(1951-09-24) 24 September 1951 (age 72) Zacapa, Guatemala
Political party
Vision with Values (2022–present)
Other political affiliations
Guatemalan Christian Democracy (1993–1995) Guatemalan Republican Front (1995–2004) Independent (2004–2017) Todos (2017–2020) Independent (2020–2022)
Spouses
María Eugenia Padúa González
(m. 1981; div. 1990)
Evelyn Morataya
(m. 1995; div. 2005)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Portillo and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 45th president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then led by retired general and deposed military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018). In 2014, ten years after his departure from the presidency, Portillo would plead guilty to corruption charges in a United States court.[1][2]
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Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 45th president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004. He...
with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December. AlfonsoPortillo won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front...
first lady of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004, as the wife of President AlfonsoPortillo. She became First Lady when she was 28 years old, being one of the...
the legislature. In the 1995 presidential election, FRG candidate AlfonsoPortillo narrowly lost in the second round, which is a run-off between the two...
adviser who worked in the presidential campaigns of Vinicio Cerezo, AlfonsoPortillo, Álvaro Arzú and Álvaro Colom and father of singer Carlos Peña. On...
be sentenced due to his age and deteriorating health. Ex-President AlfonsoPortillo was arrested in January 2010 while trying to flee Guatemala. He was...
of stealing computer equipment and objects of historic importance. AlfonsoPortillo fled to Mexico with an impressive amount of money stolen from military...
former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt to succeed outgoing president AlfonsoPortillo Cabrera. A constitutional ban on former coup leaders (Ríos Montt during...
guilty of genocide". BBC News. May 11, 2013. "Guatemalan ex-President AlfonsoPortillo jailed in US". BBC News. May 22, 2014. "Ex-Ecuadorian president Jamil...
2000 4 years National Advancement Party / Unionist Party 1995–1996 45 AlfonsoPortillo (born 1951) 14 January 2000 14 January 2004 4 years Guatemalan Republican...
justice system and showed no signs of progress. In 2000, President AlfonsoPortillo admitted government responsibility for the massacre. He acknowledged...
Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano La Línea corruption case Otto Pérez Molina AlfonsoPortillo "Guatemalan president condemned after ejecting UN anti-corruption group"...
1958–1964) AlfonsoPortillo (President of Guatemala 2000–2004) Carlos Salinas de Gortari (President of Mexico 1988–1994) José López Portillo y Pacheco...
four. In the runoff on 26 December, AlfonsoPortillo (FRG) won 68% of the vote to 32% for Óscar Berger (PAN). Portillo carried all 22 departments and Guatemala...
exclusively on external threats. Presidents Álvaro Arzú and his successors AlfonsoPortillo, Óscar Berger and Álvaro Colom, have used a constitutional clause to...
government of Vinicio Cerezo and Secretary of Peace (2000-2004) for AlfonsoPortillo. In addition, the former leader of Congress was candidate for president...
AlfonsoPortillo's 1999 campaign. "Political analysts say the free commercials helped Portillo win the election." After becoming president, Portillo "named...
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