Vice President of Honduras


The Vice Presidents of Honduras, also known as Presidential Designates, officially the Designates to the Presidency is the second highest political position in Honduras. According to the current constitution, the President and Vice-Presidents are elected in the same ticket. From 1957 to 2006 and from 2010 onwards there are positions of first, second, and third Vice-President known as designados presidenciales, literally Presidential Designates.
Only during the Zelaya administration the Vice-Presidential position was held by one person, since the Congress reformed the Constitution in 2008 for that the Vice-Presidential charge would be held again by 3 persons. The position of "Vice President Commissioner" was created by former President Manuel Zelaya after Vice President Elvin Santos resigned in late 2008.
A history of officeholders follows.

1839-1954

1957-1972 (Military Era)

Constitutional Vice Presidents (1982- )

Presidential Designates (1982–2006)

Vice-President and Presidential Commissioner (2006–2010)

In 2005, the Honduran Congress reformed the Constitution for that the charge of Vice-President may be held by only one person.
TermPresidentVice PresidentNotes
2006–2009Manuel ZelayaElvin Santos

Unoccupied

Arístides Mejía 		Elvin Santos resigned to pursue presidency.
Arístides Mejía didn't fully occupy the charge, he was a Presidential Commissioner not a Vice-President since he was appointed by President Zelaya and not popularly elected; in other words, he was a minister without portfolio. He was deposed on 28 June 2009.
2009–2010Roberto MichelettiUnoccupied President Roberto Micheletti didn't appoint any Presidential Commissioner while he was occupying the Honduran Presidency.

Presidential Designates (2010- )

In 2008, before the Honduran Primary Elections, the three posts of Vice-Presidents were restored by order of the Supreme Court which deemed their replacement with a single Vice-President unconstitutional.
TermPresidentFirst Presidential DesignateSecond Presidential DesignateThird Presidential DesignateNotes
2010–2014Porfirio Lobo SosaMaría Antonieta Guillén VásquezSamuel Armando Reyes RendonVictor Hugo Barnica
2014–2018Juan Orlando HernándezRicardo Antonio Alvarez AriasAva Rossana Guevara PintoLorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez
2018–2022Juan Orlando HernándezRicardo Antonio Alvarez AriasOlga Margarita Alvarado RodríguezMaría Antonia Rivera Rosales