Honduras
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12 Aug 1823
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5 Nov 1838 - 16 Feb 1866
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Adopted 16 Feb 1866
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18 Jan 1949 Alternate Version
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Adopted 16 Feb 1866 Merchant Ensign
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Map
of Honduras
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Hear
National Anthem "Tu bandera es un
lampo de cielo" (Your Flag Is A Heavenly Light)
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Text
of National Anthem Adopted 1915 --------------------------------
Former
Anthem (to 1915)
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Constitution (20 Jan 1982; in Spanish)
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Capital: Tegucigalpa (Comayagua 1573-1824, alternate to 30 Oct 1880; Gracias a Dios 1544-1549; Trujillo 1525-44, 1549-1573)
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Currency: Lempira (HNL)
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National Holiday: 15 Sep (1821) Independence Day
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Population: 7,639,327 (2008)
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GDP: $33.63 billion (2008)
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Exports: $6.23 billion (2008) Imports: $10.2 billion (2008)
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Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and
European) 86.6%, Amerindian 5.5%, black 4.3%, white 2.3%, other 1.3% (2000)
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Total Active Armed Forces: 12,000 (2006) Merchant marine: 123 ships (2008)
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Religions: Roman Catholic 63%, Evangelical
Protestant 23%, other 14% (2002)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACS, APM, BCIE, BTWC, CACM, CAFTA, CAP, CTBT, CWC,
FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISA, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LAES,
LAIA (observer), LAP (suspended), LU, MIGA, NAM, NPT, NTBT, OAS (suspended), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG,
SEGIB, SICA, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Honduras Index
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Chronology
30 Jul 1502
Claimed for Spain.
3 May 1524
Settlement begun.
1528 - 1539
Subordinated to New Spain (Mexico).
1539
Part of Guatemala.
1544 - 1560
Part of Captaincy of Gracias (Yucatan, Chiapas,
Tabasco, Panama, and Central America).
1544 - 1564
Audiencia de los Confines
1579
Divided into two provinces of Comayagua and
Tegucigalpa.
1786 - 1812
Intendecia of Comayagua.
24 Jul 1791
Tegucigalpa consolidated with the government of
Comayagua to create the province of Honduras.
28/29 Sep 1821
Independence of provinces of Comayagua and
Tegucigalpa.
2 Dec 1821
Comayagua incorporated into Mexico.
5 Jan 1822
Tegucigalpa incorporated into Mexico.
28 Mar 1823
Comayagua and Comayagua and independent again.
16 Sep 1824
State of Honduras
22 Nov 1824 - 26 Oct 1838 Constituent state of the Central
American
Federation (see Guatemala).
14 Jul 1860
Bay Islands ceded to Honduras by Britain.
11 Feb 1863 - 1 Sep 1972 Swan Islands (Great Swan and Little Swan Islands)
annexed by the United States.
29 Sep 1865
Republic of Honduras
23 Mar 1903 - 31 Mar 1903 U.S. occupation of Puerto Cortez.
18 Mar 1907 - 8 Jun 1907 U.S. occupation.
13 Jun 1921 - 7 Feb 1922 State of Honduras, during a
later aborted attempt
at recreating a Central American Federation.
