esident Alfonso Antonio
PORTILLO Cabrera (since 14 January 2000); Vice President Juan Francisco
REYES Lopez (since 14 January 2000); note - the president is both the
chief of state and head of government cabinet: Council of Ministers
appointed by the president elections: president elected by popular vote
for a four-year term; election last held 7 November 1999; runoff held
26 December 1999 (next to be held NA November 2003) election results:
Alfonso Antonio PORTILLO Cabrera elected president; percent of vote -
Alfonso Antonio PORTILLO Cabrera (FRG) 68%, Oscar BERGER Perdomo (PAN) 32%

Legislative branch: unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de
la Republica (113 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
four-year terms) elections: last held 7 November 1999 (next to be held
NA November 2003) note: for the 7 November 1999 election, the number of
congressional seats increased to 113 from 80 election results: percent
of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - FRG 63, PAN 37, ANN 9, DCG 2,
UD/LOV 1, PLP 1

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia
(thirteen members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president
of the Court each year from among their number; the president of
the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the
country, who are named to five-year terms); Constitutional Court or
Corte de Constitutcionalidad (five judges are elected for concurrent
five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of the
Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by the
Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one elected
by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by
Colegio de Abogados)

Political parties and leaders: Authentic Integral Development or DIA
[Jorge Luis ORTEGA]; Democratic Union or UD [Jose Luis CHEA Urruela];
Green Party or LOV [Jose ASTURIAS Rudecke]; Guatemalan Christian Democracy
or DCG [Vinicio CEREZO Arevalo]; Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
or URNG [Pablo MONSANTO, also known as Jorge SOTO]; Guatemalan Republican
Front or FRG [Efrain RIOS Montt]; New Nation Alliance or ANN [leader NA],
which includes the URNG; National Advancement Party or PAN [Leonel LOPEZ
Rodas]; Progressive Liberator Party or PLP [Acisclo VALLADARES Molina]

Political pressure groups and leaders: Agrarian Owners Group or UNAGRO;
Alliance Against Impunity or AAI; Committee for Cam