caná Rivera
- Secretaries of State
- Deputies of the Congress
- Attorney General of the Nation: Wuelmer Ubener Gómez González
- Attorney General and Chief of Public Prosecutor's Office: María Consuelo Porras
- Attorney for Human Rights: Alejandro Córdova Herrera
- Comptroller General of Accounts: Frank Helmuth Bode Fuentes
- Chief of Staff of the Army: Wiliam Arnulfo López Chay
- Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice
- Judges of the Constitutional Court
- Magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
- Deputy Ministers of State
- Departmental Governors
- Mayors
- Rectors of the Universities
- Rector of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala: Walter Mazariegos Biolis
- General directors of State entities
- Army Officers
- Official Commissions
- Private Commissions
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