28 Mar 1911 - 12 Sep 1919 U.S. protectorate
8 Sep 1919 - 12 Sep 1919 U.S. occupation.
28 Feb 1924 - 21 Apr 1925 U.S. occupation. |
Honduras
(since 1824)
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Province of
Honduras
(1525-1821)
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Comayagua
(1821-1824)
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Tegucigalpa
(1815-1824)
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Bay Islands
(1638-1860)
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Province of Comayagua/Honduras
Governors
1525 - 27 Oct 1526
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón
27 Oct 1526 - 1530
Diego López de Salcedo
1530 - 1532
Andrés de Cerezeda (1st time)
1532
Diego Alvítez
1532 - 1535
Andrés de Cerezeda (2nd time)
1535 - 1540
Francisco de Montejo y Alvarez (b. c.1479 - d. c.1553)
(1st time)
1541 - 1542
Diego Garcia de Celis
1542 - 1544
Francisco de Montejo y Alvarez (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1544 - 1552
Corregidores
1552 - 1555
Juan Pérez de Cabrera
1555 - 1562
Pedro de Salvatierra
1563 - 1667
Alonso Ortiz de Elgueta
1567 - 1573
Juan de Vargas Carvajal
1573 - 1577
Diego de Herrera
1577 - 1582
Alonso de Contreras Guevara
1582 - 1589
Rodrigo Ponce de León (1st time)
1589 - 1594
Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
1594 - 1602
Rodrigo Ponce de León (2nd time)
1602 - 160.
Jorge de Alvarado
160. - 1608
Pedro de Castro
1608 - 1612
Juan Guerra de Ayala
1612 - 1617
García Garabito de León
1617 - 1620
Juan Lobato
1620 - 1625
Juan de Miranda
1625 - 1632
Pedro del Rosal
1632 - 1639
Francisco Martínez de la
Ribamontan Santander
1639 - 1641
Francisco de Avila y Lugo
1641 - 1643
Alonso de Silva Salazar
1643 - 1644
Juan de Bustamante Herrera
1644 - 1647
Melchor Alonso Tamayo
1647 - 1650
Baltasar de la Cruz
1650 - 1668
Juan de Zuazo
1668 - 1672
Juan Márquez Cabrera
1673 - 1676
Pedro de Godoy Ponce de León
1676 - 1679
Francisco de Castro y Ayala
1679 - 1682
Lorenzo Ramírez de Guzmán
1682 - 1687
Antonio de Navia y Bolanos
1689 - 1693
Sancho Ordóñez
1693 - 1698
Antonio de Oseguera y Quevedo
1698 - 1702
Antonio de Ayala
1702 - 1712
Antonio de Monfort
1712 - 1715
Enrique Longman
1715 - 1717
José Rodezno
1717 - 1727
Diego Gutiérrez de Argüelles
1727 - 1738
Manuel de Castilla y Portugal
1738 - 1741
Francisco de Parga
1741 - 1745
Tomás Hermenegildo de Arana
1745 - 1746
Luis Machado
1746 - 1747
Juan de Vera
1747
Alonso Fernández de Heredia
14 Jun 1747 - 1750
Diego de Tablada (interim)
1750 - 1751
Pedro Trucco (interim)
2 Jul 1751 - 1757
Pantaleón Ibáñez Cuevas
1757 - 1759
Flugencio García de Solís
1759 - 1761
Gabriel Franco (interim)
1761 - 1769
José Sáenz Bahamonde
(d. 1769)
1769 - 13 May 1770
Juan Antonio González (interim)
13 May 1770 - 1770
Antonio Ferrandis (interim)
1770 - 1775
Bartolomé Pérrez Quijano
1775 - 1779
Augustín Pérez Quijano
1779 - 1783
Francisco Aybar
11 Aug 1783 - 26 Jun 1787 Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y
Barnuevo
Governor-Intendants
26 Jun 1787 - 1789
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y
Barnuevo
7 May 1789 - 1796
Alejo García Conde
Jun 1796 - 1808
Ramón de Anguiano
1804 - 1810
Antonio Noberto Serrano y Polo
(acting for absent Anguiano)
1810 - 1812
Carlos Castañón
Alcaldes Mayores
Jan 1812 - 4 Feb 1812 José
María Píñol y Muñoz
(acting for Castañón)
4 Feb 1812 - 1 Mar 1812 Juan Francisco Marqués
1 Mar 1812 - Apr 1812 Pedro Gutiérrez
Apr 1812 - 1818
Juan Antonio de Tornos
1818 - 21 Nov 1821
José Gregorio Tinoco de Contreras
21 Nov 1821 - 28 Sep 1821 Juan Nepomuceno Fernandez Lindo
(b. 1790 - d. 1857)
y Zelaya (acting)
Comayagua
8 Dec 1537
Santa María de Comayagua founded by Spain.
