Guatemala Attorney General

Attorney General of Guatemala
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Incumbent Thelma Aldana since 17 May 2014
Style	Mister/Madam Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Appointer	The President of Guatemala
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Rámses Cuestas Gómez
Formation	15 May 1996

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The Attorney General of Guatemala (Fiscal General de la República de Guatemala) is the chief attorney general (public prosecutor) of Guatemala.

List of Attorneys General

Number	Name	Photo	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[1]		March 15, 1996 - May 14, 1998	Interim Attorney General named by President Álvaro Arzú.
03	Adolfo González Rodas[2]		May 15, 1998 - May 17, 2002	Appointed.
04	Carlos David de León Argueta[3]		May 18, 2002 - February 25, 2004	Appointed and later removed by President Óscar Berger.
05	Juan Luis Florido Solís[4]		February 26, 2004 - July 30, 2008	Interim and later appointed. Presented his resignation to President Álvaro Colom.
06	José Amílcar Velásquez Zárate[5]		July 31, 2008 - May 14, 2010	Interim and later appointed.
07	María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras[6]		May 15, 2010 - May 25, 2010	Interim; first female Attorney General.
08	Conrado Arnulfo Reyes Sagastume[7][8]		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[9]		December 9, 2010 - May 17, 2014	Appointed; first female (non-interim) Attorney General. Nominated for Nobels Peace Prize—while in office as minister of justice in 2013.[10]
11	Thelma Aldana Hernández de López[11]		May 17, 2014 - present

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