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James Ernesto Morales Cabrera (locally [ɟʝimi eɾˈnesto moˈɾales kaˈβɾeɾa]; born 18 March 1969) is a Guatemalan politician, actor, and comedian who served as the 50th president of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.
The president of Guatemala ... Note: Regarding the numbering of the terms, several reliable sources state that Jimmy Morales is the 50th president [2] [3] [4]
Guatemala was initially expected to hold its referendum on the issue during its second round of presidential elections in October 2015. [3] Belize has yet to announce its vote on the matter. [4] When Jimmy Morales was running for president, a Guatemalan journalist asked Morales which Guatemalan historical event he thought was the most ...
In January 2020, Alejandro Giammattei replaced Jimmy Morales as the President of Guatemala. Giammattei had won the presidential election in August 2019 with his "tough-on-crime" agenda. [ 10 ] In August 2023, Bernardo Arevalo , the candidate of the centre-left Semilla (Seed) Movement, had a landslide victory in Guatemala's presidential election ...
In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary. [15] Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the ...
In 2018, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced that he would not renew the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), and ordered the immediate transfer of functions to the Public Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior. The mandate of the UN anti-corruption commission ends on September 3, 2019. [11]
Jimmy Morales (born 1969) 14 January 2016 14 January 2020 4 years National Convergence Front: 2015: 88 Alejandro Giammattei (born 1956) 14 January 2020 14 January 2024 4 years Vamos: 2019: 89 Bernardo Arévalo (born 1958) 14 January 2024 Incumbent: 1 year, 36 days Semilla: 2023
President: Jimmy Morales: Preceded by: Álvaro Colom: Succeeded by: Jimmy Morales: Constituency: Former President of Guatemala: Member of the Court of Constitutionality of Guatemala; In office 14 April 2006 – 14 May 2015: Nominated by: Congress of Guatemala: Preceded by: Nery Saúl Dighero Herrera: Succeeded by: Gloria Patricia Porras: In ...