18 Notable alumni of
Rafael Landivar University
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Rafael Landivar University is 2423rd in the world, 108th in Latin America, and 2nd in Guatemala by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Rafael Landivar University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen was a Guatemalan politician and businessman who served as the 44th president of Guatemala from 14 January 1996 to 14 January 2000. He was elected Mayor of Guatemala City on six occasions: in 1982, when he declined to take office because of a coup d'état; in 1986; in 2003, after serving as president; in 2007; in 2011 and 2015, for a term that would see him die in office.
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Sandra Torres
- Enrolled in Rafael Landivar University
- In 2018 studied Magister
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova is a Guatemalan politician who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011, as the wife of president Álvaro Colom. As the candidate of the National Unity of Hope party, Torres ran for president in 2015, 2019 and 2023, coming in second place in each election.
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Óscar Berger
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo is a Guatemalan businessman and politician who served as the 46th president of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008. He previously served as mayor of Guatemala City from 1991 to 1999.
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César Guillermo Castillo Reyes
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- lawyer
- Biography
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César Guillermo Castillo Reyes is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as the 17th vice president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
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Patricia de Arzú
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- politician
- Biography
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Patricia Escobar de Arzú, also known as Patricia de Arzú, is a Salvadoran-Guatemalan entrepreneur and politician. She is the widow of former president of Guatemala and mayor of Guatemala City, Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen, having served as First Lady of Guatemala from January 14, 1996, to January 14, 2000, and as First Lady of Guatemala City from 1991 to 1996, and again from 2004 until his death in 2018. She was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the 2011 elections for the Unionist Party.
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Lucrecia Hernández Mack
- Enrolled in Rafael Landivar University
- Graduated with master's degree in public health
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Lucrecia María Hernández Mack was a Guatemalan physician and politician who served a deputy of the Congress from 2020 until her death in 2023. In July 2016, President Jimmy Morales nominated Hernández Mack as the minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, becoming the first woman to serve in that position. In 2017, she resigned from her position in protest over President Morales' order to expel United Nations anti-corruption investigator Iván Velásquez Gómez. A member of Movimiento Semilla, she served in the Congress after winning in the 2019 General Election.
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Margarita Carrera
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- writerjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Margarita Carrera Molina was a Guatemalan philosopher, professor and writer. She was a member of the Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua and the 1996 laureate of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature.
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Samuel Pérez Álvarez
- Enrolled in Rafael Landivar University
- Graduated with licentiate in economy
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Samuel Andrés Pérez Álvarez is a Guatemalan economist and politician who served as the president of the Congress of Guatemala in January 2024. A member of the political party Semilla, he has been a member of Congress since January 2020.
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Sandra Jovel
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco is a Guatemalan politician and former diplomat who has been serving as a member of Congress since January 2024. She was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs serving from 27 August 2017 to 14 January 2020 under the government of Jimmy Morales.
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Manuel Conde Orellana
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2024. Previously, he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election and 2007 election.
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Jonathan Menkos
- Enrolled in Rafael Landivar University
- Graduated with postgraduate education in quantitative method
- Occupations
- politicianwriteracademiceconomist
- Biography
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Jonathan Kiril Thomas Menkos Zeissig is a Guatemalan economist, politician, writer, academic and analyst serving as Guatemala's Minister of Public Finance since January 19, 2024. He previously served as president of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) starting September 2012.
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Teddy Cruz
- Occupations
- university teacherurban plannerarchitectartist
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Teddy Cruz is an American architect, urbanist, Professor in Architecture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego. Cruz studied at Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala City, Guatemala, but moved to the United States at the age of 20, continuing his education at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Julio Hernández Cordón
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
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Julio Hernández Cordón is an American director, producer and screenwriter. An active filmmaker since 2003, Hernández Cordón has been involved in six films, including shorts and documentaries. Hernández Cordón attained critical acclaim for directing the Gasolina (2008), Polvo (2012) and Te Prometo Anarquía (2015).
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Marcela Giammattei
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Ana Marcela Dinorah Giammattei Cáceres is a Guatemalan attorney and politician. Giammattei is daughter of former President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei and his wife Rossana Cáceres.
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Edwin Escobar Hill
- Enrolled in Rafael Landivar University
- Graduated with industrial engineer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edwin Felipe Escobar Hill is a Guatemalan entrepreneur, lecturer and politician who has served as Mayor of Villa Nueva since January 15, 2012. He has also served as President of the National Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Guatemala since 2016.
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Mario Búcaro
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- diplomatcivil servant
- Biography
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Mario Adolfo Búcaro Flores is a Guatemalan diplomat and civil servant who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2022 to January 2024, under the government of Alejandro Giammattei. Previously, he was the Guatemalan Ambassador to Mexico, Israel, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
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Jorge Briz Abularach
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- politician
- Biography
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Jorge Briz Abularach is a Guatemalan politician who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 2004 to 25 July 2006 under the government of Óscar Berger. He currently serves as president of Guatemala's Chamber of Commerce.
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Mario Taracena
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mario Taracena Díaz-Sol is a Guatemalan politician. He was President of the Congress of Guatemala from January 2016 to January 2017. Taracena started his political career in 1984 and since then has served multiple times in the Congress, as well as a term in the Central American Parliament.
