Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus (locally [ri'kaɾdo ki'ɲones 'lemus]; born 5 January 1965) is a Guatemalan politician who has been serving as mayor of Guatemala City since 30 April 2018, after the death of Álvaro Arzú.
[4] Quiñónez has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tecnológico de Monterrey—TEC) in Mexico.
Due to the death of Álvaro Arzú, he replaced him as mayor on 30 April 2018[1] and won the elections of 16 June 2019 for said office for the period 2020-2024.
[7] Ricardo Quiñonez married Dominique Denise Marie Wilson Arzú, known as Mercedes and as a figure in the Opus Dei movement.
She is daughter of María Mercedes Arzú Irigoyen—sister of former president Alvaro Arzú— and Henry Hugh Wilson, a British oil consultant.