National
Congress of the Republic
- Spanish: Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Governs Guatemala
Official website (congreso.gob.gt) Report a problem with this page
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Who sits on it
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President of Congress
Chosen by the Congress of the Republic from among its members
- Luis Alberto Contreras Colindres President of Congress · since January 2026
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160 deputies
Elected
See every Deputy and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of Congress constituteproject.org · checked
- Luis Alberto Contreras Colindres as President of Congress es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Deputy constituteproject.org · checked
What it can do
- Legislation
Enacting, amending and repealing laws (Constitution art. 171(a)).
- Budget
Approving the annual State budget and its changes (Constitution arts. 171(b), 237).
- Taxes
Decreeing taxes and setting their bases (Constitution art. 239 and art. 171(c)).
- Election of judges
Electing Supreme Court magistrates and designating a Constitutional Court magistrate (Constitution arts. 215, 269).
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Sources for what it can do
- Legislation constituteproject.org · checked
- Budget constituteproject.org · checked
- Taxes constituteproject.org · checked
- Election of judges constituteproject.org · checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, amended 1993), read 2026-10-12: Executive (arts. 182-202), Legislative (arts. 157-181), Judiciary (arts. 203-222), Constitutional Court (arts. 268-272), departmental governors (art. 227). Names per Wikipedia (es) and official sites; Fallback: Wikipedia, because congreso.gob.gt is behind a bot-wall (Incapsula). For: Congress of the Republic
- constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names from the Constitution and ministry names on the gabinete page, read 2026-10-12. For: Congress of the Republic in Spanish
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of Guatemala, read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Legislation, Budget, Taxes, Election of judges
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of Guatemala, read 2026-10-12: selection method, term and size (arts. 157, 184-189, 193, 214-215, 227, 269); ministries per https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabinete_de_Bernardo_Arévalo. For: President of Congress, Deputy
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia (es), X Legislatura de Guatemala (members table, updated to Sept 2026; Quijada death 2026-08-13 and Orantes return 2026-09-01 per its notes), read 2026-10-12: member, district, party. Parliamentary party shown is the current one; originating party in note. Fallback: Wikipedia, because congreso.gob.gt is behind a bot-wall (Incapsula). Congress president Luis Contreras: es.wikipedia article of the same name (term from 2026-01-14). For: Darwin Alberto Lucas Paz as Deputy, Alta Verapaz (district list), Fidencio Lima Pop as Deputy, Alta Verapaz (district list), Hernan Otoniel Echeverría Casado as Deputy, Alta Verapaz (district list), Leopoldo Salazar Samayoa as Deputy, Alta Verapaz (district list), Óscar Rolando Corleto Rivera as Deputy, Alta Verapaz (district list) and 155 more
- emisorasunidas.com · checked Emisoras Unidas / Prensa Latina (2026-06-25), read 2026-10-12: TSE preliminary calendar, first round 2027-06-27, run-off 2027-08-22, convocation 2027-01-22; date_confirmed=false until the convocation decree. Fallback: press, because tse.org.gt was not reached. For: General election, June 27, 2027
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