Juan Orlando Hernández
| Juan Orlando Hernández | |
|---|---|
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| 55th President of Honduras | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2014 | |
| Vice President | Ricardo Álvarez |
| Preceded by | Porfirio Lobo Sosa |
| President of the National Congress | |
| In office 25 January 2010 – 13 June 2013 | |
| Preceded by | José Alfredo Saavedra (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mauricio Oliva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado 28 October 1968 Gracias, Honduras |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ana García |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Honduras State University of New York, Albany |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, often written as JOH, (born October 28, 1968 in Gracias, Lempira)[1] is a Honduran politician and businessman who is the current President of Honduras following his victory in the 2013 Honduran presidential election.[2] A member of the conservative National Party of Honduras, he was the actual President of the National Congress of Honduras between January 2010 and June 2013 when he was given permission by the Congress to absent himself from all responsibilities in the Congress to dedicate himself to his presidential campaign.[3]
Background
Juan Orlando Hernández is a lawyer who graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, where he was President of the Association of Students from 1988 to 1989. He's a graduate in social and legal sciences with a master's degree in public administration, at the State University of New York, and studied legislation at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras. He is a lawyer and a notary.[4] He is a businessman in coffee cultivation in his native Gracias and in the radio and television industries as well as being an owner of hotels.[1] He gained notoriety in Honduras when Liberal leader Rafael Pineda Ponce described him as a “cipote malcriado” (spoiled kid).[5]
Political career
Juan Orlando Hernández, who represented Lempira Department since 2001, was elected head of a National Congress where the National Party had a comfortable majority, on January 21, 2010, and took office four days later.[6]
In 2012 he fought a campaign against Ricardo Álvarez to try and become the 2013 presidential nationalist candidate, and won the internal election of November 2012.[1]
A poll conducted in May 2013 saw him in 3rd place with a projected 18% of the vote.[7] He began his presidential campaign in July 2013 in Intibucá and La Paz with a campaign entitled El Pueblo Propone (The People Propose in English).[8] He campaigned for the military to police the streets, and claimed that his closest rival Xiomara Castro wanted to remove the Policía Militar (English: Military Police) which were already in Honduras' two main cities.[9] He won the election, beating Castro by 250,000 votes. Since being re-elected in 2014, the Honduran infraestructure has fallen to 45% leaving businesses in state of bankruptcy and an increase of unemployment. As of 2015, Hernández has been around controversy because of dictatorship ruling.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Juan Orlando, empresario y político que sueña con gobernar Honduras
- ↑ Catherine E. Shoichet (November 27, 2013). "Winner named in Honduras presidential vote; opposition vows protests". CNN. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ↑ Juan Orlando se retira del Congreso Nacional
- ↑ Juan Orlando Hernández
- ↑ Juan Orlando Hernández, niñez y política
- ↑ Juan Orlando Hernández, nuevo presidente del CN
- ↑ Esposa de Manuel Zelaya lidera las encuestas de cara a las elecciones en Honduras Esposa de Manuel Zelaya lidera las encuestas de cara a las elecciones en Honduras
- ↑ JOH lanza “El pueblo propone”
- ↑ JOH: “Quieren que la Policía Militar deje de operar”
External links
- Biography by CIDOB (in Spanish)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by José Alfredo Saavedra Acting |
President of the National Congress 2010–2013 |
Succeeded by Mauricio Oliva |
| Preceded by Porfirio Lobo Sosa |
President of Honduras 2014–present |
Incumbent |
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