Xiomara Castro
Xiomara Castro | |
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.jpg) Castro in 2022 | |
| 39th President of Honduras | |
| In office 27 January 2022 – 27 January 2026 | |
| Vice President | Salvador Nasralla (until 2024) Doris Gutiérrez Renato Florentino |
| Preceded by | Juan Orlando Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Nasry Asfura |
| Minister of National Defense Acting | |
| In office 27 May 2025 – 23 January 2026 | |
| President | Herself |
| Preceded by | Rixi Moncada |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Sánchez |
| 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 (aged 66) Santa Bárbara, Honduras |
| Political party | Liberty and Refoundation (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party (until 2011) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 4, including Xiomara |
| Alma mater | |
| Other names | Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (from marriage) |
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento[1] (born 30 September 1959)[2][3] is a Honduran politician and businesswoman who served as the 39th president of Honduras from 2022 to 2026.[4] She is Honduras's first female president. From 2006 to 2009, Castro was the first lady of Honduras during the presidency of her husband Manuel Zelaya.
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.
She was the first lady of Honduras between 2006 and 2009. Castro has been married to former President Manuel Zelaya since 1976. She was born in Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras and has four children; including Congresswoman Xiomara Zelaya.
In her inaugural speech, she promised to make her country a democratic socialist state.[5][6]
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, during a state visit with José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of Honduras, in Tegucigalpa
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Castro in her inauguration, January 2022
Castro with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Tegucigalpa in August 2022
Castro with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in January 2023
Castro and the Taiwanese vice-president Lai Ching-te in 2022
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Notes
References
- ↑ Elecciones Nacionales de Honduras 28 de Noviembre 2021 – Escrutinio Provisorio. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ↑ Xiomara Castro: Profile of Honduras first female president (in pa). BBC News Pidgin (2022-01-28). Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ↑ Presidencia de la República (in es)Government of Honduras. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ Honduras elects democratic socialist as its first female president, unseating conservative ruling party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/30/honduras-election/. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ (in es) Toma de posesión de Xiomara Castro. 27 January 2022. https://www.celag.org/toma-de-posesion-de-xiomara-castro/. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ (in es) Xiomara Castro asume la presidencia y propone refundar un Honduras socialista y democrático. 28 January 2022. https://ifmnoticias.com/xiomara-castro-asume-la-presidencia-y-propone-refundar-un-honduras-socialista-y-democratico/. Retrieved 28 January 2022.