English name:

National Centre Union

Status:

Member (joined at Ottawa Congress 1987)

Address:

12 Calle 2-45

Zona 1

Guatemala City

Telephone:

00 502 2 536221

Fax:

00 502 2 536216

Leader:

Sidney Shaw Arrivillaga

Secretary-General:

Juan Ayerdi Aguilar

Treasurer:

Marta Erazo de Mazariegos

Director:

Romeo Menéndez Arriola

Press Officer:

Freddy Viana

Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee:

José Arturo Rodas Ovalle

Responsible for Women’s Issues:

Lucrecia Arrivillaga

International Relations Secretary:

John Gemell Bourdet

- direct telephone number:

00 502 2 536 221

- direct fax number:

00 502 2 635 216

Party Newspaper:

El Informador

Foundation or Thinktank:

Centrun Siglo XXI

- Director:

Byron García

Date of the last general Elections:

12 November 1995

- Votes:

199552

- Percentage:

12.94

- Number of seats in parliament:

7/80

- Date of the next general Elections:

November 1999

Membership:

94000

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Foreign Policy):

Hector Kleé

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Defence):

Baudilio Hichos

Parliamentary Spokesperson(Human Rights):

Froilán Villatoro

Government or Opposition:

In Opposition