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The president of Honduras (Spanish: Presidente de Honduras), officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Honduras), is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento [a] [1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsjoˈmaɾa ˈkastɾo]; born 30 September 1959), [2] also known as Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, [3] is a Honduran politician, who has served as the 39th president of Honduras since January 2022. [4]
Honduras declared itself independent on 15 November 1838, and a constitution was formally adopted in January 1839. After a period of instability, conservative General Francisco Ferrera became the first elected president of the country for a two-year term, but then extended his de facto control of the nation for the next five years.
The Biden administration has shunned Honduras' current president, Juan Orlando Hernández, whose brother was sentenced last year to life in prison for drug trafficking by a federal judge in ...
The president, the head of state, of government and supreme administrative authority, is chosen by its citizens. The current president is Xiomara Castro who was preceded by Juan Orlando Hernández. The vice-presidents are Salvador Nasralla, Doris Gutiérrez, and Renato Florentino.
Nasry Asfura is the current mayor of Honduras's capital, Tegucigalpa, and a member of the ruling right-wing National Party of Honduras. [5] During the campaign, Asfura distanced himself from former President Juan Orlando Hernandez's alleged involvement within drug trafficking schemes engaged by his brother.
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that she would attend the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro in Honduras next week.
In 2010, he left Honduras for the Dominican Republic, an exile that lasted more than a year. [7] He now represents Honduras as a deputy of the Central American Parliament. [8] Since January 1976 Zelaya has been married to Xiomara Castro, the current President of Honduras, elected in the 2021 general election.