Jafeth Cabrera

Ernesto Jafeth Cabrera Franco (Guatemala City, 28 November 1948[1]) is a Guatemalan politician who served as Vice President of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020.

Jafeth Cabrera
16th Vice President of Guatemala
In office 14 January 2016 – 14 January 2020
President	Jimmy Morales
Preceded by	Alfonso Fuentes
Succeeded by	Guillermo Castillo Reyes
Rector of Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
In office June 28, 1994 – June 28, 1998
Preceded by	Alfonso Fuentes
Succeeded by	Efraín Medina
Personal details
Born	Ernesto Jafeth Cabrera Franco 28 November 1948 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political party	National Convergence Front
Education	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Early life and career

Cabrera studied at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in medicine and surgery. He was Rector of the University between 1994 and 1998.[2]

Political career

Cabrera's political career started in 1999 when he was one of the founders of the National Unity of Hope with Álvaro Colom. Cabrera left the party shortly afterwards. In 2004 he became Secretary for Agricultural Affairs.[2]

In May 2015, Caberera was announced as the National Convergence Front candidate for the office of Vice President for the 2015 elections. He was attached to Jimmy Morales as presidential candidate.[3]

In September 2015 Cabrera announced that he believed that one of the causes Guatemala's problems was to be found in the Spanish colonization of the Americas, stating that if Guatemala had been taken over by another country the problems would not have been so grave.[4]

On 6 November 2015 Cabrera was officially declared as Vice President-elect by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala.[5]

Personal life

His son, Jafeth Ernesto Cabrera Cortéz, was elected to the Congress of Guatemala for the National Convergence Front in the 2015 parliamentary elections. He could however not take up his seat due to a law prohibiting relatives of the President and Vice-President from becoming deputies.

References

1. "Jafeth Ernesto Cabrera Franco". Guatemala Vicepresidencia. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
2. "Quién es Jafeth Cabrera" (in Spanish). Canal Antigua. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
3. "Jafeth Cabrera, exrector de la USAC, vuelve a la política" (in Spanish). Siglo21. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
4. Lourdes Hércules (23 September 2015). "Jafeth Cabrera: 500 años de crisis por conquista española" (in Spanish). Guatevision. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
5. "Jimmy Morales y Jafet Cabrera son declarados Presidente y Vicepresidente electos" (in Spanish). El Periodico. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.