Manuel Zelaya | |
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First Gentleman of Honduras | |
Current | |
Assumed role 27 January 2022 | |
President | Xiomara Castro |
Preceded by | Ana García Carías (as First Lady) |
52nd President of Honduras | |
In office 27 January 2006 – 28 June 2009 | |
Vice President | Elvin Ernesto Santos Arístides Mejía (as Vice-Presidential Commissioner) |
Preceded by | Ricardo Maduro |
Succeeded by | Roberto Micheletti[a] |
Leader of Libre | |
Assumed office 26 June 2011 | |
Preceded by | Party established |
Deputy of the Olancho Department | |
In office 25 January 2014 – 25 January 2018 | |
In office 25 January 1986 – 25 January 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales 20 September 1952 Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras |
Political party | Liberal Party (1970–2011) LIBRE (2011–present) |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 4 (including Xiomara) |
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Honduras (Incomplete) |
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)[1] is a Honduran politician. He is the First Gentleman of Honduras since 2022. He is the first First Gentleman in Honduran history. He was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until 28 June 2009.
On 28 June 2009, during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis,[2] he was captured by the military and sent to Costa Rica in a coup d'état.[1][3] On 21 September 2009 he returned to Honduras.[4] In 2010, he left Honduras for the Dominican Republic, an exile that lasted more than a year.[5]
He now represents Honduras as a deputy of the Central American Parliament.[6] Since January 1976 Zelaya has been married to Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, who is the 56th President.[7][8]
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