The Attorney General of Guatemala (Fiscal General de la República de Guatemala) is the chief public prosecutor and head of the Ministerio Público (Department of Justice) of Guatemala.
According to article 251 of the Constitution of Guatemala, the Attorney General is selected by the President from a pool of six candidates who must be lawyers and must have the same qualifications as the magistrates of the Supreme Court. They are nominated by a commission conformed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the deans of the law schools of the country's universities, and both the chairman of the bar association and of its honor tribunal.[1]
The Attorney General has a term of four years and has the same immunity as the magistrates of the Supreme Court. The President can remove the official only due to a justified reason properly established.[1] This reason according to article 14 of the Organic Law of the Ministerio Público is conviction of the Attorney General for committing a crime during the exercise of their functions.[2]
^ ab"Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala" [Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala] (PDF). Ministerio de Gobernación. Retrieved 13 Oct 2023.
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November 16, 2023
attorney, general, guatemala, fiscal, general, república, guatemala, chief, public, prosecutor, head, ministerio, público, department, justice, guatemala, incumbentmaría, consuelo, porrassince, 2018stylemister, madam, attorney, general, informal, honorable, fo. The Attorney General of Guatemala Fiscal General de la Republica de Guatemala is the chief public prosecutor and head of the Ministerio Publico Department of Justice of Guatemala Attorney General of GuatemalaIncumbentMaria Consuelo Porrassince 17 May 2018StyleMister Madam Attorney General informal The Honorable formal AppointerThe President of GuatemalaTerm lengthFour yearsInaugural holderRamses Cuestas GomezFormation15 May 1996According to article 251 of the Constitution of Guatemala the Attorney General is selected by the President from a pool of six candidates who must be lawyers and must have the same qualifications as the magistrates of the Supreme Court They are nominated by a commission conformed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court the deans of the law schools of the country s universities and both the chairman of the bar association and of its honor tribunal 1 The Attorney General has a term of four years and has the same immunity as the magistrates of the Supreme Court The President can remove the official only due to a justified reason properly established 1 This reason according to article 14 of the Organic Law of the Ministerio Publico is conviction of the Attorney General for committing a crime during the exercise of their functions 2 List of attorneys general editNo Name Image Term Notes1 Ramses Cuestas Gomez 3 May 15 1994 March 14 1996 Appointed by President Ramiro de Leon Carpio Guatemala s first Attorney General Hector Hugo Perez Aguilera 3 March 15 1996 May 14 1998 Interim Attorney General named by President Alvaro Arzu 2 Adolfo Gonzalez Rodas 4 May 15 1998 May 17 2002 Appointed 3 Carlos David de Leon Argueta citation needed 5 May 18 2002 February 25 2004 Appointed and later removed by President oscar Berger 4 Juan Luis Florido Solis 6 February 26 2004 July 30 2008 Interim and later appointed Presented his resignation to President Alvaro Colom 5 Jose Amilcar Velasquez Zarate 7 July 31 2008 May 14 2010 Interim and later appointed Maria Encarnacion Mejia Garcia de Contreras 8 May 15 2010 May 25 2010 Interim first female Attorney General Conrado Arnulfo Reyes Sagastume 9 10 May 25 2010 June 10 2010 Removed by the Constitutional Court Maria Encarnacion Mejia Garcia de Contreras June 11 2010 December 9 2010 Interim second term as Interim Attorney General 6 Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey 11 nbsp 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 12 7 Thelma Aldana Hernandez de Lopez 13 nbsp May 17 2014 May 17 20188 Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres nbsp May 17 2018 presentSee also editJustice ministry Politics of GuatemalaReferences edit a b Constitucion Politica de la Republica de Guatemala Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala PDF Ministerio de Gobernacion Retrieved 13 Oct 2023 Cuales son los caminos que la ley marca para la renuncia o remocion del jefe del MP Which legal way for the resignation or the removal of the chief of the MP Prensa Libre 30 Aug 2023 Retrieved 13 Oct 2023 a b http biblioteca usac edu gt tesis 04 04 6565 pdf bare URL PDF 1 permanent dead link Google Archived copy digital nuestrodiario com Archived from the original on 18 May 2013 Retrieved 17 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Colom realiza juramentacion express elPeriodico de Guatemala Archived from the original on 2012 07 03 Retrieved 2012 08 05 Maria Encarnacion Mejia es nombrada fiscal interina elPeriodico de Guatemala Archived from the original on 2012 07 03 Retrieved 2012 08 05 2 permanent dead link Noticias com gt 11 June 2010 Destituyen al fiscal general Conrado Reyes por presuntos vinculos con el narco Archived from the original on 12 April 2013 Presidente juramenta a la nueva Fiscal General elPeriodico de Guatemala Archived from the original on 2014 02 22 Retrieved 2012 08 05 NRK 17 September 2013 Williams kritiserer Nobelkomiteen Thelma Aldana es la nueva Fiscal General Prensa Libre 9 May 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Attorney General of Guatemala amp oldid 1182398657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
