Ricardo Álvarez (politician)

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias
1st Vice President of Honduras
serving with
Ana Rossana Guevara Pinto and Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez
Assumed office
27 January 2014
President Juan Orlando Hernández
Preceded by María Antonieta de Bográn
Personal details
Born (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963
Ciudad de Panamá
Political party National Party

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias is the former mayor of Tegucigalpa and the current 1st Vice President of Honduras. He won the 2005 elections and was re-elected on the 2009 elections representing the National Party of Honduras.[1] Álvarez ran for the National Party nomination for president, ultimately losing to Juan Orlando Hernández. Hernández named him his vice presidential candidate, and together they won the 2013 elections.[2]

References

  1. "Ricardo Alvarez Wins Tegucigalpa". Honduras News. November 29, 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. "Vicepresidente electo de Honduras asegura que el pueblo "castigó" en las urnas a Xiomara Castro". NTN24. November 30, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
Political offices
Preceded by
Miguel Pastor
Mayor of Tegucigalpa
2006–2014
Succeeded by
Tito Asfura
Preceded by
María Antonieta de Bográn
1st Vice President of Honduras
2014–present
Incumbent


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