Chief of the General Staff
Jefe del Estado Mayor
Shoulder rank insignia for the Chief of the General Staff
Incumbent William Arnulfo López since 31 May 2022
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Formation	14 November 1890
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the General Staff
Website	Official website

TheChief of the General Staff (Spanish:Jefe del Estado Mayor) is the professional head of the GuatemalanArmed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military. It is the highest achievablecommissioned officer rank that may be attained in the Guatemalan Armed Forces.

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No.[1]	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Brigadier general Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García (1930–2009)	July 1970	July 1972	2 years
2		Brigadier general Fausto David Rubio Coronado	July 1972	January 1973	6 months
3		Brigadier general Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018)	January 1973	April 1973	3 months
4		Brigadier general Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924–2006)	July 1973	July 1976	3 years
5		Otto Guillermo Spliegler Noriega	July 1976	February 1977	7 months
6		Divisional general David Cancinos Barrios (1920–1979)	February 1977	11 June 1979	2 years, 4 months
7		Ángel Aníbal Guevara (born 1924)	June 1979	January 1980	7 months
8		Luís René Mendoza Palomo	January 1980	June 1981	1 year, 5 months
9		Manuel Benedicto Lucas García	15 August 1981	24 March 1982	6 months
10		Héctor Mario López Fuentes (1930–2015)	March 1982	October 1983	1 year, 6 months

Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Defence branch	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Divisional general Rodolfo Lobos Zamora	October 1983	September 1985	1 year, 11 months	Guatemalan Army	[2][3]
	Brigadier general Héctor Gramajo (1940–2004)	January 1986	February 1987	1 year, 1 month	Guatemalan Army	[4]
	Brigadier general Hellmuth René Casados Ramírez	14 January 2012	4 June 2013	1 year, 141 days	Guatemalan Army	[5][6]
	Divisional general Manuel Augusto López Ambrocio	4 June 2013	16 July 2013	42 days	Guatemalan Army	[6][7]
	Divisional general Rudy Ortiz (1963–2014)	16 July 2013	20 August 2014 †	1 year, 35 days	Guatemalan Air Force	[7][8]
	Divisional general Carlos Eduardo Estrada Pérez (born 1936)	27 August 2014	31 July 2015	338 days	Guatemalan Army	[9][10]
	Brigadier general Alfredo Sosa Díaz	31 July 2015	22 January 2016	175 days	Guatemalan Army	[10][11]
	Divisional general Juan Manuel Pérez Ramírez	22 January 2016	1 August 2017	1 year, 191 days	Guatemalan Army	[11][12]
	Divisional general Erick Cano Zamora	1 August 2017	6 March 2018	217 days	Guatemalan Army	[12][13]
	Divisional general Julio César Paz Bone (born 1966)	6 March 2018	21 June 2019	1 year, 107 days	Guatemalan Air Force	[13][14]
	Brigadier general Hugo Roberto Urbina Marroquín	15 January 2020	19 December 2020	?	Guatemalan Army	[15]
	Brigadier general Walfre Omar Carranza España	19 December 2020	31 May 2022	1 year, 163 days	Guatemalan Air Force	[15]
	Brigadier general William Arnulfo López	19 December 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 177 days	Guatemalan Army	[16]

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