Roberto Arzú

Roberto Arzú García-Granados (born 1970) is a Guatemalan politician and businessman.[1][2]

Roberto Arzú
Born1970 (age 4950)
NationalityGuatemalan
Political partyNational Advancement Party (1989−2002; since 2018)
Podemos (since 2019)
Unionist Party (2002−2018)
Parents
  • Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen (father)
  • Silvia García-Granados (mother)

Arzú is the firstborn of the former President of Guatemala and mayor of Guatemala City Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen. Arzú began his political career in the Youth League of the National Advancement Party. In the late 1990s, Arzú served as chairman of Comunicaciones F.C. leaving office in the late 2000s.[1] In 2017, he was appointed Commercial Ambassador to South America by President Jimmy Morales, leaving office in 2018.[2]

He ran as a presidential candidate in the 2019 elections under the National Advancement Party and Podemos coalition using nationalist and populist rhetoric, using the motto "Make Guatemala Great" inspired by the campaign slogan of American President Donald Trump "Make America Great Again".[1][3] Arzú obtained the fifth place in the elections.[2][4]

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