Vice President of Honduras

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Designates to the Presidency of the
Republic of Honduras
Designados a la Presidencia de la República de Honduras
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Incumbent
Salvador Nasralla (first)
Doris Gutiérrez (second)
Renato Florentino (third)
since 27 January 2022
Style Mr./Madame Vice President
(informal)
The Most Excellent and His/Her Excellency [1]
(formal)
Term length 4 years, non-renewable [2] [3]
Inaugural holder Marcelino Ponce Martínez, Céleo Arias Moncada, and Arturo Rendón Pineda (1982)
Formation27 January 1982 (current)

The vice presidents of Honduras, officially the Designates to the Presidency (Spanish : Designados a la Presidencia), is the second highest political position in Honduras. According to the current constitution, the president and vice-presidents are elected in the same ticket. From 1957 to 2006 and from 2010 onwards there are positions of first, second, and third vice-president commonly known as the presidential designates (Spanish : designados presidenciales).

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Only during the Zelaya administration the vice-presidential position was held by one person, since the Congress reformed the Constitution in 2008 for that the vice-presidential charge would be held again by three persons. The position of vice president commissioner was created by former President Manuel Zelaya after Vice President Elvin Santos resigned in late 2008. [4]

Functions and duties

The only constitutional duty of the vice presidents involves performing the functions of the president in their absence, usually due to incapacitation (one of the vice presidents is selected by the president to serve in the role on an temporary basis until the president's return). If the absence is considered to be permanent, then one of the three vicepresidents, selected by the National Congress, will fulfill the functions of the president until the end of the term. If all the vicepresidents are absent, the president of the National Congress takes over as acting president, and if the president of the National Congress is also absent then the president of the Supreme Court will become acting president until the end of the term.

Vice presidents are eligible to be impeached by the National Congress for poor performance or misconduct. Vice presidents are also not allowed to remain outside the country for more than 15 days without the permission of the National Congress.

Requirements and restrictions

The requirements to be a vice president are the same as that of the president. A candidate must be Honduran by birth, be over the age of 30, have full civic rights, and may not be an active member of the leadership of any established religion.

Vice presidents may not be elected president while serving in the role, or within six months after the end of their term or resignation. Vice presidents can also not be elected as a deputy of the National Congress while serving in office.

History

The following is a history of officeholders: [5]

1839–1954

TermPresidentVice presidentNotes
1839–1841 Francisco Zelaya y Ayes Francisco Alvarado
1841–1843 Francisco Ferrera Coronado Chávez [6]
1843–1844 Francisco Ferrera Felipe Jáuregui
1847 Francisco Ferrera Coronado Chávez [6]
1848–1850 Juan Lindo Felipe Bustillo [6]
1852–1855 José Trinidad Cabañas José Santiago Bueso [6]
1855 José Santiago Bueso Juan López [6]
1855 José Santiago Bueso Francisco de Aguilar [6]
1856–1860 José Santos Guardiola José María Lazo Guillén [6]
1860–1862 José Santos Guardiola Victoriano Castellanos [6]
1863 José María Medina Francisco Inestroza [6]
1864–1865 José María Medina Florencio Xatruch [6]
1865–1866 José María Medina Juan Francisco López Aguirre [6]
1870 José María Medina Crescencio Gómez [6]
1891–1893 Ponciano Leiva Rosendo Agüero Ariza [6]
1895–1899 Policarpo Bonilla Manuel Bonilla [7] [6]
1899–1903 Terencio Sierra José María Reina [6]
1903 Juan Ángel Arias Boquín Máximo Betancourt Rosales
1903–1907 Manuel Bonilla Miguel R. Dávila [7] [6]
1908 Miguel R. Dávila Máximo Betancourt Rosales [8] [6]
1908–1911 Miguel R. Dávila Dionysius Gutiérrez [8]
1912–1913 Manuel Bonilla Francisco Bertrand [7] [6]
1913–1915 Francisco Bertrand Nazario Soriano [9] [6]
1916–1919 Francisco Bertrand Alberto Membreño Vásquez [9] [6]
1920–1924 Rafael López Gutiérrez José María Ochoa [10] [6]
1924 Rafael López Gutiérrez Francisco Bueso
1925–1929 Miguel Paz Barahona Presentación Quezada [11] [6]
1929–1933 Vicente Mejía Colindres Rafael Díaz Chávez [6]
1933–1949 Tiburcio Carías Andino Abraham Williams Calderón [12] [6]
1949–1954 Juan Manuel Gálvez Julio Lozano Díaz [13] [6]

