Leaders

Bernardo Arévalo

Who leads Guatemala? Bernardo Arévalo, President. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

President — Guatemala

Record & power

Record score	59
Power score	55

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

Sealed a US trade deal and won the lifting of the US arms embargo (State Dept, September 2026).
Remittance-driven; growth modest, informality high.
Anti-corruption drive is itself an empowerment agenda.
Firmly Western-aligned; the anti-corruption democrat of Central America.

Other leaders

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Kyriakos Mitsotakis Dickon Mitchell Mohamed Irfaan Ali Nasry Asfura Andrej Plenković

Guatemala Rankings

Across the Bureau

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