28 Sep 1821
Independence (Province of Comayagua).
2 Dec 1821
Incorporation into Mexico.
28 Mar 1823
Independence again (Province of Comayagua).
18 Sep 1824
Merged into Honduras.
Superior Political Governors 28 Sep 1821 - 21 Nov 1821 José Gregorio Tinoco de
Contreras
21 Nov 1821 - 2 Dec 1821 Juan Nepomuceno Fernandez
Lindo (b. 1790 - d. 1857)
y Zelaya (1st time)
2 Dec 1821 - 28 Mar 1823 Incorporation into Mexico
28 Mar 1823 - 11 Feb 1824 Juan Nepomuceno Fernandez Lindo
(s.a.)
y Zelaya (2nd time)
11 Feb 1824 - 13 Apr 1824 Severino Quiñónez
13 Apr 1824 - 18 Sep 1824 Juan José Díaz
Tegucigalpa
29 Sep 1578
San Miguel de Tegucigalpa de Heredia founded by Spain.
2 Dec 1815
Tegucigalpa re-established as an alcalde.
29 Sep 1821
Independence (Province of Tegucigalpa).
5 Jan 1822
Incorporation into Mexico.
28 Mar 1823
Independence again (Province of Tegucigalpa).
16 Sep 1824
Merged into Honduras.
Alcaldes Mayor
2 Dec 1815 - 1817?
Simon Gutiérrez
1817 - 1821
Narcisco Mallol
(d. 1822)
Superior Political Governors
29 Sep 1821 - 18 Dec 1821 Esteban Guardiola Amorós
18 Dec 1821 - 31 Dec 1821 Simón Gutiérrez
31 Dec 1821 - 5 Jan 1822 Francisco Juárez
5 Jan 1822 - 28 Mar 1823 Incorporation into Mexico
28 Mar 1823 - 16 Sep 1824 José Dionisio de la Trinidad
de (b. 1781 - d. 1850)
Herrera y Díaz del Valle
Honduras
16 Sep 1824
State of Honduras
22 Nov 1824 - 26 Oct 1838 Constituent state of the Central
American Federation
(see under Guatemala)
29 Sep 1865
Republic of Honduras
13 Jun 1921 - 7 Feb 1922 State of Honduras during a
later aborted attempt at
recreating a Central American Federation.
Supreme Chiefs of State
16 Sep 1824 - 10 May 1827 José Dionisio de la Trinidad
de (b. 1781 - d. 1850) Lib
Herrera y Díaz del Valle
10 May 1827 - 10 May 1827 José Justo Milla Pineda
Arriaga (b. 1794 - d. 1838) Lib
(acting)
10 May 1827 - 30 Sep 1827 Cleto Bendaña (acting)
30 Sep 1827 - 30 Oct 1827 Miguel Eusebio Bustamante
(b. 17.. - d. 1869) Lib
Lardizábal (acting)
30 Oct 1827 - 27 Nov 1827 José Jerónimo Zelaya
de Zelaya
Fiallos
27 Nov 1827 - 7 Mar 1829 José Francisco Morazán
Quezada (b. 1792 - d. 1842) Lib
(1st time)(acting)
7 Mar 1829 - 2 Dec 1829 Diego Vigil Cocaña
(acting) (b. 1799 - d. 1845) Lib 2 Dec 1829 - 28 Jul 1830 José Francisco Morazán
Quezada (s.a.)
Lib
(2nd time)
28 Jul 1830 - 12 Mar 1831 José Santos Díaz
del Valle (b. 1793 - d.
