List of presidents of Honduras

This article lists the presidents of Honduras, since the country declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821.

Heads of state of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1839)

On 1 July 1823 Honduras, along with Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, declared its independence from the First Mexican Empire to form the short lived Federal Republic of Central America, also known as United Provinces of Central America. Honduras remained as a member state until it decided to separate in 1838. The entire union dissolved in civil war between 5 November 1838, when Nicaragua separated from the federation, and about 1840.

No.	Portrait	Head of State	Term of office		Party	Note
			Took office	Left office
1	80px	Dionisio de Herrera	16 September 1824	10 May 1827	Liberal	Deposed by coup d'état by Jose Justo Millia. 1st Supreme Director.
2	80px	Jose Justo Millia	10 May 1827	13 September 1827	Liberal	Deposed previous president in a coup.
3		Cleto Bendaña	13 September 1827	24 October 1827	Conservative	Provisional.
4		Jose Jernonimo Zelaya	27 October 1827	11 November 1827	Conservative
5		Miguel Eusebio Bustamante	11 November 1827	26 November 1827	Liberal
6		Franscisco Morazan	26 November 1827	30 June 1828	Liberal	Provisional.
7	80px	Diego Vigil Cocaña	30 June 1828	2 December 1829	Liberal	Manager
8		Francisco Morazán	2 December 1829	24 December 1829	Liberal
9		Juan Angel Arias	24 December 1829	22 April 1830	Liberal	Manager.
10		Francisco Morazán	22 April 1830	28 July 1830	Liberal
11		Jose Santos del Valle	28 July 1830	12 March 1831	Conservative	Provisional.
12		Jose Antonio Marquez	12 March 1831	22 March 1832	Conservative
13		Jose Francisco Milla Guevara	22 March 1832	7 January 1833	Conservative	Per deposit.
14		Joaquin Rivera Bragas	7 January 1833	31 December 1836	Independent
15		José María Martinez Salinas	1 January 1837	28 May 1837	Independent	Acting. Provisional.
16		Justo José Herrera	28 May 1837	3 September 1838	Liberal
17		José María Martinez Salinas	3 September 1838	12 November 1838	Independent
18		José Lino Matute	12 November 1838	9 January 1839	Liberal

Presidents of independent Honduras (1839–present)

Honduras declared itself independent on 15 November 1838, and a constitution was formally adopted in January 1839. After a period of instability, conservative General Francisco Ferrera became the first elected president of the country for a two-year term, but then extended his de facto control of the nation for the next five years.

Most presidents after 1900 represent one of the two dominant political parties, the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH).

The most recent general election was held on 28 November 2021, with Xiomara Castro elected president, taking office on 27 January 2022.

