Nasry Asfura

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Asfura was chosen as the 2021 presidential candidate for the incumbent National Party. [9] [10] At the beginning of the campaign, polls indicated a tight race between Asfura and his left-wing opponent, Xiomara Castro, the leader of LIBRE and the wife of the former president Manuel Zelaya, but she went on to win the election by a comfortable margin. [11] [12]

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Nasry Asfura
Nasry Asfura in 2017 (cropped).jpg
Asfura in 2017
Mayor of Tegucigalpa
In office
25 January 2014 25 January 2022
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Tegucigalpa
2014–2022
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Party political offices
Preceded by National Party nominee for President of Honduras
2021
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