Capítulo IV. Del director Ejecutivo

The Executive Director of RENAP is appointed by the Board of Directors for a term of five (5) years, and may be reelected.

To hold the office of Executive Director of RENAP, the following is required:

a)To be Guatemalan;

b)To hold a university degree, at a minimum, in one of the following professions:

Systems Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Licentiate in Systems, Licentiate in Business Administration, or Public Administration;

c)To be an active member of the relevant professional association (colegiado activo);

d)To demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years of experience in computer systems and/or databases; and to prove a minimum of five (5) years of experience in senior management positions and/or top-level executive positions in public administration;

e)To be of recognized honorability.

The Executive Director is the highest-ranking administrative superior of RENAP; he or she exercises legal representation and is responsible for directing and ensuring the normal and proper functioning of the entity.

The functions of the Executive Director are:

a)To comply with, and ensure compliance with, the objectives of the institution, as well as the laws and regulations;

b)To submit to the Board of Directors the matters within its competence and to issue an opinion on them, orally or in writing, according to their importance;

c)To comply with the mandates issued by the Board of Directors;

d)To attend the sessions of the Board of Directors with voice but without vote and to act as Secretary, signing the corresponding records;

e)To plan, direct, supervise, coordinate and administer all activities necessary for the proper functioning of RENAP;

f)To submit to the Board of Directors for approval the internal regulations and their amendments, including those that develop, in hierarchical order, its organizational and functional structure, based on the organic structure referred to in Article eight (8) of this Law, as well as its labor regime for hiring and remuneration;

g)To present to the Board of Directors the draft Budget of Revenues and Expenditures of the Institution for approval;

h)To appoint personnel and to order all administrative acts involving promotions, removals, transfers, granting of leave, sanctions and acceptance of resignations of the personnel of the Institution, in accordance with the Law and its regulations;

i)To sign the contracts for the acquisition of goods and services that are necessary for the carrying out and execution of the plans, programs and projects of the Institution, once these have been approved by the Board of Directors;

j)To coordinate and maintain service relations with institutions concerned with the Civil Registry and the identification of persons of other States and foreign entities, in the matters that are proper to them;

k)To order the investigation of the misplacement and loss of information or documents related to the civil status, civil capacity and identification of natural persons, as well as to determine the administrative liabilities of those in charge of their custody and to order that they be restored, pursuing the pertinent legal actions;

l)To impose and apply the administrative sanctions established in this Law and its regulations; and,

m)All those that are necessary for the Institution to fully achieve its objectives.

The Executive Director of the RENAP may be removed by the Board of Directors on the following grounds:

a)Committing fraudulent or illegal acts, or acts evidently contrary to the functions, objectives and interests of the RENAP;

b)Acting or proceeding with manifest negligence in the performance of his or her duties;

c)Being convicted by a final judgment for the commission of an intentional crime;

d)Suffering from a medically certified physical incapacity that makes it impossible for him or her to hold the office for more than six (6) months, or having been declared in a state of interdiction by a competent court;

e)Failing to achieve the goals set by the Board of Directors regarding the coverage of registrations of vital events and acts, as well as the issuance of personal identification documents; and,

f)Running as a candidate for an elected public office.

In the event of the temporary absence of the Director of RENAP, he or she shall be substituted by one of the directors of the executing offices, by decision of the Board of Directors. In the event of resignation, removal or death, it is incumbent upon the Board of Directors to make the selection within a time limit of no more than one month from the occurrence of the act that gives rise to the permanent absence, in order to complete the corresponding term.