Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana
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Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana Politician from Honduras, former Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales. Born April 30, 1966 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
[edit] Background
Lara's family moved to Puerto Cortes, Honduras where he grew up. His father Wenceslao Lara was also mayor of Puerto Cortes.
His brother Wencelao Lara Orellana was elected Congressman January 25, 2006 - January 25, 2010.
He is married to Karina Howell and has a daughter named Ana Karina and boy named Marlon.
Marlon Lara holds a Doctor in Chemistry and Pharmacy from UNAH (Universidad Autónoma de Honduras) and an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INCAE (Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas). He speaks 3 languages: Spanish, English and French.
[edit] Political career
Lara is an active member of the Honduran Liberal Party (Partido Liberal de Honduras).
In 1989, at age 23, he started his political career by running unsuccessfully for a seat in the National Congress.
In 1993 he ran for Mayor of Puerto Cortes, winning the election overwhelmingly. With his two subsequent re-elections, Lara was mayor for 3 consecutive terms (January 25, 1994 - January 25, 2006), a feat unprecedented among Honduran mayors.
In 2004 he started an internal movement within the Liberal Party in order to win candidacy for President of Honduras in the near future. Him movement lost the internal elections in of the Liberal Partido in 2005 by a wide margin, but helped him to secure a future appointment as Minister in the Government of Mel Zelaya.
On January 27, 2006 he was appointed the Minister-Director of FHIS-Fondo Hondureño de Inversion Social (Honduran Social Investment Fund) under President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales Administration.
In May 2006 a CID-Gallup Poll showed that Marlon Lara had the highest favorable public opinion among all Ministers of Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales Administration.[citation needed]
On December 2006 He was one of the Government Officials who failed the annual evaluation performed by President Zelaya. The evaluation process was a new initiative introduced by President Zelaya and was headed by Minister Yani Rosenthal. Marlon received one of the lowest scores among all ministers. Immediately the Government started the process to separate the failed official. [1] He presented his resignation on January 2007.
