Political Leaders: Honduras

Leaders of Honduras
(Republic of Honduras)

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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.

Parties: PNH: Honduran National Party; PLH: Honduran Liberal Party

Heads of State

Presidents of the Republic
Tiburcio Carías Andino            1 Feb 1933 -  1 Jan 1949 (+1969)  PNH
Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón          1 Jan 1949 -  5 Dec 1954 (+1955)  PNH

Head of State
Julio Lozano Díaz                 5 Dec 1954 - 21 Oct 1956 (+1957)  PNH

Military Council of Government
 -Héctor Caraccioli Moncada                                (+1975)k military
 -Roberto Gálvez Barnes                                    (+1996)  military (to 18 Nov 1957) 
 -Roque Jacinto Rodríguez Herrera                          (+1981)  military (to 5 Jul 1957)      
 -Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano 21 Oct 1956 - 21 Dec 1957 (+2010)  military (since 18 Nov 1957)

Presidents of the Republic
José Ramón Villeda Morales       21 Dec 1957 -  3 Oct 1963 (+1971)  PLH
Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano    3 Oct 1963 -  7 Jun 1971 (+2010)  military/PNH (*)
Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés          7 Jun 1971 -  4 Dec 1972 (+1985)  PNH

Heads of State
Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano    4 Dec 1972 - 22 Apr 1975 (+2010)  military
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro       22 Apr 1975 -  7 Aug 1978 (+1987)  military

Military Junta of Government
 -Policarpo Juan Paz García                                (+2000)  military (chairman)
 -Amílcar Zelaya Rodríguez                                          military
 -Domingo Álvarez Cruz            7 Aug 1978 - 25 Jul 1980          military

Presidents of the Republic
Policarpo Juan Paz García        25 Jul 1980 - 27 Jan 1982 (+2000)  military (provisional) 
Roberto Suazo Córdova            27 Jan 1982 - 27 Jan 1986          PLH
José Simón Azcona Hoyo           27 Jan 1986 - 27 Jan 1990 (+2005)  PLH
Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero  27 Jan 1990 - 27 Jan 1994          PNH
Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez    27 Jan 1994 - 27 Jan 1998 (+2003)s PLH
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé    27 Jan 1998 - 27 Jan 2002          PLH
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest     27 Jan 2002 - 27 Jan 2006          PNH
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales       27 Jan 2006 - 28 Jun 2009          PLH (**)
Roberto Micheletti Baín          28 Jun 2009 - 27 Jan 2010          PLH (**)
Porfirio Lobo Sosa               27 Jan 2010 -                      PNH

(*) Chief of the Military Government to 6 Jun 1965; formally a civilian president since then.

(**) On 28 Jun 2009 a military coup toppled Zelaya and sent him into exile. In the same day, the Congress elected his president, Roberto Micheletti Baín (PLH), as new president of Republic. Micheletti's de facto Government was not recognized by the international community.

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