The following lists events in the year 2019 in Guatemala.

Incumbents

Jimmy Morales Jimmy Morales (born James Ernesto Morales Cabrera, ; 18 March 1969) is a Guatemalan politician, actor and comedian. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the 50th president of Guatemala. Early and personal life Morales was born in Guatemala City ...

* Vice-President: Jafeth Cabrera

Events

*28 March – At least 18 killed when a truck crashes into a crowd along the

Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...

Nahualá Nahualá () is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. The town is sometimes known as Santa Catalina Nahualá in honor of the town's patron saint, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, but the official name is just "Nahualá". Formerly, ...

, Solola *16 June – Scheduled date for the 2019 Guatemalan general election *11 August –

Alejandro Giammattei Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (; born 9 March 1956) is a Guatemalan politician who is serving as the president of Guatemala since 2020. He is a former director of the Guatemalan penitentiary system and participated in Guatemala's president ...

wins the second round of the presidential elections with 58% of the vote, defeating Sandra Torres, wife of the current president.

Deaths

*10 January –

Juan Francisco Reyes Juan Francisco Reyes López (10 July 1938 – 10 January 2019) was a Guatemalan politician who served as Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 2000 to 14 January 2004 in the cabinet of president Alfonso Portillo. In 1989, Reyes was one of ...

, politician,

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

(b. 1938). *28 January –

Humberto Ak'ab'al Humberto is a Portuguese and Spanish masculine given name of Germanic origin. It may refer to: *Humberto Aguilar Coronado * Humberto Ak'ab'al * Humberto Albiñana * Humberto Albornoz * Humberto Alonso Morelli * Humberto Alonso Razo * Humberto Andra ...

, poet (b. 1952). *13 April –

Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata (16 October 1932 – 13 April 2019) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic bishop. Biography Bobadilla Mata born in Guatemala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1958. He served as bishop of the Apostolic Vicari ...

, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Huehuetenango Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American High ...

(b. 1932). *14 May – Wilmer Josue Ramirez Vasquez, 2, Guatemalan refugee who died while in the custody of

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration tha ...

in El Paso, Texas; multiple intestinal and respiratory infectious diseases *25 September –

Michael Coe Michael Douglas Coe (May 14, 1929 – September 25, 2019) was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author. He is known for his research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya, and was among the foremost May ...

, 90, American archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in Guatemala and Mexico (b. 1929) *1 November – Rina Lazo, 93, muralist (''Fertile Earth''), painter, and activist in Guatemala (''Order of the Quetzal, 2004'') and Mexico (b. Guatemala City, 1923)Rina Lazo: Guatemalan muralist who was emboldened by a revolutionary spirit
The Independent (London), 23 Nov 2019

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* {{North America topic, 2019 in 2010s in Guatemala Years of the 21st century in Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala

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