Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero

Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero (born 1946) was Vice President of Guatemala for President Jorge Serrano from 1991–1993 and President from June 1–5, 1993.

Presidency

Serrano attempted a self-coup on May 25, 1993, but was forced to flee into exile on June 1.^[1] Espina served as interim president for four days until June 5, when he was forced to resign by Congress after evidence surfaced that he was involved in the coup. He spent the following years in exile, and in 1997 returned voluntarily to stand trial for his involvement in the coup. He was convicted of violating the constitution, but his sentence was commuted to a small fine.

References

Heads of state of Guatemala
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1839); Supreme Chiefs of State	direct central rule, 1823–24 Díaz* Barrundia direct central rule, 1826–27 J. Estrada* de Aycinena Zenteno* Barrundia Molina Márquez* Gálvez Valenzuela* Rivera* Salazar* Rivera*
Republic of Guatemala (since 1839); Presidents	Rivera López Requena* Rivera Carrera Martínez* Escobar* Paredes* Carrera Aycinena* Cerna García Granados Barrios Sinibaldi* Barillas Reina M. Estrada† Herrera Orellana Chacón Reina* Ubico† Ponce Vaides* † Junta (Arana†, Árbenz†, Toriello) Arévalo Árbenz Díaz* Monzón† Castillo† González López* Mendoza† Flores* Ydígoras† Peralta† Méndez Arana† Laugerud† Lucas† Ríos Montt† Mejía Victores† Cerezo Serrano Elías Espina* de León Arzú Portillo Berger Colom Pérez Molina Maldonado* Morales
* interim; † military

Vice Presidents of Guatemala
Vice Presidents (1956–)	Ortiz González López Urrutia de León Marroquín Ralda Cabrera Chávez Molina Chávez Marroquín Cáceres Sandoval Villagrán Mendoza office vacant, 1982–86 Carpio Espina Herbruger Flores Asturias Reyes Stein Espada Baldetti Maldonado Fuentes Soria Cabrera
Second Vice Presidents (1956–66)	Juan Francisco Oliva G. Flores Avendaño Guillén Castillo Urrutia Gómez Carranza Ubico R. Flores Avendaño Montenegro