The former surgeon and prison chief, Giammattei won the presidency in August with a "tough-on-crime" platform that included returning death penalty.

Many Latin American leaders, including Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, Colombian President Ivan Duque and President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador attended Giammattei's swearing-in ceremony.

A delegation from the United States, which included acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, also attended to the ceremony.

Giammattei has had three appearances in the general elections for President of Guatemala. The first was in 2007, with the then Official Party Great National Alliance GANA with strong participation. The second was in 2011 with the Social Action Center Party but with many difficulties, which caused the Party to be dissolved due to not reaching the minimum percentage of votes required by the TSE. In the elections of 2015, he joined the presidency with the FUERZA Party.

Giammattei became the presidential candidate for the Vamos Party party in the 2019 presidential elections. He lost the first round on June 16, 2019 with 13.95% of the vote, but won the second round against Sandra Torres on August 11, 2019 with 57.96% of the vote. (ILKHA)