Elvin Ernesto Santos Ordóñez (born 18 January 1963 in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

) is a Honduran politician who served as the

vice president of Honduras The vice presidents of Honduras, also known as presidential designates, officially the designates to the presidency ( es, designados a la presidencia) is the second highest political position in Honduras. According to the current constitution, th ...

from January 2006 to November 2008, when he resigned to stand as a

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

candidate for the

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...

in the

2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...

. For the 2005 election the constitution was amended to create a single vice president. (Hondurans previously elected three 'presidential designates' on a ticket along with the presidential candidate.) Although Santos served as vice president under the presidency of

Manuel Zelaya José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia BritannicaManuel Zelaya/ref> is a Honduran politician who was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until 28 June 2009, and who since January 2022 serves as the first Fir ...

, he distanced himself from Zelaya since there were conflicts between the two politicians. He was also against the fourth ballot box referendum that Zelaya promoted.

Biography

Elvin Santos is the son of Elvin Santos Lozano, an engineer, and Sonia Ordóñez de Santos. Santos has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from

Lamar University Lamar University (Lamar or LU) is a public university in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the fall of 2021, t ...

in Beaumont, Texas. He also served as Honduran consul in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

. He is married to Becky Manzanares de Santos and has four children Elvin, Rebeca, Adrian and Natalia. He has only recently entered the political arena. He is the CEO of the construction company owned by his family, Santos y Compañia, which employs approximately 1,200 people. The company has various contracts with the Secretaría de Obras Públicas Transporte y Vivienda (SOPTRAVI), for the maintenance of public infrastructure and the construction of the ring-road in Tegucigalpa. This situation has led to accusations of conflict of interest. Santos has been a member of the

Honduran Council of Private Enterprise The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise ( es, Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada, COHEP) is the largest business trade organization in Honduras. COHEP is one of the three private organizations in Honduras that proposes candidates for the S ...

(COHEP).

2009 Honduran general election

Santos received the Liberal Party's nomination in December after he resigned as vice president to run for the presidency in the November 2009 elections. Mauricio Villeda Bermudez, who defeated Roberto Micheletti in the primary, resigned to allow Santos become the candidate. On 29 November 2009, Santos lost the election against his opponent

Porfirio Lobo Sosa Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 22 December 1947), known as Pepe Lobo, is a Honduran politician and agricultural landowner who served as President of Honduras from 2010 to 2014. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the ...

, as predicted by the polls, by a considerable margin of 17.75%.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Elvin Ernesto Vice presidents of Honduras Living people 1963 births Lamar University alumni Liberal Party of Honduras politicians People from Tegucigalpa Candidates for President of Honduras