National
Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice
- Spanish: Magistrado de la Corte Suprema de Justicia
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Congress of the Republic
- Exact method
- Thirteen magistrates elected by Congress for five years from a list of 26 candidates proposed by a Postulation Commission (Constitution arts. 214-215). Current term from 13 October 2024.
- Chosen by
- Congress of the Republic
- Seats
- 13
Who holds these seats now
- Carlos Ramiro Contreras Valenzuela since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Carlos Rodimiro Lucero Paz since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Claudia Lucrecia Paredes Castañeda since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Clemen Vanessa Juárez Midence since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Eduardo Adolfo Cárdenas since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Flor de María Gálvez Barrios since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Flor de María García Villatoro since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Gustavo Adolfo Morales Duarte since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Igmaín Galicia Pimentel since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Jenny Noemí Alvarado Teni since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Luis Mauricio Corado Campos since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- René Guillermo Girón Palacios since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
- Teodulo Ildefonso Cifuentes Maldonado since October 2024 Report Source: es.wikipedia.org, checked
Sources
- 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: Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice
- constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names from the Constitution and ministry names on the gabinete page, read 2026-10-12. For: Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice in Spanish
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia (es), Corte Suprema de Justicia de Guatemala, read 2026-10-12: 13 magistrates 2024-2029 (from 2024-10-13); president Cifuentes since 2024-11-19 (one-year presidency, re-election not independently verified). Fallback: Wikipedia, because oj.gob.gt was not checked. For: Carlos Ramiro Contreras Valenzuela, current term, Carlos Rodimiro Lucero Paz, current term, Claudia Lucrecia Paredes Castañeda, current term, Clemen Vanessa Juárez Midence, current term, Eduardo Adolfo Cárdenas, current term and 8 more