List of Presidents of Honduras

List of Presidents of Honduras

The constitutional term of office of the presidents of Honduras is four years and re-election has only been possible since 2017.

Surname	Life dates	Term of office
Juan Francisco de Molina	1779-1878	January 11, 1839 - April 13, 1839
Felipe Neri Medina Valderas y Fernández de Córdova	1797–?	April 13, 1839 - April 15, 1839
Juan José Alvarado	1798-1857	April 15, 1839 - April 27, 1839
José María Guerrero	1799-1853	April 27, 1839 - August 10, 1839
Mariano Garrigó	?	August 10, 1839 - August 20, 1839
José María Bustillo	? -1855	August 20, 1839 - August 27, 1839
Council of Ministers Mónico Bueso Soto Francisco de Aguilar	1810–? 1810–?	August 27, 1839 - September 21, 1839
José Francisco Zelaya y Ayes	1798-1848	September 21, 1839 - December 31, 1840
Francisco Ferrera	1794-1851	January 1, 1841 - December 31, 1842
Councilor of Ministers Juan Morales José Julián Tercero Casto José Alvarado	1820–? 1820-1873	January 1, 1843 - February 23, 1843
Francisco Ferrera	s. O.	February 23, 1843 - December 31, 1844
Council of Ministers Casto José Alvarado Coronado Chávez	1820-1873 1807-1881	January 1, 1845 - January 12, 1845
Coronado Chavez	s. O.	January 12, 1845 - January 1, 1847
Council of Ministers Casto José Alvarado Francisco Ferrera José Santos Guardiola Bustillo	s. o. s. o. 1816–1862	January 1, 1847 - February 12, 1847
Juan Lindo	1798-1857	February 12, 1847 - January 31, 1852
Francisco Gómez y Argüelles	1810-1854	February 1, 1852 - March 1, 1852
José de la Trinidad Francisco Cabañas Fiallos	1805-1871	March 1, 1852 - October 18, 1855
José Santiago Bueso Soto	s. O.	October 18, 1855 - November 8, 1855
Francisco de Aguilar	s. O.	November 8, 1855 - February 17, 1856 (executive)
José Santos Guardiola Bustillo	s. O.	February 17, 1856-11. January 1862
José Francisco Montes Fonseca	1830-1888	January 11, 1862 - February 5, 1862
Victoriano Castellanos Cortés	1795-1862	February 5, 1862 - December 4, 1862
José Francisco Montes Fonseca	s. O.	December 4, 1862 - June 21, 1863
José María Medina	1826-1878	June 21, 1863 - July 26, 1872
Carlos Arias López	1835-1890	August 1872 - January 13, 1874
Mariano Leiva	1821-1896	February 1874 - June 8, 1876
Marco Aurelio Soto	1846-1908	August 27, 1876 - May 9, 1883
Luis Bográn	1849-1895	November 30, 1883 - November 30, 1891
Ponciano Leiva	1821-1896	November 30, 1891 - August 7, 1893
Domingo Vásquez	1846-1909	August 7, 1893 - February 22, 1894
Policarpo Bonilla	1859-1926	February 22, 1894 - February 1, 1899
Terencio Sierra	1839-1907	February 1, 1899 - January 30, 1903
Manuel Bonilla	1849-1913	February 1, 1903 - April 11, 1907
Miguel R. Dávila	1856-1927	August 15, 1907 - March 28, 1911
Francisco Bertrand	1866-1926	March 28, 1911 - February 2, 1912
Manuel Bonilla	s. O.	February 2, 1912 - March 21, 1913
Francisco Bertrand	s. O.	March 21, 1913 - September 8, 1919
Rafael López Gutiérrez	1855-1924	November 1, 1919 - March 10, 1924
Fausto Dávila	1858-1928	March 27, 1924 - March 31, 1924
Vicente Tosta	1881-1930	April 1, 1924 - February 1, 1925
Miguel Paz Barahona	1863-1937	February 1, 1925 - February 1, 1929
Vicente Mejía Colindres	1878-1966	February 1, 1929 - February 1, 1933
Tiburcio Carías Andino	1876-1969	February 1, 1933 - December 31, 1948
Juan Manuel Gálvez	1887-1972	January 1, 1949 - November 16, 1954
Julio Lozano Díaz	1895-1969	December 1954 - October 21, 1956
Roque I. Rodriguez		October 21, 1956 - December 21, 1957
José Ramón Villeda Morales	1908-1971	December 21, 1957 - October 3, 1963
Oswaldo López Arellano	1921-2010	Oct. 4, 1963 - June 5, 1971
Ramon Ernesto Cruz	1903-1985	June 6, 1971 - December 4, 1972
Oswaldo López Arellano	s. O.	Dec. 4, 1972 - April 22, 1975
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro	1930-1987	April 22, 1975 - August 7, 1978
Policarpio Juan Paz García	1932-2000	August 8, 1978 - January 27, 1982
Roberto Suazo Cordova	1927-2018	January 27, 1982 - January 27, 1986
José Simon Azcona Hoyo	1927-2005	January 27, 1986 - January 27, 1990
Rafael Leonardo Calleja Romero	1943-2020	January 27, 1990 - January 27, 1994
Carlos Roberto Reina	1926-2003	January 27, 1994 - January 27, 1998
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé	* 1950	January 27, 1998 - January 27, 2002
Ricardo Maduro	* 1946	January 27, 2002 - January 27, 2006
Manuel Zelaya Rosales	* 1952	January 27, 2006 - June 28, 2009
Roberto Micheletti	* 1943	June 28, 2009 - January 27, 2010 (interim)
Porfirio Lobo Sosa	* 1947	January 27, 2010 - January 27, 2014
Juan Orlando Hernández	* 1968	January 27, 2014 - Acting

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presidential election in Honduras: End of the banana republic: A surprising departure from authoritarianism is emerging in Honduras , Der Standard, November 28, 2017