1840) Con
(acting)
12 Mar 1831 - 26 Mar 1832 José María Antonio
de la (b. 1802
- d. 1832) Con
Cruz Márquez
26 Mar 1832 - 7 Jan 1833 José Francisco Milla Guevara
(b. 1789 - d. 18..) Con
(acting) 7
Jan 1833 - 31 Dec 1836 Joaquín Rivera Bragas
(b. 1795 - d. 1845) Ind 1 Jan 1837 - 28 May 1837 José María Martínez
Salinas Ind
(1st time)(acting)
28 May 1837 - 3 Sep 1838 Justo Vicente José
de Herrera y (b. 1786 - d. 18..)
Díaz del Valle
3 Sep 1838 - 12 Nov 1838 José María Martínez
Salinas Ind
(2nd time)(acting)
12 Nov 1838 - 10 Jan 1839 José Lino Matute (acting)
Con 10 Jan 1839 - 11 Jan 1839
Juan Francisco de Molina (acting)
Lib Presidents
11 Jan 1839 - 13 Apr 1839 Juan Francisco de Molina (acting) Lib
13 Apr 1839 - 15 Apr 1839 Felipe Neri Medina Valderas
(b. 1797 - d. ....)
y Fernández de Córdova (acting)
15 Apr 1839 - 27 Apr 1839 Juan José Alvarado (acting)
(b. 1798 - d. 1857)
27 Apr 1839 - 10 Aug 1839 José María Guerrero de Arcos (d. 1853)
(acting)
10 Aug 1839 - 20 Aug 1839 Mariano Garrigó (acting)
20 Aug 1839 - 27 Aug 1839 José María Bustillo
(acting) (d. 1855)
27 Aug 1839 - 21 Sep 1839 Council of Ministers
- Mónico Bueso Soto
- Francisco de Aguilar
21 Sep 1839 - 1 Jan 1841 José Francisco Zelaya
y Ayes (b. 1798 - d. 1848) Lib
(acting)
1 Jan 1841 - 31 Dec 1842 Francisco Ferrera (1st time)
(b. 1794 - d. 1851) Con
1 Jan 1843 - 23 Feb 1843 Council of Ministers
- Juan Morales
- José Julián Tercero
- Casto José Alvarado (1st time) (b.
c.1820 - d. 1873)
23 Feb 1843 - 31 Dec 1844 Francisco Ferrera (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Con
1 Jan 1845 - 8 Jan 1845 Council of Ministers
- Casto José Alvarado (2nd time) (s.a.)
- Coronado Chávez
(b. 1807 - d. 1881) Lib 8 Jan
1845 - 1 Jan 1847 Coronado Chávez
(s.a.)
Lib
1 Jan 1847 - 12 Feb 1847 Council of Ministers
- Casto José Alvarado (3rd time) (s.a.)
- Francisco Ferrera
(s.a.)
- José Santos Guardiola Bustillo
(b. 1816 - d. 1862)
12 Feb 1847 - 1 Feb 1852 Juan Nepomuceno Fernandez
Lindo (b. 1790 - d. 1857) Lib
y Zelaya (provisional 4 Feb - 16 Jul 1848)
1 Feb 1852 - 1 Mar 1852 Francisco Gómez
y Argüelles (d. 1854) Lib
(acting)
1 Mar 1852 - 18 Oct 1855 José de la Trinidad
Francisco (b. 1805 - d. 1871) Con
Cabañas Fiallos
18 Oct 1855 - 8 Nov 1855 José Santiago Bueso Soto
(acting) (b. 1815 - d. 1857) Lib
8 Nov 1855 - 17 Feb 1856 Francisco de Aguilar (acting)
Lib
17 Feb 1856 - 11 Jan 1862 José Santos Guardiola Bustillo
(s.a.) Lib
11 Jan 1862 - 4 Feb 1862 José Francisco Montes
Fonseca (d. 1883) Lib
(1st time)(acting)
4 Feb 1862 - 11 Dec 1862 Victoriano Castellanos Cortés
(b. 1795 - d. 1862)
(acting)
11 Dec 1862 - 7 Sep 1863 José Francisco Montes
Fonseca (s.a.) Lib
(2nd time)(acting)
7 Sep 1863 - 31 Dec 1863 José María Medina
