Ernesto Jafeth Cabrera Franco (

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, 28 November 1948) is a Guatemalan politician who served as

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from 2016 to 2020.

Early life and career

Cabrera studied at the

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, where he obtained a degree in medicine and surgery. He was Rector of the University between 1994 and 1998.

Political career

Cabrera's political career started in 1999 when he was one of the founders of the

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with

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. Cabrera left the party shortly afterwards. In 2004 he became Secretary for Agricultural Affairs. In May 2015, Caberera was announced as the

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candidate for the office of Vice President for the

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. He was attached to

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as presidential candidate. In September 2015 Cabrera announced that he believed that one of the causes Guatemala's problems was to be found in the Spanish colonization of the Americas, stating that if Guatemala had been taken over by another country the problems would not have been so grave. On 6 November 2015 Cabrera was officially declared as Vice President-elect by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala.

Personal life

His son, Jafeth Ernesto Cabrera Cortéz, was elected to the

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for the

in the 2015 parliamentary elections. He could however not take up his seat due to a law prohibiting relatives of the President and Vice-President from becoming deputies.

References

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