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The President of Honduras is the head of state and government of the nation, he is officially identified as the Constitutional President of the Republic of Honduras in accordance with the provisions of the 1982 Honduran Constitution.

First woman President of Honduras

Honduras made history and elected its first woman President, Mrs. Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, on November 28, 2021, to govern the destinies of the nation for the period 2022-2026. She is a founding member of the Libertad y Refundación (Libre) Party, and the wife of President Mel Zelaya.

Heads of State period from 1824 to 1839

No	President	Started	Finished	Party
1	Dionisio de Herrera	September 16, 1824	May 10, 1827	Liberal
2	Justo Milla	May 10, 1827	November 11, 1827	Conservative
3	Anacleto Bendaña «Cleto»	November 11, 1827	September 30, 1827	Liberal
4	Miguel Eusebio Bustamante	September 30, 1827	October 30, 1827	Liberal
5	José Jerónimo Zelaya Fiallos	October 30, 1827	November 27, 1827	Liberal
6	Francisco Morazán	November 27, 1827 December 2, 1829	March 7, 1829 July 28, 1830	Liberal
7	Diego Vigil	March 7, 1829	December 2, 1829	Liberal
8	José Santos Díaz del Valle	July 28, 1830	March 12, 1831	Conservative
9	José Antonio Márquez	March 12, 1831	March 26, 1832	Conservative
10	José Francisco Milla Guevara	March 26, 1832	January 7, 1833	Conservative
11	Joaquín Rivera Bragas	January 7, 1833	December 31, 183	Independent
12	José María Martínez Salinas	January 1, 1837 September 3, 1838	May 28, 1837 November 12, 1838	Independent
13	Justo Vicente José de Herrera y Díaz del Valle	May 28, 1837	October 3, 1838	Conservative
14	José Lino Matute	November 12, 1838	January 10, 1839	Conservative
15	Juan Francisco de Molina	January 10, 1839	April 12, 1839	Liberal

Presidents of the 19th century period from 1839 to 1889

No	President	Started	Finished	Party
1	José Francisco Zelaya y Ayes	September 21, 1839	January 1, 1841	Liberal
2	Francisco Ferrera	January 1, 1841 February 23, 1843	December 31, 1842 December 31, 1844	Conservative
3	Provisional Government – Council of Ministers	January 1, 1843	January 8, 1845	Conservative/Liberal
4	Coronado Chávez	January 8, 1845	January 1, 1847	Conservative
5	Juan Lindo	February 12, 1847	February 1, 1852	Conservative
6	José Trinidad Cabañas	March 1, 1852	October 18, 1855	Liberal
7	José Santiago Bueso Soto	October 18, 1855	November 8, 1855	Liberal
8	Francisco de Aguilar	November 8, 1855	February 17, 1856	Liberal
9	José Santos Guardiola	February 17, 1856	January 11, 1862	Conservative
10	José Francisco Montes Fonseca	January 11, 1862 December 11, 1862	February 4, 1862 September 7, 1863	Conservative
11	Victoriano Castellanos Cortés	February 4, 1862	December 11, 1862	Conservative
12	José María Medina	September 7, 1863 September 29, 1865 March 15, 1864 December 16, 1875 August 12, 1876	December 31, 1863 February 1866 July 26, 1872 June 8, 1876 August 27, 1876	Conservative
13	Francisco Inestroza	December 31, 1863	March 15, 1864	Conservative
14	Florencio Xatruch	March 26, 1871	May 17, 1871	Military
15	Carlos Céleo Arias López	July 26, 1872	January 13, 1874	Liberal
16	Ponciano Leiva Madrid	January 13, 1874 November 30, 1891	June 8, 1876 August 7, 1893	Conservative
17	Gobierno Provisional – Consejo de Ministros	June 8, 1876	August 12, 1876	Conservative/Liberal
18	Marco Aurelio Soto	August 27, 1876	October 19, 1883	Liberal
19	Gobierno Provisional – Consejo de Ministros	October 19, 1883	November 30, 1883	Conservative/Liberal
20	Luis Bográn Barahona	November 30, 1883	November 30, 1891	Liberal
21	Ponciano Leiva Madrid	January 13, 1874 November 30, 1891	June 8, 1876 August 7, 1893	Conservative
22	Domingo Vásquez	August 7, 1893	February 22, 1894	Conservative
23	Policarpo Bonilla	February 22, 1894	February 1, 1899	Liberal

Presidents of the 20th century from 1899 to 1982

No	President	Started	Finished	Party
1	Terencio Sierra	February 1, 1899	February 1, 1903	Liberal
2	Manuel Bonilla	April 13, 1903 February 1, 1912	February 25, 1907 March 21, 1913	Conservative
3	Miguel Rafael Dávila Cuéllar	April 18, 1907	March 28, 1911	Liberal
4	Francisco Bertrand Barahona	March 28, 1911 March 21, 1913 February 1, 1915	February 1, 1912 July 28, 1915 September 9, 1919	Conservative
5	Alberto de Jesús Membreño	July 28, 1915	February 1, 1916	Conservative
6	Vicente Mejía Colindres	September 16, 1919 February 1, 1929	October 5, 1919 February 1, 1933	Liberal
7	Francisco Bográn Barahona	October 5, 1919	February 1, 1920	Liberal
8	Rafael López Gutiérrez	February 1, 1920	March 10, 1924	Liberal
9	Provisional Government – Council of Ministers Ministers Francisco Bueso Cuéllar y Fausto Dávila	March 10, 1924	April 30, 1924	Liberal
10	Vicente Tosta Carrasco	April 30, 1924	February 1, 1925	Liberal
11	Miguel Paz Barahona	February 1, 1925	February 1, 1929	National
12	Tiburcio Carías Andino	February 1, 1933	January 1, 1949	National
13	Juan Manuel Gálvez	January 1, 1949	December 5, 1954	National
14	Julio Lozano Díaz	December 5, 1954	October 21, 1956	National
15	Junta Militar de Honduras	October 21, 1956	December 21, 1957	Military triumvirate
16	Ramón Villeda Morales	December 21, 1957	October 3, 1963	Liberal
17	Oswaldo López Arellano	October 3, 1963 December 4, 1972	June 6, 1971 April 22, 1975	Military
18	Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés	June 6, 1971	December 4, 1972	National
19	Juan Alberto Melgar Castro	April 22, 1975	August 7, 1978	Military
20	Policarpo Paz García	August 7, 1978	January 27, 1982	Military

Presidents period 1982 to 2001 (Constitution of 1982)

No	President	Started	Finished	Party
1	Roberto Suazo Córdova	January 27, 1982	January 27, 1986	Liberal
2	José Simón Azcona del Hoyo	January 27, 1986	January 27, 1990	Liberal
3	Rafael Leonardo Callejas	January 27, 1990	January 27, 1994	National
4	Carlos Roberto Reina	January 27, 1994	January 27, 1998	Liberal
5	Carlos Flores Facussé	January 27, 1998	January 27, 2002	Liberal

Presidents of Honduras in the XXI century period from 2002 to 2022

No	President	Started	Salió	Party
1	Ricardo Maduro Joest	January 27, 2002	January 27, 2006	National
2	José Manuel Zelaya Rosales	January 27, 2006	June 28, 2009	Liberal
3	Roberto Micheletti Bain	June 29, 2009	January 26, 2010	Liberal/Military
4	Porfirio Lobo Sosa	January 27, 2010	January 27, 2014	National
5	Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado	January 27, 2014 January 27, 2018	January 27, 2018 January 27, 2022	National
6	Iris Xiomara Castro	January 27, 2022	January 27, 2026	Libre

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