Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
República de Guatemala
(Female suffrage
1945) Independent 182..
Also
see Guatemala Heads and Guatemala Parliament
1971
Cabinet Member, Secretary of Social Welfare N.N.
1978
Minister of Welfare Ruth Chicas Redón de Sosa
1980-85
Minister of Education Maria Eugenia Tejada Jaureguide de Putzeys
1981-83
Secretary of Social Welfare by the President Hilda Yolanda Morales Morales
1985
Minister of Education Arcley Samayao de Pineda
1985-90
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Ana Catalina Reyes Soberanis
2002-04 Presidential Secretary with rang of Minister for Peace
Since 1990 Lider Partido Democratica Cristiani Guatemala,
1991-92 Presidenta of Congreso Nacional and
1999 Presidential Candidate.
1986-87
Minister of Culture Maria Regina de Fashen
1987-91
Minister of Culture and Sport Ana Isabel Pérez de Lobo
She was Secretary of the High Court of Justice 1986-87 (b. 1953-)
Ca.
1987-91 Vice-Minister of Specific Affairs Lyuba Martínez Everetz de Castillo
1988
Minister of Specific Affairs Sara Mishaan Rossel
1991
Minister of Finance Irma Raquel Zelaya Rosales
Government Delegate and Leader of the Secretariat for Peace.
1991
Minister of Culture, Education and Sports Eunice Graciela Lima Schaul
Before 1991 Ambassador to Honduras and Paraguay, 1993- Ambassador to Honduras.
1991-93
Minister of Culture and Education María Lusia Beltranema Valladares de Padilla
1991-93
Subsecretary of Public Relations in the Office of the President Roxana B. de Paz
1991-93
Vice-Minister of Education and Culture Rosa Serrano de Lopez
1993-96
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Gladys Anabella Morfín Mansilla [de León
Ruiz]
In 1998-99 1. Vice-President of Congreso de Republíca.
1993-94
Minister of Economy and External Trade Fanny de Estrada
1994-95 Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Marithza Ruiz Sánchez
de Vielman
Ambassador to United
Kingdom 2000-03, since 2003 Delegate and National Representative to the UN
Commisison for Development of Commerce and in 2003 Vice-Presidential Caniddate
for DIA. (b. 1945-)
1994-96
Minister of Finance Ana Ordoñez de Molina
1994-96
Head of the Secretariat of the President Maritza de Las Barreros
1994-96
Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Aura de Aguilera
1996-97
Minister of Education Lic. Anabella Elisabeth Castro Quiñónez de Camparini
President of Congreso Nacional
1994-95 and 1997-98, in 1999 she was vice-Presidential candidate.
Ca.
1994-95 Vice-Minister of Culture and Sport
Julieta Salguero de Morales
1996-2000
Cabinet Member and Presidential Commissioner of Human Rights Marta Altolaguirre
Around
1997 Secretary for the Peace Process Lic. Raquel Zelaya
Around
1997 Subsecretary for the Peace Process Ella Virgina Moreno
1997-2000
Vice-Minister of Education Lic. Maria Eugenia Ramirez Mota
1997-98
Vice-Minister of Education Lic.
Rosa
Eugenia Garenbein de Semrau
1998-2000
Vice-Minister of Education Julieta Solguero de Morales
1999-2000
Minister of Finance Irma Luz Toledo Peñate
1999-04
Presidential
Secretary with rang of Minister for Social Works Evelyn Morataya de Portillo
Married to President Portillo.
1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Education Lic. Cynthia del Aguila de Saénz de Tejada
2000-04
Minister of Culture and Sports Otilia Lux de Cotí
Of Mayan origin, she is
active in the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
2000-04
Minister of the Social Welfare Secretariat in the Presidency Cristian
Lorena Munduate García de Ponce
2000-04
Secretary for Social Work in the Presidency Shirley de Alvarado
2000
Secretary of Public Relations in the Presidency Eugenia Fernanda Castejón Quiñónez
2000-02
Vice-Minister of External Relations Angela Garóz Cabera
Ambassador
2002-04 Minister of Communications, Transportation, Public Works,
Infrastructure and Housing Flora Mariana
Escobar Gordillo de Ramos
2002-04 Minister of Economy and Commerce Aurelia Patricia Ramírez Ceberg
2002-04 Presidential Secretary with rang of Minister for Women's Affairs Vilma Lily Caravantes Tobías
2002-04 Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Security Blanca Odilia Alfaro de Nájera
2003-04 Secretary of Social
Works Margarita
Salinas de Mijangos
2003-04 Vice-Minister of Agriculture Silvia Davila de la Par
2004-08 Minister of Public Finances María
Antonieta del Cid de Bonilla
Former Vice-President of
the Bank of Guatamala and other asignments in the financial and banking world.
2004-08 Minister of Education María del Carmen Aceña Villacorta de Fuentes
2004-08 Secretary
of Social Works
Maria Fernanda de
Castillo
2004-08 Secretary of Social Communication
Rosa María Angel de Frade
2004-06 Vice-Minister of External Relations Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo
2004-08 Vice-Minister of Interior Silvia Vasquez de Leon de Hidalgo
2004-08 Vice-Minister of Education
Floridalma Meza
Palma
2004-08 Vice-Minister of Education
Miriam I. Castañeda
Arana
2004-08 Vice-Minister of Communications, Public Works and Housing
Berta Lidia Del Valle
2006-08 Secretary of Social Assistance Edna Cristina Lima de Morales
2006-08 Presidential Secretary of
Women María Gabriela Núñez Pérez
2006-08 Secretary of Peace Norma Quixtán Argueta
Governor of Quetzaltenango 2004-06.
2006-08 Secretary of Agrarian Affairs María del Carmen Aguilar Sánchez
2006-08
Vice-Minister of External Relations Anamaría Diéguez Arévalo
Ambassador to Venezuela 1993-98 and to Germany 1998-2004, representative in
various international organisations, and Member of the Committee for the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Laboureres and their families from 2006.
(b. 1952-).
2006-08 Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Prevision Cándida González
2007-08 Minister of Interior Adela Camacho de Torrebiarte
2008- Minister of
Education
Ana Ordoñez de
Molina
When the left-wing President was critised for appointing only one woman and few
indiginous members of the government, he stated that he would appoint plenty of
Vice-Ministers from both categories. The government website does not list them
any longer, though.
2008- Secretary of Social Works Sandra Torres
de Colom
Also President of the Council of Social Cohesion. Married to President Colom.
2008-
Vice-Minister of Communication, Infrastructure, Housing Lucrecia Ruiz
There is 3 male Vice-Ministers in the Ministry.
2008- Vice-Minister of National Resources Roxana Sobenas
Last update
20.06.08