List of Presidents of Honduras

Last updated July 26, 2019

This article lists the Presidents of Honduras , since the country declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821.

The President of Honduras officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras, is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. According to the 1982 Constitution of Honduras, the Government of Honduras consists of three branches: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The President is the head of the Executive branch, their primary duty being to "Execute and enforce the Constitution, treaties and conventions, laws and other legal dispositions." The President is directly elected for a four year term.

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located in Europe. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Presidents of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1839)

On 1 July 1823 Honduras, along with Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, declared its independence from the First Mexican Empire to form the short lived Federal Republic of Central America, also known as United Provinces of Central America. Honduras remained as a member state until it decided to separate in 1838. The entire union dissolved in civil war between 5 November 1838, when Nicaragua separated from the federation, and about 1840.

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. With an estimated population of around 16.6 million, it is the most populated country in Central America. Guatemala is a representative democracy; its capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City.

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2016, the country had a population of approximately 6.34 million.

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the northwest, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Managua is the country's capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City. The multi-ethnic population of six million includes people of indigenous, European, African, and Asian heritage. The main language is Spanish. Indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English.

Dionisio de Herrera: 16 September 1824 – 10 May 1827 (Deposed)
José Justo Milla: 10 May 1827 – 13 September 1827
Cleto Bendaña: 13 September 1827 – 24 October 1827
José Jeronimo Zelaya: 27 October 1827 – 11 November 1827
Miguel Eusebio Bustamante: 11 November 1827 – 26 November 1827
Francisco Morazán: 26 November 1827 – 30 June 1828
Diego Vigil Cocaña: 30 June 1828 – 2 December 1829
Francisco Morazán: 2 December 1829 – 24 December 1829
Juan Angel Arias: 24 December 1829 – 22 April 1830
Francisco Morazán: 22 April 1830 – 28 July 1830
José Santos del Valle: 28 July 1830 – 12 March 1831
José Antonio Marquez: 12 March 1831 – 22 March 1832
José Francisco Milla Guevara: 22 March 1832 – 7 January 1833
Joaquin Rivera: 7 January 1833 – 31 December 1836
José María Martinez Salinas (acting): 1 January 1837 – 28 May 1837
Justo José Herrera: 28 May 1837 – 3 September 1838
José María Martinez Salinas: 3 September 1838 – 12 November 1838
José Lino Matute: 12 November 1838 – 9 January 1839

José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833. During his terms, Honduras and Nicaragua were states within the Federal Republic of Central America. Herrera was an uncle of the Liberal Central American general Francisco Morazán.

Dionisio de Herrera was appointed governor of the province of Tegucigalpa on 23 March 1823. The first Congress of Honduras, a constituent assembly convened on 16 September 1824, and effected the union of Comayagua and Tegucigalpa, declaring them alternate capitals of Honduras, and chose Dionisio de Herrera as First Chief of the State of Honduras, with Lieutenant General José Justo Milla as his deputy. At the time Honduras was part of the short-lived Federal Republic of Central America, established in 1823.

José Justo Milla was a Honduran military leader who was the governor of the state of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America from May 10, 1827 to September 13, 1827. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Honduras. He fled his office in 1827 after losing to Francisco Morazán in the Battle of La Trinidad. Justo Milla spent the remainder of his life in Mexico, where he died, never living to see the dissolution of the Central American Republic and the independence of Honduras.

Presidents of the Independent Republic of Honduras (1839–present)

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.

Francisco Ferrera was a president of Honduras. He was born in San Juan de Flores, Honduras.

Most presidents after 1900 represent one of the two dominant political parties, the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH).

The Liberal Party of Honduras is a centre-left liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of the Liberal International. The PLH is identified with the color red and white, as the flag Francisco Morazan used in most of his military campaigns during time of the Central American Federal Republic.

The National Party of Honduras is a political party in Honduras founded on February 27, 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in the country. The party's platform is based on Christian humanist doctrine, and its five main principles are common wealth, dignity of the human person, equality, solidarity and subsidiarity.

The most recent general election was held on 26 November 2017, with Juan Orlando Hernández re-elected president, taking office on 27 January 2018.

General elections were held in Honduras on 26 November 2017. Voters went to the polls to elect the President of Honduras to serve a four-year term, as well as 128 members of the unicameral National Congress, 20 members for the Central American Parliament and mayors for the municipalities of Honduras.

Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, often known as JOH, is the fifty-fifth and current president of Honduras, who assumed office on January 27, 2014, after winning the 2013 Honduran general election. He began his second presidential term on January 27, 2018.

No.	President (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Affiliation
1	Juan Francisco de Molina	11 January 1839	13 April 1839	Liberal
—	Felipe Neri Medina (1797–?) Acting President	13 April 1839	15 April 1839	Liberal
—	Juan José Alvarado (1798–1857) Acting President	15 April 1839	27 April 1839	Independent
—	José María Guerrero (1799–1853) Acting President	27 April 1839	10 August 1839	Conservative
—	Mariano Garrigó (1810–?) Acting President	10 August 1839	20 August 1839	Independent
—	José María Bustillo (?–1855) Acting President	20 August 1839	27 August 1839	Conservative
—	Council of Ministers	27 August 1839	21 September 1839	Council of Ministers
—	Francisco Zelaya y Ayes (1798–1848) Acting President	21 September 1839	1 January 1841	Conservative
2	Francisco Ferrera (1794–1851)	1 January 1841	31 December 1842	Conservative
—	Council of Ministers	1 January 1843	23 February 1843	Council of Ministers
3	Francisco Ferrera (1794–1851)	23 February 1843	31 December 1844	Conservative
—	Council of Ministers	1 January 1845	8 January 1845	Council of Ministers
4	Coronado Chávez (1807–1881)	8 January 1845	1 January 1847	Conservative
—	Council of Ministers	1 January 1847	12 February 1847	Council of Ministers
5	Juan Lindo (1790–1857)	12 February 1847	1 February 1852	Conservative
—	Francisco Gómez (?–1854) Acting President	1 February 1852	1 March 1852	Liberal
6	José Trinidad Cabañas (1805–1871)	1 March 1852	18 October 1855	Liberal
—	José Santiago Bueso (1815–1857) Acting President	18 October 1855	8 November 1855	Liberal
—	Francisco de Aguilar (1810–?) Acting President	8 November 1855	17 February 1856	Liberal
7	José Santos Guardiola (1816–1862)	17 February 1856	11 January 1862	Conservative
—	José Francisco Montes (1830–1888) Acting President	11 January 1862	4 February 1862	Liberal
—	Victoriano Castellanos (1796–1862) Acting President	4 February 1862	11 December 1862	Liberal
—	José Francisco Montes (1830–1888) Acting President	11 December 1862	7 September 1863	Liberal
—	José María Medina (1826–1878) Acting President	7 September 1863	31 December 1863	Conservative
—	Francisco Inestroza (1810–?) Acting President	31 December 1863	15 March 1864	Conservative
—	Francisco Cruz Castro (1820–1895) Provisional President	5 September 1869	14 January 1870	Conservative
8	José María Medina (1826–1878)	15 March 1864	26 July 1872	Conservative
—	Céleo Arias (1835–1890) Provisional President	26 July 1872	13 January 1874	Liberal
9	Ponciano Leiva (1821–1896)	13 January 1874	8 June 1876	Conservative
—	Marcelino Mejía Provisional President	8 June 1876	13 June 1876	Conservative
—	Crescencio Gómez (1833–1921) Provisional President	13 June 1876	12 August 1876	Conservative
—	José María Medina (1826–1878) Provisional President	12 August 1876	27 August 1876	Conservative
10	Marco Aurelio Soto (1846–1908)	27 August 1876	19 October 1883	Liberal
—	Council of Ministers	19 October 1883	30 November 1883	Council of Ministers
11	Luis Bográn (1849–1895)	30 November 1883	30 November 1891	Conservative
12	Ponciano Leiva (1821–1896)	30 November 1891	7 August 1893	Conservative
13	Domingo Vásquez (1846–1909)	7 August 1893	22 February 1894	Conservative
14	Policarpo Bonilla (1858–1926)	22 February 1894	1 February 1899	Liberal
15	Terencio Sierra (1839–1907)	1 February 1899	1 February 1903	Liberal
16	Juan Ángel Arias Boquín (1859–1927)	1 February 1903	13 April 1903	Liberal
17	Manuel Bonilla (1849–1913)	13 April 1903	25 February 1907	National
—	Miguel Oquelí Bustillo (1856–1938) Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta	25 February 1907	18 April 1907	Liberal
18	Miguel R. Dávila (1856–1927)	18 April 1907	28 March 1911	Liberal
—	Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926) Acting President	28 March 1911	1 February 1912	National
19	Manuel Bonilla (1849–1913)	1 February 1912	21 March 1913	National
20	Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926)	21 March 1913	9 September 1919	National
—	Salvador Aguirre (1862–1947) Acting President	9 September 1919	16 September 1919	National
—	Vicente Mejía Colindres (1878–1966) Acting President	16 September 1919	5 October 1919	Liberal
—	Francisco Bográn (1852–1926) Acting President	5 October 1919	1 February 1920	Liberal
21	Rafael López Gutiérrez (1854–1924)	1 February 1920	10 March 1924	Liberal
—	Francisco Bueso (1860–?) Acting President	10 March 1924	27 April 1924	Liberal
—	Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876–1969) First Chief of the Liberating Revolution	27 April 1924	30 April 1924	National
—	Vicente Tosta (1886–1930) Provisional President	30 April 1924	1 February 1925	Liberal
22	Miguel Paz Barahona (1863–1937)	1 February 1925	1 February 1929	National
23	Vicente Mejía Colindres (1878–1966)	1 February 1929	1 February 1933	Liberal
24	Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876–1969)	1 February 1933	1 January 1949	National
25	Juan Manuel Gálvez (1887–1972)	1 January 1949	5 December 1954	National
—	Julio Lozano Díaz (1885–1957) Supreme Head of State	5 December 1954	21 October 1956	National
—	Military Junta	21 October 1956	21 December 1957	Military
26	Ramón Villeda Morales (1909–1971)	21 December 1957	3 October 1963 (Deposed)	Liberal
27	Oswaldo López Arellano (1921–2010)	3 October 1963	7 June 1971	Military
28	Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés (1903–1985)	7 June 1971	4 December 1972	National
—	Oswaldo López Arellano (1921–2010) Head of State	4 December 1972	22 April 1975 (Deposed)	Military
—	Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1930–1987) Head of State	22 April 1975	7 August 1978	Military
—	Policarpo Paz García (1932–2000) Provisional President	7 August 1978	27 January 1982	Military
29	Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927–2018)	27 January 1982	27 January 1986	Liberal
30	José Azcona del Hoyo (1927–2005)	27 January 1986	27 January 1990	Liberal
31	Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (born 1943)	27 January 1990	27 January 1994	National
32	Carlos Roberto Reina (1926–2003)	27 January 1994	27 January 1998	Liberal
33	Carlos Roberto Flores (born 1950)	27 January 1998	27 January 2002	Liberal
34	Ricardo Maduro (born 1946)	27 January 2002	27 January 2006	National
35	Manuel Zelaya (born 1952)	27 January 2006	28 June 2009 (Deposed)	Liberal
—	Roberto Micheletti (born 1943) (Acting President)	28 June 2009	27 January 2010	Liberal
36	Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 1947)	27 January 2010	27 January 2014	National
37	Juan Orlando Hernández (born 1968)	27 January 2014	Incumbent	National

