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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. 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 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):
- Former Vice Presidents or their widows/widowers:
- 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
References
- Reformas a la Ley del Ceremonial Diplomático - Decreto 07-2003 (Decree 07-2003) (in Spanish)