Roberto Micheletti

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Roberto Micheletti

Roberto Micheletti Bain (born August 13, 1948 in El Progreso , Yoro Department , Honduras ) was appointed President of Honduras after a military coup on June 28, 2009 by the Honduran parliament. He served as de facto head of state of the Republic of Honduras until January 27, 2010 .

Political and professional career

Micheletti, the son of Italian immigrants from Lombardy, is a transport company in his hometown of El Progreso. During the tenure of President Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé (1998-2002) he was director of the state telephone company Hondutel . Since January 2006 he has been President of the Honduran Parliament. In 2008 he applied for his party's nomination for the presidential elections in November 2009, but failed because of the incumbent Vice President Elvin Ernesto Santos .

In November 2009 Micheletti was elected Vice President of the Liberal International , an umbrella organization of liberal parties to which the German FDP belongs , among others .

Presidency

Appointment as president

Like his predecessor Manuel Zelaya, who was overthrown by military force, Micheletti is a member of the Liberal Party . While Zelaya attributed himself to the left wing of the party and, together with trade unions, farmers' associations and indigenous organizations, "sought to open the way to a constituent assembly through which a participatory democracy " should replace the previous Honduran system of government , Micheletti is regarded as its internal adversary . The coup in Honduras in 2009 , the first coup in the past 16 years in Central America.

Government cabinet

On June 28, 2009 the de facto cabinet was sworn in:

  1. Enrique Ortez Colindres , Canciller de la República (Foreign Minister), Carlos López Contreras since July 13, 2009
  2. Gabriela Núñez, Minister of Finance
  3. Desiré Rosales, Head of the Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología de Honduras (COHCIT, Minister of Science)
  4. Adolfo Lionel Sevilla, Minister of Defense,
  5. Enrique Ortez Colindres, Minister of the Interior and Justice from July 13-14, 2009 (resignation)
  6. Nicolás García Sorto, Minister of Labor
  7. Norman Ochoa, Head of the Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (SERNA, Environment Minister)
  8. Sandra Midence, President of Banco Central de Honduras .
  9. Mario Noé Villafranca, Minister of Health

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biografía de Roberto Micheletti Bain ( Memento of the original of September 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , INFOLATAM, accessed August 28, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.infolatam.com
  2. ↑ Some sources also give 1943 as the year of birth ( memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bergamonews.it
  3. ↑ Parlamentari di origine italiana nel mondo ( Memento of the original of July 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / es.camera.it
  4. ↑ Suspended (?) Coup attempt in Honduras , Correos de los Américas from June 27, 2009
  5. ↑ Telepolis: Honor for putschists
  6. ^ Military coup in Honduras , Junge Welt, June 29, 2009, accessed June 29, 2009
  7. ^ The Naumann parliamentary group , german-foreign-policy.com of June 30, 2009, accessed on July 3, 2009
  8. ↑ Disempowerment in Honduras meets with worldwide criticism ( memento from June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), ARD online from June 29, 2009, accessed on June 29, 2009
  9. ↑ Honduran military ousts president ahead of vote ( Memento from 1 July 2009 at the Internet Archive ), Yahoo.com news of June 28th 2009, accessed on 29 June 2009
  10. ↑ Tiempo.hn  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. June 29, 2009 (offline)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / tiempo.hn  
  11. ^ Poder 360: HONDURAS - New Ministerial Cabinet

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predecessor Office successor
Manuel Zelaya President of Honduras
June 28, 2009 - January 27, 2010 		Porfirio Lobo Sosa
personal data
SURNAME Micheletti, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Micheletti Bain, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Honduran President
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH El Progreso (Honduras) , Honduras