Back زيومارا كاسترو Arabic سيومارا كاسترو ARZ Xiomara Castro BR Xiomara Castro Catalan Xiomara Castro Danish Xiomara Castro German Σιομάρα Κάστρο Greek Xiomara Castro EO Xiomara Castro Spanish Xiomara Castro EU
Xiomara Castro | |
|---|---|
 Castro in 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 |
| 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 |
| 13th President pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Gonsalves |
| 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 | |
| Children | 4, including Xiomara |
| Alma mater | |
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento[a][1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsjoˈmaɾa ˈkastɾo]; born 30 September 1959),[2] also known as Xiomara Castro de Zelaya,[3] is a Honduran politician and business administrator ,who has served as the 39th president of Honduras since January 2022.[4] She is the country's first female president, and served as first lady during the presidency of her husband Manuel Zelaya.
Castro grew up in Tegucigalpa and studied business administration ; She married Zelaya in 1976 and became active in the women's section of the Liberal Party of Honduras. She became the country's first lady in 2006 following her husband's victory in the 2005 Honduran presidential election. Castro became involved in the National Popular Resistance Front after her husband's refusal to comply with a Supreme Court order led to the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, forcing him into exile.
She was nominated as the presidential candidate of the left-wing Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) party at the 2013 Honduran general election, finishing runner-up to National Party of Honduras candidate Juan Orlando Hernández and outpolling Liberal candidate Mauricio Villeda. At the 2017 Honduran general election, she was Salvador Nasralla's running mate, with the ticket narrowly losing to Hernández amidst allegations of irregularities. Castro was ultimately elected to the presidency in the 2021 Honduran general election, defeating National candidate Nasry Asfura with Nasralla as her running mate. She is the first president from outside the country's two-party system since democracy was restored in 1982.[5]
In 2023, she was ranked in the Forbes list of "World's 100 most powerful women".[6]
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- ^ "Elecciones Nacionales de Honduras 28 de Noviembre 2021 – Escrutinio Provisorio". Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Xiomara Castro: Profile of Honduras first female president". BBC News Pidgin (in Punjabi). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Presidencia de la República" (in Spanish). Government of Honduras. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento, también conocida como Xiomara Castro de Zelaya[…]
- ^ "Honduras elects democratic socialist as its first female president, unseating conservative ruling party". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Díaz, Bastián (29 November 2021). "Xiomara Castro, la izquierdista que se perfila como la primera mujer Presidenta de Honduras". La Tercera (in Latin American Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "The World's Most Powerful Women 2023". Forbes.