Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Honduras)

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto
since 11 December 2023
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Member ofBoard of commanders
Reports to Minister of Defence
Appointer National Congress

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Spanish : Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras) is the professional head of the Honduran Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military. Until 1999, the position was known as Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. [1]

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List of officeholders

Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces (–1999)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officeDefence branchRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano.JPG Brigadier general
Oswaldo López Arellano
(1921–2010)
196319706–7 yearsArmy
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano.JPG Brigadier general
Oswaldo López Arellano
(1921–2010)
197219752–3 yearsArmy
No image.png Brigadier general
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
(1930–1987)
197519782–3 yearsArmy
Policarpo Paz Garcia.jpg Divisional general
Policarpo Paz García
(1932–2000)
7 August 197827 January 19801 year, 173 daysArmy
Gustavo Adolfo Alvarez Martinez.jpg Brigadier general
Gustavo Álvarez Martínez
(1937–1989)
1981March 19842–3 yearsArmy [2]
No image.png Brigadier general
Walter López Reyes
(1940–2022)
31 March 19841 February 19861 year, 307 daysAir Force [3] [4]
No image.png Brigadier general
Humberto Regalado Hernández  [ es ]
(1936–2016)
14 February 1986January 19903 years, 10 monthsNavy [4]
No image.png Brigadier general
Arnulfo Cantarero López
(–2020)
January 1990December 199011 monthsArmy [5]
No image.png Brigadier general
Luis Alonso Discua Elvir
December 199019954–5 yearsArmy
No image.png Brigadier general
Mario Raúl Hung Pacheco
199629 January 19992–3 yearsArmy [1]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1999–present)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officeDefence branchRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 No image.png Brigadier general
Eugenio Romero Euceda
29 January 199920000–1 yearsArmy
2 No image.png Brigadier general
Daniel López Carballo
200020021–2 yearsArmy
3 No image.png Brigadier general
José Isaías Barahona Herrera
(born 1954)
200211 January 20052–3 yearsArmy
4 Romeo Vasquez Velasquez en noviembre de 2017.png Brigadier general
Romeo Vásquez Velásquez
(born 1957)
11 January 200510 January 2010 [a] 4 years, 165 daysArmy
5 No image.png Divisional general
Carlos Antonio Cuellar
10 January 201028 January 20111 year, 18 daysArmy [7]
6 No image.png Brigadier general
René Arnoldo Osorio Canales
28 January 201122 December 20132 years, 328 daysArmy [8] [9]
7 No image.png Brigadier general
Fredy Santiago Díaz Zelaya
22 December 201321 December 20151 year, 364 daysArmy [9] [10]
8 No image.png Brigadier general
Francisco Isaías Álvarez Urbina
21 December 201521 December 20172 years, 0 daysArmy [11]
9 No image.png Divisional general
René Orlando Ponce Fonseca
21 December 201720 December 20191 year, 364 daysArmy [11] [12]
10 No image.png Divisional general
Tito Livio Moreno Coello
20 December 201921 December 20212 years, 1 dayArmy [12] [13]
11 No image.png Vice admiral
José Jorge Fortín Aguilar
21 December 202127 December 20232 years, 6 daysNavy [13] [14]
12 No image.png Divisional general
Roosevelt Hernández
27 December 2023Incumbent1 year, 15 daysArmy [14]

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References

  1. Fired on 24 June 2009, during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. Reinstated after one day by the Supreme Court. [6]

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