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v t e Presidents and heads of state of Honduras
1821–1839	Herrera Milla Bendaña Zelaya Bustamante Morazán Vigil Cocaña Morazán Valle Marquez Milla Guevara Rivera Martinez Salinas Herrera Martinez Salinas Lino
1839–1982	Zelaya Ferrera Council of Ministers Ferrera Council of Ministers Chávez Council of Ministers Lindo Cabañas Bueso Aguilar Guardiola Montes Castellanos Montes Medina Inestroza Cruz Medina Arias Leiva Mejía Gómez Medina Soto Council of Ministers Bográn Leiva Vásquez P. Bonilla Sierra Arias Boquín M. Bonilla Oquelí Dávila Bertrand M. Bonilla Bertrand Aguirre Mejía Colindres Bográn López Gutiérrez Bueso Carías Andino Tosta Paz Barahona Mejía Colindres Carías Andino Gálvez Lozano Díaz Military junta Villeda Morales López Arellano Cruz Uclés López Arellano Melgar Paz García
Democratic era (since 1982)	Suazo Córdova Azcona Callejas Reina Flores Maduro Zelaya Micheletti (Acting) Lobo Hernández

v t e Years in Honduras (1838–present)
19th century	1838 ...
20th century	1900 ... 1910 ... 1920 ... 1930 ... 1940 ... 1950 ... 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

List of Presidents of Honduras

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Presidents of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1839)

Presidents of the Independent Republic of Honduras (1839–present)

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