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A member and co-founder of the defunct Semilla party, he previously served as a deputy in the Congress of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024, as ambassador to Spain from 1995 to 1996 and as deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1994 to 1995.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 October 1958","date":"1958-10-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Montevideo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"sociologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2306091"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"ambassador","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121998"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Semilla Movement","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56274977"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Hebrew University of Jerusalem","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174158"},{"text":"Utrecht University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221653"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Guatemala (since 15 January 2024 · BS 1 Magh 2080 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"2024-01-15"},{"text":"Member of the Congress of Guatemala (14 January 2020 – 15 January 2024)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18277108","start":"2020-01-14","end":"2024-01-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of the Aztec Eagle","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93956","date":"1995"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Bernardo Arévalo born?","a":"Bernardo Arévalo was born on 7 October 1958 in Montevideo."},{"q":"What positions has Bernardo Arévalo held?","a":"Positions held by Bernardo Arévalo include: president of Guatemala (since 15 January 2024); Member of the Congress of Guatemala (2020–2024)."},{"q":"Where did Bernardo Arévalo study?","a":"Bernardo Arévalo was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Utrecht University."}],"related":[{"name":"Juan Antonio Martínez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-antonio-martinez"},{"name":"Alfonso Portillo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfonso-portillo"},{"name":"Otto Pérez Molina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-perez-molina"},{"name":"Jacobo Árbenz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacobo-arbenz"},{"name":"Álvaro Arzú","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-arzu"},{"name":"Álvaro Colom","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-colom"},{"name":"Efraín Ríos Montt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/efrain-rios-montt"},{"name":"Ramiro de León Carpio","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ramiro-de-leon-carpio"},{"name":"Vinicio Cerezo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vinicio-cerezo"},{"name":"Alejandro Maldonado","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alejandro-maldonado"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/bernardo-arevalo-d3dcac33c6.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Gobierno de Guatemala","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_oficial_de_Presidente_Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bernardo Arévalo","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q107254030","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107254030","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Retrato oficial de Presidente Bernardo Arévalo (cropped).jpg by Gobierno de Guatemala (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_oficial_de_Presidente_Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bernardo Arévalo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Retrato oficial de Presidente Bernardo Arévalo (cropped).jpg — Gobierno de Guatemala, Public domain.","cite":"\"Bernardo Arévalo\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bernardo-arevalo. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernardo-arevalo","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernardo-arevalo","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernardo-arevalo?lang=ne"}}