No.	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Juan Francisco de Molina	—	11 January 1839	13 April 1839		Liberal
—		Felipe Neri Medina (1797–?) Acting President	—	13 April 1839	15 April 1839		Liberal
—		Juan José Alvarado (1798–1857) Acting President	—	15 April 1839	27 April 1839		Independent
—		José María Guerrero (1799–1853) Acting President	—	27 April 1839	10 August 1839		Conservative
—		Mariano Garrigó (1810–?) Acting President	—	10 August 1839	20 August 1839		Independent
—	80px	José María Bustillo (?–1855) Acting President	—	20 August 1839	27 August 1839		Conservative
—		Council of Ministers	—	27 August 1839	21 September 1839		Council of Ministers
—	80px	Francisco Zelaya y Ayes (1798–1848) Acting President	—	21 September 1839	1 January 1841		Conservative
2		Francisco Ferrera (1794–1851)	—	1 January 1841	31 December 1842		Conservative
—		Council of Ministers	—	1 January 1843	23 February 1843		Council of Ministers
3		Francisco Ferrera (1794–1851)	—	23 February 1843	31 December 1844		Conservative
—		Council of Ministers	—	1 January 1845	8 January 1845		Council of Ministers
4		Coronado Chávez (1807–1881)	—	8 January 1845	1 January 1847		Conservative
—		Council of Ministers	—	1 January 1847	12 February 1847		Council of Ministers
5	80px	Juan Lindo (1790–1857)	—	12 February 1847	1 February 1852		Conservative
—		Francisco Gómez (?–1854) Acting President	—	1 February 1852	1 March 1852		Liberal
6	80px	José Trinidad Cabañas (1805–1871)	1852	1 March 1852	18 October 1855		Liberal
—		José Santiago Bueso (1815–1857) Acting President	—	18 October 1855	8 November 1855		Liberal
—	80px	Francisco de Aguilar (1810–?) Acting President	—	8 November 1855	17 February 1856		Liberal
7	80px	José Santos Guardiola (1816–1862)	1856 1860	17 February 1856	11 January 1862		Conservative
—	80px	José Francisco Montes (1830–1888) Acting President	—	11 January 1862	4 February 1862		Liberal
—	80px	Victoriano Castellanos (1796–1862) Acting President	—	4 February 1862	11 December 1862		Liberal
—	80px	José Francisco Montes (1830–1888) Acting President	—	11 December 1862	7 September 1863		Liberal
—	80px	José María Medina (1826–1878) Acting President	—	7 September 1863	31 December 1863		Conservative
—		Francisco Inestroza (1810–?) Acting President	—	31 December 1863	15 March 1864		Conservative
—	80px	Francisco Cruz Castro (1820–1895) Provisional President	—	5 September 1869	14 January 1870		Conservative
8	80px	José María Medina (1826–1878)	1864 1866 1869	15 March 1864	26 July 1872		Conservative
—	80px	Céleo Arias (1835–1890) Provisional President	—	26 July 1872	13 January 1874		Liberal
9	80px	Ponciano Leiva (1821–1896)	1874	13 January 1874	8 June 1876		Conservative
—		Marcelino Mejía Provisional President	—	8 June 1876	13 June 1876		Conservative
—		Crescencio Gómez (1833–1921) Provisional President	—	13 June 1876	12 August 1876		Conservative
—	80px	José María Medina (1826–1878) Provisional President	—	12 August 1876	27 August 1876		Conservative
10	80px	Marco Aurelio Soto (1846–1908)	1877 1881	27 August 1876	19 October 1883		Liberal
—		Council of Ministers	—	19 October 1883	30 November 1883		Council of Ministers
11	80px	Luis Bográn (1849–1895)	—	30 November 1883	30 November 1891	years	Conservative
12	80px	Ponciano Leiva (1821–1896)	—	30 November 1891	7 August 1893		Conservative
13	80px	Domingo Vásquez (1846–1909)	—	7 August 1893	22 February 1894		Conservative
14		Policarpo Bonilla (1858–1926)	—	22 February 1894	1 February 1899		Liberal
15		Terencio Sierra (1839–1907)	—	1 February 1899	1 February 1903	years	Liberal
16		Juan Ángel Arias Boquín (1859–1927)	—	1 February 1903	13 April 1903		Liberal
17	80px	Manuel Bonilla (1849–1913)	1902	13 April 1903	25 February 1907		National
—		Miguel Oquelí Bustillo (1856–1938) Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta	—	25 February 1907	18 April 1907		Liberal
18	80px	Miguel R. Dávila (1856–1927)	—	18 April 1907	28 March 1911		Liberal
—	80px	Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926) Acting President	—	28 March 1911	1 February 1912		National
19	80px	Manuel Bonilla (1849–1913)	—	1 February 1912	21 March 1913		National
20	80px	Francisco Bertrand (1866–1926)	1916	21 March 1913	9 September 1919		National
—		Salvador Aguirre (1862–1947) Acting President	—	9 September 1919	16 September 1919		National
—	80px	Vicente Mejía Colindres (1878–1966) Acting President	—	16 September 1919	5 October 1919		Liberal
—		Francisco Bográn (1852–1926) Acting President	—	5 October 1919	1 February 1920		Liberal
21		Rafael López Gutiérrez (1854–1924)	1919	1 February 1920	10 March 1924		Liberal
—		Francisco Bueso (1860–?) Acting President	—	10 March 1924	27 April 1924		Liberal
—	80px	Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876–1969) First Chief of the Liberating Revolution	1923	27 April 1924	30 April 1924		National
—		Vicente Tosta (1886–1930) Provisional President	—	30 April 1924	1 February 1925		Liberal
22	80px	Miguel Paz Barahona (1863–1937)	1924	1 February 1925	1 February 1929	years	National
23	80px	Vicente Mejía Colindres (1878–1966)	1928	1 February 1929	1 February 1933		Liberal
24	80px	Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876–1969)	1932 1936 1939	1 February 1933	1 January 1949		National
25	80px	Juan Manuel Gálvez (1887–1972)	1948	1 January 1949	5 December 1954		National
—		Julio Lozano Díaz (1885–1957) Supreme Head of State	—	5 December 1954	21 October 1956		National
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black" |—		Military Junta	—	21 October 1956	21 December 1957		Military
26	80px	Ramón Villeda Morales (1909–1971)	1954 1957	21 December 1957	3 October 1963 (Deposed)		Liberal
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black" |27		Oswaldo López Arellano (1921–2010)	1965	3 October 1963	7 June 1971		Military
28	80px	Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés (1903–1985)	1971	7 June 1971	4 December 1972		National
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black" |—		Oswaldo López Arellano (1921–2010) Head of State	—	4 December 1972	22 April 1975 (Deposed)		Military
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black" |—		Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1930–1987) Head of State	—	22 April 1975	7 August 1978		Military
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black" |—	80px	Policarpo Paz García (1932–2000) Provisional President	1980	7 August 1978	27 January 1982		Military
29	80px	Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927–2018)	1981	27 January 1982	27 January 1986	years	Liberal
30	80px	José Azcona del Hoyo (1927–2005)	1985	27 January 1986	27 January 1990	years	Liberal
31	80px	Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (1943–2020)	1989	27 January 1990	27 January 1994	years	National
32	80px	Carlos Roberto Reina (1926–2003)	1993	27 January 1994	27 January 1998	years	Liberal
33		Carlos Roberto Flores (born 1950)	1997	27 January 1998	27 January 2002	years	Liberal
34	80px	Ricardo Maduro (born 1946)	2001	27 January 2002	27 January 2006	years	National
35		Manuel Zelaya (born 1952)	2005	27 January 2006	28 June 2009 (Deposed)		Liberal
—		Roberto Micheletti (born 1943) (Acting President)	—	28 June 2009	27 January 2010		Liberal
36		Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 1947)	2009	27 January 2010	27 January 2014	years	National
37	80px	Juan Orlando Hernández (born 1968)	2013 2017	27 January 2014	Incumbent		National
style="background:Template:Liberty and Refoundation/meta/color; color:white" |38	80px	Xiomara Castro (born 1959)	2021	27 January 2022	Elect		Libre

See also

• President of Honduras
• List of governors of Spanish Honduras
• History of Honduras