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Are there legislated quotas? No Structure of parliament Bicameral
For the Single/Lower House? NoCurrent members 160
  Percentage of women 19.38%
Source: Gender Quotas Database Source: New Parline
Note: this page was last updated on October 3, 2022.
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Guatemalan Congress of the Republic
March 26, 2013
Guatemala’s Highest Elections Official on Political Rights and Women’s Advancement

Dr. María Eugenia Villagrán De León, President of the Supreme Elections Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE), has a history of transcending gender barriers and achieving great success.

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May 30, 2012
Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchú Running for the Long Term

The first indigenous woman candidate for president of Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchú, is behind in the polls, but the very fact that she is standing is an important precedent and a sign that the political system is more open, analysts say.

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May 30, 2012
Guatemala:The Celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú Suffers a Complex Defeat at the Polls

She finished sixth in a field of 14, according to results released Monday, with just 3 percent of the vote. The two front-runners, Álvaro Colom and Otto Pérez Molina, will compete in a runoff on Nov. 4.

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May 30, 2012
Guatemala: Ethics and Politics Get Divorced in Guatemala

"She got a divorce because of her ambition and love of money," shopkeeper Dulce Álvarez told IPS, about Guatemalan former First Lady Sandra Torres' decision to end her marriage in order to sidestep the legal bar to the president's family members running for the presidency.

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May 30, 2012
Guatemala: The final word on the first lady

SANDRA TORRES, who divorced the president of Guatemala in order to be eligible for a presidential run in next month’s election, has been ruled out of the contest once and for all.

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