1957–1972 (Military Era)

TermPresidentFirst presidential designateSecond presidential designateThird presidential designateNotes
1957–1963 Ramon Villeda Morales José Mejía Arellano Francisco Milla BermúdezJuan Miguel Mejía [14]
1965–1971 Oswaldo López Arellano Ricardo Zúñiga Agustinus Horacio Moya PosasNapoleón Alcerro Oliva [15]
1971–1972 Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés René Bendaña Meza Eugenio Matute CanizalesTiburcio Carías Castillo [16]

Constitutional vice presidents (since 1982)

Presidential designates (1982–2006)

Term President First presidential designateSecond presidential designateThird presidential designateNotes
1982–1986 Roberto Suazo Cordova Marcelino Ponce Martínez Céleo Arias MoncadaArturo Rendón Pineda [17]
1986–1990 José Azcona del Hoyo Alfredo Fortín Inestroza José Pineda Gómez Jaime Rosenthal Rosenthal left office in 1989 [18]
1990–1994 Rafael Leonardo Callejas Jacobo Hernández Cruz Marco Tulio CruzRoberto Martínez Lozano [19]
1994–1998 Carlos Roberto Reina Walter López Reyes Juan de la Cruz Avelar Leiva Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía [20]
1998–2002 Carlos Roberto Flores William Handal Raudales Gladys Caballero de ArévaloHector Vidal Cerrato Hernandez [21]
2002–2006 Ricardo Maduro Vicente Williams Agasse Armida Villela de López ContrerasJosé Alberto Díaz Lobo

Vice-president and presidential commissioner (2006–2010)

Before the 2005 elections, the Honduran Congress reformed the Constitution for that the charge of vice-president may be held by only one person.

TermPresidentVice presidentNotes
2006–2009 Manuel Zelaya Elvin Santos (27 January 2006 – 18 November 2008 [22] )
Unoccupied (18 November 2008 – 1 February 2009)
Arístides Mejía (1 February 2009 [23] – 28 June 2009)
Elvin Santos resigned to pursue the presidency.
Arístides Mejía didn't fully occupy the charge; he was a presidential commissioner, not a vice-president, since he was appointed by President Zelaya and not popularly elected; this equates to being a minister without portfolio. [24] [25] He was deposed on 28 June 2009.
2009–2010 Roberto Micheletti Unoccupied (28 June 2009 - 27 January 2010)Acting President Roberto Micheletti did not appoint any presidential commissioner (like Manuel Zelaya did with Aristides Mejía) while he was occupying the Honduran presidency.

Presidential designates (2010–present)

In 2008, before the Honduran primary elections, the three posts of vice-presidents were restored by order of the Supreme Court which deemed their replacement with a single vice-president unconstitutional. [22]

Term President First presidential designateSecond presidential designateThird presidential designateNotes
2010–2014 Porfirio Lobo Sosa María Antonieta Guillén Vásquez Samuel Armando Reyes RendonVictor Hugo Barnica [6]
2014–2018 Juan Orlando Hernández Ricardo Antonio Alvarez Arias Ava Rossana Guevara Pinto Lorena Enriqueta Herrera [6]
2018–2022 Juan Orlando Hernández Ricardo Antonio Alvarez Arias Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez María Antonia Rivera Rosales [26] [6]
2022–2026 Xiomara Castro Salvador Nasralla Doris Gutiérrez Renato Florentino [27]

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