Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsi.oˈmaɾa ˈkastɾo]), also known as Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (born 30 September 1959), is a Honduran politician. She is the 56th and current president of Honduras since 2022.[2] She is the country's first female president.[3]
Xiomara Castro | |
|---|---|
 Castro in 2023 | |
| 56th President of Honduras | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2022 | |
| Vice President | Salvador Nasralla |
| Preceded by | Juan Orlando Hernández |
| 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 Santa Bárbara, Honduras |
| Political party | Liberal Party (until 2011) Liberty and Refoundation (2011–present) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Alma mater | Institute of Inter-American Culture (BBA) |
Castro 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. Castro has four children; including Congresswoman Xiomara Zelaya.
In her inaugural speech, she promised to make her country a democratic socialist state.[4][5]
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