Number |
Name |
Term |
Notes |
01 | Rámses Cuestas Gómez[1] | May 15, 1994 - March 14, 1996 | Appointed by President Ramiro de León Carpio; Guatemala's first Attorney General. |
02 | Héctor Hugo Pérez Aguilera[2] | March 15, 1996 - May 14, 1998 | Interim Attorney General named by President Álvaro Arzú. |
03 | Adolfo González Rodas[3] | May 15, 1998 - May 17, 2002 | Appointed. |
04 | Carlos David de León Argueta[4] | May 18, 2002 - February 25, 2004 | Appointed and later removed by President Óscar Berger. |
05 | Juan Luis Florido Solís[5] | February 26, 2004 - July 30, 2008 | Interim and later appointed. Presented his resignation to President Álvaro Colom. |
06 | José Amílcar Velásquez Zárate[6] | July 31, 2008 - May 14, 2010 | Interim and later appointed. |
07 | María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras[7] | May 15, 2010 - May 25, 2010 | Interim; first female Attorney General. |
08 | Conrado Arnulfo Reyes Sagastume[8][9] | May 25, 2010 - June 10, 2010 | Removed by the Constitutional Court. |
09 | María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras | June 11, 2010 - December 9, 2010 | Interim (second term as Interim Attorney General). |
10 | Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey[10] | December 9, 2010 - present | Appointed; first female (non-interim) Attorney General. Nominated for Nobels Peace Prize—while in office as minister of justice in 2013.[11] |