Xiomara Castro
Honduran politician and businesswoman (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento[a][1] (es; born 30 September 1959)[2][3] is a Honduran politician and businesswoman serving as the 39th president of Honduras since 2022.[4] She is the first female president in the country's history. Castro also served as the first lady of Honduras from 2006 to 2009, during the presidency of her husband Manuel Zelaya.
Xiomara Castro | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 39th President of Honduras | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2022 | |
| Vice President | Salvador Nasralla (until 2024) Doris Gutiérrez Renato Florentino |
| Preceded by | Juan Orlando Hernández |
| 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 |
| Member of the National Popular Resistance Front | |
| In office 28 June 2009 – 26 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Front established |
| Succeeded by | Front dissolved |
| 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 | Liberty and Refoundation (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party (until 2011) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 4, including Xiomara |
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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