Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (27 March 1889 – 29 January 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944.

During the government of Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Vaides took part in the National Campaign of 1906 against Honduras and El Salvador.

[3] Ubico appointed three generals, Ponce Vaides, Eduardo Villagran Ariza, and Buenaventura Pineda, to a military junta to succeed him.

[4] The government began to use the police to intimidate the indigenous population to keep it in power through the forthcoming election, resulting in more support for an armed revolution.

[4] Ponce Vaides announced elections, but the pro-democracy forces denounced them, citing his attempts to rig them in his favor.

[1] The presidential elections were won by Juan José Arévalo, who began a series of social and economic reforms that constituted the Guatemalan Revolution.