Alfonso Portillo
President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 45th president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
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Alfonso Portillo | |
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45th President of Guatemala | |
In office 14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004 | |
Vice President | Juan Francisco Reyes López |
Preceded by | Álvaro Arzú |
Succeeded by | Óscar Berger |
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Born | (1951-09-24) 24 September 1951 (age 72) Zacapa, Guatemala |
Political party | Vision with Values (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | Guatemalan Christian Democracy (1993–1995) Guatemalan Republican Front (1995–2004) Independent (2004–2017) Todos (2017–2020) Independent (2020–2022) |
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Portillo and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.
He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then led by retired general and deposed military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018). In 2014, ten years after his departure from the presidency, Portillo would plead guilty to corruption charges in a United States court.[1][2]