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Roberto González Díaz-Durán
Roberto González Díaz-Durán (born 15 November 1970) is a Guatemalan economist and politician who served as Minister of Energy and Mines from 2004 to 2005. González has been an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Guatemala City in 2007, 2011, 2019 and 2023, he came in second place in all elections. González was also presidential candidate in 2015 for the CREO– Unionist coalition, after forming a temporary coalition with his political rival, mayor Álvaro Arzú Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen (; 14 March 1946 – 27 April 2018) was a Guatemalan politician and businessman who served as the 44th president of Guatemala from 1996 to 2000, as well as several terms as Mayor of Guatemala City. The main achi .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:González Díaz-Durán, Roberto Living people 1970 births Guatemalan economists Government ministers of Guatemala Universidad Francisco Marroquín alumni 21st-century Guatemalan politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Berger
Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo (; born 11 August 1946) is a Guatemalan businessman and politician who served as the 46th president of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008. He previously served as mayor of Guatemala City from 1991 to 1999. Early years and family Berger was born to an upper-class family with large sugar and coffee holdings. His paternal grandparents were Belgian immigrants. He graduated in law from the private Jesuit Rafael Landívar University. In 1967, he married Wendy Widmann, also from a land-owning Guatemalan family. He had a son and a grandchild named Juan Pablo Berger. Political career In 1985, Berger joined Álvaro Arzú's successful campaign to become mayor of Guatemala City. From January 1991 to June 1999, he was mayor himself. After leaving office, he ran in the 1999 presidential election as the candidate of the National Advancement Party but lost to Alfonso Portillo. A representative of the industrial and land oligarchy that financed his electoral c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Guatemala City Mayoral Election
The 2019 Guatemala City mayoral election was held on 16 June 2019. The elections will be held next to the 2019 Guatemalan general election, presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections. Twenty-three candidates were presented. The current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez took office after the death of Álvaro Arzú, and is presented for the first time as a candidate for mayor and maintain the hegemony of the Unionist Party (Guatemala), Unionist Party in Guatemala City. The polls show a close contest between the opposition candidate Roberto González Díaz-Durán from the Commitment, Renewal and Order (CREO), which competes for the third time to win the mayor's office and the current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus of Unionist Party (Guatemala), Unionist Party. They are followed by Álvaro Véliz of Semilla (political party), Semilla, Luis García of Fuerza (political party), Fuerza and Fernando Sánchez of the National Unity of Hope. In this election, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
