National

Magistrate of the Constitutional Court

How it's filled

In plain words: Appointed by the Congress of the Republic
Exact method: Five titular magistrates, each for a five-year term (2026-2031), designated one each by the plenary of Congress, the plenary of the Supreme Court, the President of the Republic in Council of Ministers, the University Council of the University of San Carlos and the General Assembly of the Bar Association (Constitution art. 269). Five alternates are designated by the same bodies. The selector shown is Congress, which designates one of the five; the other four are designated by the bodies named here.
Chosen by: Congress of the Republic
Seats: 5

Source: constituteproject.org, checked Oct 12, 2026

constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 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: Magistrate of the Constitutional Court
constituteproject.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Spanish official names from the Constitution and ministry names on the gabinete page, read 2026-10-12. For: Magistrate of the Constitutional Court in Spanish
es.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia (es), Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala, read 2026-10-12: titular magistrates 2026-2031 and president Morfín from 2026-04-14. Start date is the start of the term year, not a sworn-in date. Fallback: Wikipedia, because cc.gob.gt was not checked. For: Astrid Jeannette Lemus Rodríguez, current term, Dina Josefina Ochoa Escribá, current term, Gladys Annabella Morfín Mansilla, current term, Julia Marisol Rivera Aguilar, current term, Roberto Molina Barreto, current term