Xiomara Castro
Xiomara Castro | |
|---|---|
 Castro in 2023 | |
| 39th President of Honduras | |
| In office 27 January 2022 – 27 January 2026 | |
| Vice President | Salvador Nasralla Doris Gutiérrez Renato Florentino |
| Preceded by | Juan Orlando Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Nasry Asfura |
| Minister of National Defense | |
| In office 27 May 2025 – 18 December 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rixi Moncada |
| Succeeded by | Roosevelt Hernández Aguilar |
| 13th President pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | |
| In office 4 March 2024 – 9 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Gonsalves |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Petro |
| First Lady of Honduras | |
| In role 27 January 2006 – 28 June 2009 | |
| President | Manuel Zelaya |
| Preceded by | Aguas Ocaña |
| Succeeded by | Siomara Girón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento 30 September 1959 Santa Bárbara, Honduras |
| Political party | Liberty and Refoundation (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party of Honduras (before 2011) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 4, including Xiomara |
| Education | |
| Other names | Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (from marriage) |
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento[1] (born 30 September 1959)[2][3] or Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, is a Honduran politician and businesswoman who served as the 39th president of Honduras from 2022 to 2026.[4] She was Honduras's first female president. Before becoming president, she was the first lady of Honduras during the presidency of her husband Manuel Zelaya from 2006 to 2009.
She is a member of the Libre Party and represented the party three times in the 2013, 2017 and 2021 Honduran general elections, running as the party's candidate for president of Honduras in 2013 and 2021, and for vice president of Honduras in 2017.
Castro became involved in the National Popular Resistance Front after the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, which resulted in the end of her husband's presidency. In her 2022 presidential inaugural speech, she promised to make her country a democratic socialist state. Since leaving office in 2026, she has been representing Honduras as a member of the Central American Parliament.[5][6]
Notes
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[change | change source]- ↑ "Elecciones Nacionales de Honduras 28 de Noviembre 2021 – Escrutinio Provisorio". Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ "Xiomara Castro: Profile of Honduras first female president". BBC News Pidgin (in Punjabi). 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ↑ "Presidencia de la República" (in Spanish). Government of Honduras. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento, también conocida como Xiomara Castro de Zelaya[…]
- ↑ "Honduras elects democratic socialist as its first female president, unseating conservative ruling party". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ "Toma de posesión de Xiomara Castro" (in Spanish). 27 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022 – via CELAG.
- ↑ "Xiomara Castro asume la presidencia y propone refundar un Honduras socialista y democrático" (in Spanish). 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 – via IFM Noticias.
