Diplomatic career


Guatemala Ambassador of the United Nations
In office 1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978
President	Kjell Laugerud García
Guatemala Ambassador to the European Office of the United Nations
In office 1 July 1978 – 1 July 1980
President	Romeo Lucas García
Guatemala Ambassador in Mexico
In office 14 January 1991 – 6 July 1993
Member of the National Council of Belize
In office 14 January 1996 – 14 December 1996

Legislative career and others

First Vice President of the Congress of Guatemala
In office 14 January 2005 – 14 January 2006 Serving with Roxana Baldetti and Leonel Rodríguez
President	Jorge Méndez Herbruger
Preceded by	Rubén Darío Morales Veliz
Succeeded by	Oliverio García Rodas
Deputy of the Central American Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 January 2016 Serving with Alfonso Fuentes Soria
President	Jimmy Morales
Preceded by	Álvaro Colom
Succeeded by	Jimmy Morales (designated)
Constituency	Former President of Guatemala
Deputy of the Congress of Guatemala
In office 1 July 1966 – 1 July 1970 1 July 1984 – 1 July 1986 14 January 2004 – 14 January 2008
Constituency	National List
Member of the Guatemala City Council
In office 1956

Judicial career


President of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala
In office 14 April 1989 – 14 April 1990 14 April 1997 – 14 April 1998 14 April 2006 – 14 April 2007
Member of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala
In office 14 April 1986 – 14 April 1991 14 April 1996 – 14 April 2001 14 April 2006 – 14 May 2015

Personal details

Born

Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre
6 January 1936 (age 81)
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Political party

National Liberation Movement (Before 1982)
Unionist Party (1982–2006)
Independent (2006–present)

Other political
affiliations

National Opposition Union (1982)

Spouse(s)

Ana Fagianni

Guillermo Putzeys

In office
14 January 1996 – 14 December 1996

In office
1956

In office
14 April 1986 – 14 April 1991
14 April 1996 – 14 April 2001
14 April 2006 – 14 May 2015

Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre (born January 6, 1936) is a Guatemalan politician who was the Acting President of Guatemala, following the Congress of Guatemala's acceptance of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina on September 3, 2015.

He was elected as Vice President by Congress on May 14, 2015, after his predecessor, Roxana Baldetti, resigned amid allegations of corruption. Before becoming Vice President, he served as a constitutional judge, congressional deputy, ambassador to the United Nations, and political leader, including a failed presidential bid in 1982. He was Minister of Education from 1970 to 1974 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996.

Born in Guatemala City, Maldonado graduated from San Carlos University with a degree in law.

Since the 1960s, he was a member of the far-right National Liberation Movement political party (Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional or MLN), alleged to have started the use of death squads against communists. He was also Minister of Education under the military regime of Arana Osorio (1970–1974) and defended Guatemala before the United Nations when the international community isolated the military regime of Lucas García (1978–1982) for its gross human rights violations.

In the 1980s, he formed the National Renewal Party and joined a coalition with Guatemalan Christian Democracy in the 1982 election. Maldonado placed third in a blatantly rigged election which he may have won had the contest been free and fair, which was followed by a military coup. In 1985 he was again a presidential candidate for his party but placed seventh out of eight candidates and only one seat in Congress. He would continue to hold numerous public posts, including that of Foreign Minister.

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