(1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1878) Lib
(acting; in rebellion from 20 Jun 1863)
31 Dec 1863 - 15 Mar 1864 Francisco Inestroza (acting)
Con 15 Mar 1864 - 26 Jul 1872 José
María Medina (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Lib
(provisional 29 Sep 1865 - 1 Feb 1866)
26 Mar 1871 - 17 May 1871 Florencio Xatruch Villagra
(b. 1811 - d. 1893) Mil
(provisional; in rebellion)
26 Jul 1872 - 13 Jan 1874 Carlos Céleo Arias Lope
(b. 1835 - d. 1890) Lib
(provisional; in rebellion from 12 May 1872)
16 Jul 1872 - 26 Jul 1872 Juan Antonio Medina Orellana
(b. 1833 - d. 1885)
(provisional; in rebellion)
Jun 1873 - 1873
Ministers (in rebellion)
- Manuel Colindres Grádiz
- Rafael Padilla
13 Jan 1874 - 8 Jun 1876 Ponciano Leiva Madrid (1st
time) (b. 1821 - d. 1896) Con
(provisional [in rebellion from 23 Nov 1873] to 2
Feb 1875)
16 Dec 1875 - 8 Jun 1876 José María Medina
(3rd time) (s.a.)
Lib
(provisional; in rebellion)
8 Jun 1876 - 13 Jun 1876 Marcelino Mejía Serrano
Con
(provisional)
13 Jun 1876 - 12 Aug 1876 Crescencio Gómez Santos
Valladares (b. 1833 - d. 1921) Lib
(provisional)
12 Aug 1876
Council of Ministers
- Marcelino Mejía Serrano
Con
- Manuel Colindres Grádiz
12 Aug 1876 - 27 Aug 1876 José María Medina (4th
time) (s.a.)
Lib
(provisional)
27 Aug 1876 - 19 Oct 1883 Marco Aurelio Soto Martínez
(b. 1846 - d. 1908) Lib
(provisional to 30 May 1877)
19 Oct 1883 - 30 Nov 1883 Council of Ministers
- Luis Bográn Barahona
(b. 1849 - d. 1895) Con
- Rafael Ciriaco Alvarado Manzano (b. 1836 - d. 1923)
30 Nov 1883 - 30 Nov 1891 Luis Bográn Barahona
(s.a.)
Con 30 Nov 1891 - 7 Aug 1893 Ponciano Leiva Madrid (2nd
time) (s.a.) Con
7 Aug 1893 - 22 Feb 1894 Domingo Vásquez Toruño
(b. 1846 - d. 1909) Lib
(acting to 15 Sep 1893)
22 Feb 1894 - 1 Feb 1899 José Policarpo Bonilla
Vásquez (b. 1858 - d. 1926) PNH
(provisional [in rebellion from 24 Dec 1893] to 1
Feb 1895)
1 Feb 1899 - 1 Feb 1903 Terencio Esteban Sierra
Romero (b. 1839 - d. 1907) PLH
1 Feb 1903 - 13 Apr 1903 Juan Ángel Arias Boquín
(b. 1859 - d. 1927) PLH
(president of council of ministers
acting to 18 Feb 1903)
13 Apr 1903 - 25 Feb 1907 Manuel Bonilla Chirinos (1st time)
(b. 1849 - d. 1913) Mil/PNH
(provisional 12 Feb 1904 - 1 Mar 1906)
25 Feb 1907 - 18 Apr 1907 Provisional Government Junta
(chair rotating every 2 weeks,
in the order given)
- Miguel Ángel Oquelí Bustillo
(b. 1856 - d. 1938) Mil/PLH
- Máximo B. Rosales
- José Ignacio Castro
18 Apr 1907 - 28 Mar 1911 Miguel Rafael Dávila Cuéllar
(b. 1856 - d. 1927) PNH
(provisional to 1 Mar 1908)
28 Mar 1911 - 1 Feb 1912 Francisco Bertrand Barahona
(b. 1866 - d. 1926) PNH
(1st time)(acting)
1 Feb 1912 - 21 Mar 1913 Manuel Bonilla Chirinos (2nd
time) (s.a.)
