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Alfonso Portillo was born on 24 September, 1951 in Zacapa, Guatemala, is a President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004. Discover Alfonso Portillo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 24 September 1951
Birthday 24 September
Birthplace Zacapa, Guatemala
Nationality Guatemala

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Who Is Alfonso Portillo's Wife?

His wife is María Eugenia Padúa González (m. 1981-1990) Evelyn Morataya (m. 1995-2005)

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Alfonso Portillo Net Worth

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1951

Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 45th president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.

1970

In the late 1970s, he became involved with left-wing indigenous groups in Guerrero and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG).

The little-known PSD was one of the few leftist parties that survived the military repression that characterized the 1970s and 1980s.

He then moved to the Guatemalan Christian Democrats (DCG).

This center-right formation was the governing party at that time.

1980

During the 1980s, he lectured in political science at the university in Chilpancingo.

During that time, Portillo shot and killed two students.

He later claimed that he had shot the students in self-defense.

His political opponents, however, asserted that he had killed the two unarmed students in a "bar brawl."

1989

In 1989, Portillo returned to Guatemala and joined the Social Democratic Party, which had replaced the Authentic Revolutionary Party the previous year.

1992

In 1992, he was appointed Director of the Guatemalan Institute of Social and Political Sciences (IGESP), a role he held till 1994.

1993

He became the DCG's Secretary General in 1993, was elected as one of their deputies in 1994, and became head of their group in Congress.

During this time, he also became an editorial adviser to Siglo Veintiuno, one of the two largest-selling daily newspapers.

1995

He was never charged for the shootings, and in 1995, a Mexican judge declared the case "inactive."

In April 1995, Portillo and another seven of the DCG's 13 deputies, left the party to become independents after the parliamentary group was accused of corruption.

On 20 July 1995, he joined the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG).

Its leader, Efraín Ríos Montt, was at the time leader of Congress.

When Ríos Montt was constitutionally barred from running in the 12 November presidential election because he had previously taken power through a coup d'etat, the FRG chose Portillo as their candidate.

In contrast to 1995, the issue of the homicides in Mexico was brought up and became a central electoral issue.

Portillo immediately admitted that he had shot the two students but claimed it was an act of self-defense.

He said that he had fled from the Mexican authorities rather than face trial, both because of his political affiliations and because he was a foreigner in Mexico.

These revelations enhanced Portillo's as a "tough, no-nonsense" politician.

On 7 November, he won the first round with 47.8% of the vote, and in the second round on 26 December, he decisively beat Óscar Berger with 68.3% of the vote.

On the day of his investiture, Portillo said that Guatemala was "on the edge of collapse" and promised a thorough government investigation into corruption.

1996

After gaining 22% of the vote in the first round of voting, he lost to Álvaro Arzú in the second round on 7 January 1996.

With both candidates promising to finalize the peace negotiations, Portillo narrowly lost, garnering 48.7% of the vote.

1998

In July 1998, the FRG voted for him to be their presidential candidate the following year, having decided not to nominate Ríos Montt.

Portillo launched a campaign in favor of bringing morality into political life, to implacably fight corruption, and to defend the indigenous population and the poor campesinos against the small, urban, white elite.

He also promised security in the face of the growing problem of delinquency during Arzú's tenure in the office.

2000

He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then led by retired general and deposed military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018).

On 9 August 2000, he declared that the governments of the previous two decades had been involved in human rights abuses.

While he showed determination to see through his regenerative and progressive program, his government soon became overwhelmed by the reality of the political and mafia corruption in the country.

2001

During 2001 his government faced a continuous wave of protests that sapped its credibility.

The FRG was accused of bringing corruption to the nation on an unprecedented scale.

His government has been tainted by accusations of theft, money laundering, money transferring to the army, and the creation of bank accounts in Panama, Mexico, and the United States by many members of his staff, totaling more than US$1 billion.

2014

In 2014, ten years after his departure from the presidency, Portillo would plead guilty to corruption charges in a United States court.

Portillo was born in Zacapa.

He obtained his academic qualifications in Mexico.

He allegedly received a degree in social sciences from the Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAG) in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and his doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.

However, the veracity of such claims remains to be determined since no evidence has been provided to support them.