Guatemala Perfil Gobierno 2012

Capital

nombre: Guatemala City
coordenadas geográficas: 14 37 N, 90 31 W
diferencia de tiempo: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

División administrativa

22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa

Independencia

15 Septiembre 1821 (from Spain)

Constitución

31 Mayo 1985, efectiva 14 Enero 1986; suspended 25 Mayo 1993; reinstated 5 Junio 1993; modificada Noviembre 1993

Sufragio

18 años de edad; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces and police may not vote by law and are restricted to their barracks on election day

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Presidente Otto Fernando PEREZ MOLINA (desde 14 January 2012); Vice Presidente Ingrid Roxana BALDETTI Elias (desde 14 January 2012); note - the president is both the jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno
jefe de gobierno: Presidente Otto Fernando PEREZ MOLINA (desde 14 January 2012); Vice Presidente Ingrid Roxana BALDETTI Elias (desde 14 January 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a four-year term (may not serve consecutive terms); election last held on 11 September 2011; runoff held on 6 November 2011 (next to be held in September 2015)
election results: Otto PEREZ Molina elected president in a runoff election; percent of vote - Otto PEREZ Molina 53.7%, Manuel BALDIZON 46.3%