Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese statesman and agriculturist who served as the 4th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan,the last to be indirectly elected and the first to be directly elected. During his presidency,Lee oversaw the end of martial law and the full democratization of the ROC,advocated the Taiwanese localization movement,and led an ambitious foreign policy agenda to gain allies around the world. Nicknamed "Mr. Democracy",Lee was credited as the president who completed Taiwan's democratic transition.
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as the 7th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan and the second to be born in Taiwan after the end of the Chinese Civil War in December 1949. She served as chair of the DPP from 2020 to 2022,as well as from 2014 to 2018,and from 2008 to 2012. Her second presidential term is due to expire on 20 May 2024,when she will be succeeded by Lai Ching-te.
Lin Chuan is a Taiwanese economist and politician who served as prime minister of Taiwan from 2016 to 2017,he is the first cabinet head under the Tsai Ing-wen government. Before his premiership,he have also served as the Minister of Budget,Accounting and Statistics and Minister of Finance during Chen Shui-bian's presidency.
Jimmy Ernesto Morales Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician,actor,and comedian who served as the 50th president of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP). Tsai became the first female president in Taiwan,as well as in the Chinese-speaking world.
The Trump–Tsai call was a telephone conversation between the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen which took place on December 2,2016. This event marked the first time since 1979 that a U.S. president or President-elect had directly spoken with a ROC President. In the call,Tsai congratulated Trump for his victory in the presidential election. The two leaders spoke for around 10 minutes,focusing on politics,economy,and security in Asia-Pacific. Following the call,Trump publicized this on Twitter and Facebook and said thank you to "the President of Taiwan". After Trump's transition team confirmed the event,the Presidential Office of Taiwan released a statement about the content of the call.
The order of precedence in Guatemala is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 07-2003 of March 11,2003. signed by then President Alfonso Portillo,President of the Congress Efraín Ríos Montt and Former Interior Minister JoséAdolfo Reyes Calderón.
Vamos is a conservative political party in Guatemala.
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 51st president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
Enrique Antonio Degenhart Asturias is a Guatemalan politician who served as the Minister of the Interior from January 26,2018 to January 14,2020 during the presidency of Jimmy Morales.
César Guillermo Castillo Reyes is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as the 17th vice president of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024.
Pedro Brolo Vila is a Guatemalan economist,diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 2020 to 31 January 2022.
The following lists events in the year 2020 in Guatemala.
Allan Estuardo Rodríguez Reyes is a Guatemalan politician from the Vamos party who was president of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala from 2020 to 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020.
The following lists events in the year 2021 in Guatemala.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 to elect the president and vice president,all 160 seats in Congress,all 20 members of the Central American Parliament,and mayors and councils for all the country's 340 municipalities. Incumbent president Alejandro Giammattei was constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term. However,as no presidential candidate obtained over 50 percent of the vote in the first round on 25 June 2023,a second round was held between the top two finishers on 20 August 2023:Congressman Bernardo Arévalo of the Movimiento Semilla and Sandra Torres,a former first lady representing the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party. Arévalo defeated Torres in the second round with nearly 61 percent of the vote in what was seen as a landslide. The ruling Vamos party won the largest number of seats in Congress.
The following lists events in the year 2022 in Guatemala.
Guatemala–Taiwan relations are the bilateral relations between Guatemala and Taiwan.
Bernardo Arévalo,the president-elect of Guatemala,completed his transition to the presidency upon being sworn in on the 15th of January 2024. He became the candidate of Semilla in January 2020. Vice-president-elect Karin Herrera led Arévalo's transition team.
