Vicente Mejía Colindres | |
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23rd President of Honduras | |
In office 1 February 1929 – 16 November 1932 | |
Vice President | Rafael Díaz Chávez |
Preceded by | Miguel Paz Barahona |
Succeeded by | Tiburcio Carías Andino |
Provisional President of Honduras Interim | |
In office 16 September – 5 October 1919 | |
Preceded by | Salvador Aguirre |
Succeeded by | Francisco Bográn |
Personal details | |
Born | Vicente Mejía Colindres 6 April 1878 La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras |
Died | 24 August 1966 88) Tegucigalpa, Honduras | (aged
Political party | Liberal Party of Honduras |
Spouse | Rosina de Mejía Colindres |
Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras |
Profession | Physician, politician |
Vicente Mejía Colindres (6 April 1878[1] – 24 August 1966) was President of Honduras between 16 September and 5 October 1919; and again between 1 February 1929 and 16 November 1932.
A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the effects of the 1929 economic depression.[2] He had been democratically elected in the 1928 elections that saw an almost unprecedented peaceful transfer of power from the incumbent to an opposition party,[2] and the same was to occur in 1932 when Tiburcio Carías Andino won and succeeded him. He died on 24 August 1966 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Notes
- ↑ Who's Who in Latin America: Part II, Central America and Panama. Stanford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8047-0712-1.
- 1 2 Haggerty, Richard & Millet, Richard (1993). "Chapter 1 – Historical Setting: Banana Boats and Gunboats: The rise of United States Influence: The Restoration of Order, 1925–31". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). A Country Study: Honduras. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 58–59.
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