Ministry of Public Finance

The Ministry of Public Finance (Spanish: Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas or MINFIN) is a government ministry of Guatemala in charge of fiscal policy and public finances.

History

The ministry was established by a decree in April 1839. In April 1945, it was renamed as Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. It was redesignated as Ministry of Public Finance in December 1971, according to decree of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala.

Ministers

• José Nájera y Batres, ?-1851-1858-?
• Miguel Cerezo, ?-1872-?
• Angel Peña, ?-1880-1881-?
• Ramón A. Salazar, 1882-1883-?
• Delfino Sánchez, ?-1884-?
• Salvador Escobar, ?-1886-?
• Manuel Cárdenas, ?-1887-?
• Mauricio Rodríguez, ?-1888-?
• Rafael Salazar, ?-1889-1890-?
• Juan Orantes M., ?-1890-1891-?
• F. García, ?-1891-?
• Salvador Herrera, ?-1892-1894-?
• J. M. González, ?-1895-1897-?
• Rafael Salazar, ?-1898-?
• Francisco C. Castañeda, ?-1898-?
• Francisco Villacorta, ?-1899-?
• Pedro Gálvez Portocarrero, ?-1900-?
• Guillermo Aguirre, ?-1900-1917-?
• Adrián Vidaurre, ?-1920-?
• Mariano Zeceña, 1920–1921
• José A. Medrano, 1921
• Rafael Felipe Solares, 1921-1923-?
• Salvador Herrera, ?-1924
• Rafael Felipe Solares, 1924–1926
• Carlos O. Zachrisson, 1926
• Baudilio Palma, 1926–1927
• Rafael Felipe Solares, 1927–1928
• Samuel E. Franco, ?-1929-1930-?
• José González Campo, ?-1931-?
• José González Campo, ?-1935-1937-?
• Willis Dearborn Howe, 1938–?
• Francisco Cordón Horjales, ?-1939
• Willis Dearborn Howe, 1940
• Juan Antonio Martínez Perales, 1940
• José González Campo, ?-1944-?
• Gabriel Orellana H., ?-1945
• Jorge Toriello Garrido, 1945
• Carlos Leonidas Acevedo, 1945–1948
• Arturo Herbruger, 1948
• Óscar Barrios Castillo, 1948–1949
• Alfonso Padilla Iriarte, 1949
• Óscar Barrios Castillo, 1949–1950
• Augusto Charnaud MacDonald, 1950
• Gregorio Prem Beteta, 1952
• Raúl Sierra Franco, 1953
• Raúl Reyna Rosal, 1954
• Jorge Echeverría Lizarralde, 1954–1957
• Héctor Menéndez de la Riva, 1957–1958
• Carlos Salazar Gatica, 1958–1959
• Julio Prado García Salas, 1959–1960
• Manuel Bendfeldt Jáuregui, 1960–1962
• Raúl Reyna Rosal, 1962–1963
• Jorge Caballeros Mazariego, 1963–1965
• Gabriel Orellana Estrada, 1965–1966
• Alberto Fuentes Mohr, 1966–1968
• Mario Fuentes Pieruccini, 1968–1969
• Emilio Peralta Portillo, 1969–1970
• Jorge Lamport Rodil, 1970–1977
• Arturo Aroch Navorro, 1977–1978
• Hugo Tulio Búcaro, 1978–1980
• Arnoldo Beltetón San José, 1980–1982
• Leonardo Figueroa Villate, 1982–1985
• Ariel Rivera Irías, 1985–1986
• Rodolfo Ernesto Paiz Andrade, 1986–1989
• Juan Francisco Pinto Casasola, 1989–1990
• Marciano Castillo González, 1990–1991
• Irma Raquel Zelaya, 1991
• Richard Aitkenhead Castillo, 1991–1994
• Ana Ordóñez de Molina, 1994–1996
• José Alejandro Arévalo Alburez, 1996–1997
• Pedro Lamport-Kelsall, 1997–1999
• Irma Luz Toledo Peñate, 1999–2000
• Manuel Maza Castellanos, 2000–2001
• Eduardo H. Weymann Fuentes, 2001–2003
• María Antonieta Bonilla, 2004–2006
• Hugo E. Beteta Méndez-Ruiz, 2006–2007
• Mefi Eliud Rodríguez García, 2007–2008
• Juan Alberto Fuentes, 2008–2010
• Édgar Balsells Conde, 2010
• Rolando del Cid Pinillos, 2010–2012
• Pavel Centeno López, 2012–2013
• María Concepción Castro Mazariegos, 2013–2014
• Dorval Carías, 2014–2016
• Julio Héctor Estrada, 2016–2018
• Víctor Martínez Ruiz, 2018–2020
• Alvaro González Ricci, 2020–2022
• Edwin Oswaldo Martínez Cameros, 2022–2024
• Jonthan Menkos, 2024–present

Sources:

See also

• Bank of Guatemala

References

External links

• Ministry of Public Finance