Jordán Rodas

{{Short description|Guatemalan lawyer}}

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{{family name hatnote|Rodas|Andrade|lang=Spanish}}

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| image = Retrato oficial de Jordán Rodas - Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos (2017-2022) (cropped).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

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| office1 = Ombudsman of Guatemala

| term_start1 = 20 August 2017

| term_end1 = 20 August 2022

| predecessor1 = Jorge de León Duque

| successor1 = José Alejandro Córdova

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| party = Movement for the Liberation of Peoples (2022–present)
Independent (before 2022)

| education = University of San Carlos
of Guatemala

| caption = Official portrait

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Augusto Jordán Rodas Andrade (born 25 September 1968){{Cite web|title= Hoja de Vida del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos |url= https://www.pdh.org.gt/images/files/Augusto_Jordan_Rodas_Andrade_LM_JL-1.pdf |access-date = 2022-03-27 |website = Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos |language = es}} is a Guatemalan attorney and civil servant who from 2017 until 2022 served as Ombudsman of Guatemala, a controversial office in Guatemala's highly polarized political landscape.{{Cite web|title=Jordán Rodas Andrade es el nuevo procurador de DD. HH.|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/jordan-rodas-andrade-es-el-nuevo-procurador-de-dd-hh/|access-date=2022-03-27|website=Prensa Libre|language=es}} His 2022 candidacy for the presidency of the San Carlos University was sabotaged, just like his attempt to run, together with Thelma Cabrera, for the 'Movement for the Liberation of the Indigenous Peoples' (MLP) in the 2023 presidential elections.

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