PNH
21 Mar 1913 - 28 Jul 1915 Francisco Bertrand Barahona
(s.a.)
PNH
(2nd time)(acting)
28 Jul 1915 - 1 Feb 1916 Alberto de Jesus Membreño Márquez (b. 1859 - d. 1921) PNH
(acting)
1 Feb 1915 - 9 Sep 1919 Francisco Bertrand Barahona
(s.a.)
PNH
(3rd time)
9 Sep 1919 - 16 Sep 1919 Salvador Aguirre (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1947) PNH
16 Sep 1919 - 5 Oct 1919 Vicente Mejía
Colindres
(b. 1878 - d. 1966) PNH
(1st time)(acting)
5 Oct 1919 - 1 Feb 1920 Francisco Bográn Barahona
(acting) (b. 1852 - d. 1926) PLH 1
Feb 1920 - 10 Mar 1924 Rafael López Gutiérrez
(b. 1855 - d. 1924) PLH
(Head of State 13 Jun 1921 - 7 Feb 1922;
provisional from 1 Feb 1924)
9 Feb 1924 - 24 Mar 1924 Tiburcio Carías Andino (1st
time) (b. 1876 - d. 1969) PNH
(in dissidence, sworn in at Lamaní, Comayagua)
10 Mar 1924 - 30 Apr 1924 Council of Ministers of
the Provisional Government
- Francisco Bueso Cuéllar
Ind
- Roque Jacinto López - José María Ochoa Velásquez - Rómulo Ernesto Durón y Gamero (b. 1865 - d. 1942) - José María Sandoval Burgos - Marcial Lagos - Alberto A. Rodríguez
(from 28 Mar 1924)
24 Mar 1924 - 28 Apr 1924 Tiburcio Carías Andino
(s.a.)
PNH
(First Chief of Liberating Revolution;
in rebellion)
30 Apr 1924 - 1 Feb 1925 Vicente Tosta Carrasco
(b. 1886 - d. 1930) PLH
(provisional)
1 Feb 1925 - 1 Feb 1929 Miguel Paz Barahona
(b. 1863 - d. 1937) PNH
1 Feb 1929 - 1 Feb 1933 Vicente Mejía
Colindres (2nd time) (s.a.) PNH
1 Feb 1933 - 1 Jan 1949 Tiburcio Carías
Andino (2nd time) (s.a.)
PNH
1 Jan 1949 - 5 Dec 1954 Juan Manuel Gálvez
Durón
(b. 1887 - d. 1972) PNH
5 Dec 1954 - 21 Oct 1956 Julio Lozano Díaz
(b. 1885 - d. 1957) PNH
(Supreme Head of State)
21 Oct 1956 - 21 Dec 1957 Military Council of Government
- Héctor Caraccioli Moncada
(b. 1922 - d. 1975) Mil
- Roque Jacinto Rodríguez Herrera (b.
1898 - d. 1981) Mil
(to 5 Jul 1957)
- Roberto Gálvez Barnes
(b. 1925 - d. 1996) Mil
(to 18 Nov 1957)
- Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano
(b. 1921 - d. 2010) Mil
(from 18 Nov 1957)
21 Dec 1957 - 3 Oct 1963 José Ramón Adolfo
Villeda Morales (b. 1908 - d. 1971) PLH
3 Oct 1963 - 6 Jun 1971 Oswaldo Enrique López
Arellano (s.a.)
Mil/PNH
(1st time)(Head of Military Government to 6 Jun 1965)
6 Jun 1971 - 4 Dec 1972 Ramón Ernesto
Cruz Uclés
(b. 1903 - d. 1985) PNH
4 Dec 1972 - 22 Apr 1975 Oswaldo Enrique López
Arellano (s.a.)
