Ministry of National Defense (Guatemala)

The Ministry of National Defence () is the agency of the Guatemalan government responsible for the budget, training and policy of the military of Guatemala. Based in Guatemala City, the Defence Ministry is highly guarded, and the President of Guatemala frequently visits. Prior to 1945 the agency was titled the Secretariat of War (Secretaría de la Guerra).

the Minister of National Defence is Major General Henry Saenz Ramos.

Structure The ministry is headed by the Minister of National Defence, who reports to the President of Guatemala, the commander in chief of the armed forces.

List of ministers of national defence

Picture Name Term of office President(s) served under Start End Col. Carlos Paz Tejada Juan José Arévalo Col. Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán 15 March 1945 15 March 1951 Col. José Ángel Sánchez 1954 1954 Carlos Castillo Armas Col. Enrique Close De León 1955 1957 Juán Francisco Oliva 1957 1957 Col. Guillermo Flores Avendaño 3 March 1958 1958 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes Rubén González Siguí 1960 1960 Col. Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia 1960 30 March 1963 Col. Rafael Arriaga Bosque 1 July 1966 26 March 1968 Julio César Méndez Montenegro Rolando Chinchilla Aguilar 28 March 1968 19 February 1969 Brig. Gen. Doroteo Reyes Santa Cruz 19 February 1969 after 1 April 1970 Brig. Gen. Leonel Vassaux Martínez before July 1970 after 1 January 1972 Brig. Gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García January 1972 1974 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio Brig. Gen. Fausto David Rubio Coronado 1974 after 1 April 1975 Gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García 1 July 1975 after 1 January 1977 Gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García Gen. Otto Guillermo Spiegeler Noriega 1 February 1977 15 January 1980 Gen. Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez 15 January 1980 9 August 1981 Gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García Gen. Luís René Mendoza Palomo 1981 1981 Brig. Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt 1982 1982 Gen. Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores 1 September 1982 after 15 August 1985 Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt 8 August 1985 14 January 1986 Gen. Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores Gen. Jaime Hernández Méndez 14 January 1986 31 January 1987 Vinicio Cerezo Gen. Héctor Alejandro Gramajo Morales 31 January 1987 21 May 1990 Gen. Juán Leonel Bolaños Chávez 21 May 1990 after 5 September 1990 Gen. Luis Enrique Mendoza García 14 January 1991 13 December 1991 Jorge Serrano Elías Gen. José Domingo García Samayoa 13 December 1991 7 June 1993 Jorge Serrano ElíasRamiro de León Carpio Gen. Jorge Roberto Perussina Rivera 7 June 1993 28 June 1993 Ramiro de León Carpio Gen. Mario René Enríquez Morales 1 July 1993 9 October 1995 Maj. Gen. Marco Antonio González Taracena 9 October 1995 13 January 1996 Maj. Gen. Julio Arnoldo Balconi Turcios 14 January 1996 3 July 1997 Álvaro Arzú Brig. Gen. Héctor Mario Barrios Celada 3 July 1997 30 June 1999 Gen. Marco Tulio Espinoza 30 June 1999 14 January 2000 Col. Juan de Dios Estrada Velásquez 18 January 2000 9 January 2001 Alfonso Portillo Maj. Gen. Eduardo Arévalo Lacs 9 January 2001 12 December 2001 Gen. Leonel Méndez Estrada 10 December 2001 26 August 2002 Robin Malconi Moran Muñoz 26 August 2002 January 2004 Brig. Gen. César Augusto Méndez Pinelo January 2004 7 January 2005 Óscar Berger Maj. Gen. Carlos Humberto Aldana Villanueva 7 January 2005 2 November 2005 Brig. Gen. Francisco Bermúdez Amado 2 November 2005 29 December 2006 Maj. Gen. Ronaldo Cecilio Leiva Rodríguez 29 December 2006 14 January 2008 Brig. Gen. Marco Tulio García Franco 15 January 2008 21 December 2008 Álvaro Colom Maj. Gen. Abraham Valenzuela Gonzalez 21 December 2008 September 2011 Maj. Gen. Juan José Ruiz Morales September 2011 14 January 2012 Brig. Gen. Ulises Noé Anzueto Girón 14 January 2012 16 July 2013 Otto Pérez Molina Maj. Gen. Manuel Augusto López Ambrosio 16 July 2013 16 July 2015 Gen. Williams Agberto Mansilla Fernández 16 July 2015 1 October 2017 Otto Pérez MolinaAlejandro MaldonadoJimmy Morales Gen. Luis Miguel Ralda Moreno 2 October 2017 19 December 2019 Jimmy Morales Gen. Albin Enrique Dubois Ramírez 19 December 2019 14 January 2020 Gen. Juan Carlos Alemán Soto 14 January 2020 21 December 2021 Alejandro Giammattei Gen. Henry Yovani Reyes Chigua 21 December 2021 14 January 2024 Gen. Henry Saenz Ramos15 January 2024IncumbentBernardo Arévalo

Ministry of National Defense (Guatemala)

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