Arabella Castro Quiñónez

Arabella Elizabeth Castro Quiñónez (born in 1955) is a Guatemalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Congress from 1994 to 1995 and from 1997 to 1998. She was also Minister of Education during the government of Álvaro Arzú and a candidate for Vice President in 1999, running alongside former mayor of Guatemala City, Óscar Berger.[1]

Arabella Castro Quiñónez
Official portrait as the Minister of Education
President of the Congress of Guatemala
In office
14 January 1997 – 14 January 1998
Preceded byCarlos Alberto García Regás
Succeeded byRafael Eduardo Barrios Flores
In office
13 September 1994 – 14 January 1995
Preceded byÓscar Vinicio Villar Anleu
Succeeded byEfraín Ríos Montt
Minister of Education
In office
14 January 1998 – 20 April 1999
PresidentÁlvaro Arzú Irigoyen
Preceded byRoberto Moreno Godoy
Succeeded byRoberto Moreno Godoy
In office
14 January 1996 – 14 January 1997
PresidentÁlvaro Arzú Irigoyen
Preceded byCelestino Tay Coyoy
Succeeded byRoberto Moreno Godoy
Member of the Congress of Guatemala
In office
14 January 1991 – 14 January 2000
ConstituencyNational List
Personal details
Born1955 (age 68–69)
San Sebastián Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Political partyNational Advancement Party

References edit

  1. ^ "Arabella Castro, primera postulante para magistrada del TSE". Soy502. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 24 January 2014.