Mil
(2nd time)(Head of State)
22 Apr 1975 - 7 Aug 1978 Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
(b. 1930 - d. 1987) Mil
(Head of State)
7 Aug 1978 - 27 Jan 1982 Policarpo Juan Paz García
(b. 1932 - d. 2000) Mil
(President of Military Junta to 25 Jul 1980,
then provisional President)
27 Jan 1982 - 27 Jan 1986 Roberto Suazo Córdova
(b. 1927)
PLH
27 Jan 1986 - 27 Jan 1990 José Simón Azcona
del Hoyo (b. 1927 - d.
2005) PLH
27 Jan 1990 - 27 Jan 1994 Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero
(b. 1943)
PNH
27 Jan 1994 - 27 Jan 1998 Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez
(b. 1926 - d. 2003) PLH
27 Jan 1998 - 27 Jan 2002 Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé
(b. 1950)
PLH
27 Jan 2002 - 27 Jan 2006 Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest
(b. 1946)
PNH
27 Jan 2006 - 28 Jun 2009
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales
(b. 1952)
PLH 28
Jun 2009 - 27 Jan 2010 Roberto Micheletti Baín
(b. 1948)
PLH
27 Jan 2010 - Porfirio Lobo
Sosa (b. 1947)
PNH
Territorial Disputes: International
Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed
areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement
by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States (OAS) survey
and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite
resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration
of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo
Island, not mentioned in the ICJ ruling, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca;
Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of
Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around
the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean
under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum; memorials and
countermemorials were filed by the parties in Nicaragua's 1999 and 2001 proceedings
against Honduras and Colombia at the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial
claims in the western Caribbean Sea - final public hearings are scheduled
for 2007;
Honduras may have asserted claims over Serranilla
Bank and Bajo Nuevo Bank.
Party abbreviations: PLH = Partido Liberal de Honduras
(Honduran Liberal Party, liberal, est. 1891); PNH = Partido Nacional
de Honduras (National Party of Honduras, conservative, est. 1903/16); Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: Ind = Independent; Con = Conservative;
Lib
= Liberal
Bay Islands
1742 - 1782, 1839 - 1860
30 Jul 1502
Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus.
1638 - 1642
First English settlement on Roatán Island by the
Providence Company.
Mar 1650
Spanish destroy English settlements.
23 Jun 1742 - 1748
Port Royal, on Roatán Island, is reoccupied by
the British.
1756 - 1763
British rule.
1779 - 1782
British rule.
16 Mar 1782
Spanish destroy Port Royal.
3 Sep 1783
By Treaty of Versailles, recognized as Spanish territory
by Britain
1788
Abandoned.
28 Sep 1821
Claimed as part of independent Honduras.
1827
British settlers begin to return to Roatán
Island.
1838
Bay Islands (islands of Utila, Roatán, Morat,
Helene, Barbareta,
and Guanaja) claimed for Britain.
1841
Islands formally claimed by Britain, contested by
Honduras.
15 Jun 1852
Bay Islands crown colony (subordinated to British
Honduras).
30 Apr 1859
Britain agrees to restore islands to Honduras.
14 Jul 1860
Formally ceded to Honduras.
1 Jun 1861
Honduras formally takes possession (Islas de la Bahía).
Governors
1638 - 1642
William Claibourne
1642 - 1650
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Commanders
1742 - 1748
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c.1745
Caulfield
1756 - 1763
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1779 - Mar 1782
William Dalrymple
1783? - 1787
Edward Marcus Despard
Honduran official
1838 - 1841
Juan Batista Lonstrelet
Chief magistrates
1850
William Fitzgibbon (acting)
1850 - 185.
John James Hall
Governors
15 Jun 1852 - 14 Jul 1860 the governors of Jamaica
Presiding magistrates
1852 - 1855
Charles Henry Johnes Cuyler (b. 1826 - d. 1885) Dec 1855 - 1 Jun 1861
Alexander Wilson Moir (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
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