William Handal Raudales | |
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1st Vice President of Honduras | |
In office January 1998 –January 2002 | |
President | Carlos Roberto Flores |
Preceded by | Walter López Reyes |
Succeeded by | Vicente Williams Agasse |
Personal details | |
Born | 1945 |
Died | September 3,2024 78–79) | (aged
Political party | Liberal Party |
William Ulric Handal Raudales (1945 [1] - 3 September 2024) was Vice President of Honduras during the administration of Carlos Roberto Flores from 1998 to 2002. [2] He was the first vice president aka first presidential designate. [3] He is from the Liberal Party.
Handal was an engineer by profession. [4] He was of Palestinian origin. [5]
He died on September 3,2024. [6]
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