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The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1851 , when that title was assumed by José Rafael Carrera, who had been acting as head of government as General and ''Caudillo'' since 1840 . Earlier, Guatemala had been a state within the ''United Provinces of Central America'' since 1823 , before that part of the Mexican Empire under Agustín De Iturbide , and before 1821 ruled by the ''Captain General'' of Guatemala, a Spanish colonial official owing allegiance to the Viceroy of New Spain and the King of Spain, back to the Spanish conquest of the region in the early 16th Century . The title of " President of Guatemala" has been used by democratically elected leaders, appointed heads of state as well as by dictators who took power by military Coup . In the presidential election of . LATEST ELECTION LIST OF PRESIDENTS OF GUATEMALA (From 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 Guatemala was governed by a military Junta consisting of Francisco Javier Arana , Jacobo Arbenz Guzman , and Jorge Toriello Garrido .) (From 29 June 1954 to 8 July 1954 Guatemala was run by a Junta headed by General Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre ; from then until 26 July 1957 by a Junta headed by Carlos Castillo Armas ) (From 24 October 1957 to 26 October 1957 Guatemala was ruled by a military Junta headed by Óscar Mendoza Azurdia .) SEE ALSO |
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