Estuardo Ernesto Galdámez Juárez (born 9 February 1966) is a former Guatemalan politician and military officer, and presidential candidate. Galdámez assumed the position of a deputy in the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala on January 14, 2012, and was reelected twice, leaving office on January 14, 2020.[1] He was the then-ruling National Convergence Front (FCN) party's nominee in the 2019 Presidential election. After Galdámez left office, a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of corruption.[2] He was also stripped of immunity from prosecution, which forced him to miss the special transition session in Congress.[3]
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- ^ "Estuardo Galdámez, el kaibil y trepador de la política". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Menchu, Sofia (January 15, 2020). "Arrest warrants for Guatemalan ex-presidential candidate as immunity lapses" – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ Cuffe, Sandra. "Guatemalan officials arrested for corruption after leaving office". www.aljazeera.com.