María Antonia Rivera Rosales (born 26 October, 1966 in
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
)
is a former
Vice President
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
of
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
under
Juan Orlando Hernández
Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado (; born 28 October 1968), also known as JOH, is a Honduran lawyer and politician who served as President of Honduras from 2014 to 2022.
A member of the National Party, Hernández previously served as the presi ...
from 2018 to 2022. She is from the
National Party.
Career
She was a member of the negotiating team for free trade agreements on behalf of the private sector in CAFTA, and agreements with EU, Panama and Peru. From 2004 to 2012 she represented various producer interest groups as executive director.
She was elected as
third designate to the presidency of Honduras in January 2018. In September 2019 she was also appointed as the secretary of economic development.
References
1966 births
Living people
21st-century Honduran politicians
21st-century Honduran women politicians
National Party of Honduras politicians
People from San Pedro Sula
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras alumni
Vice presidents of Honduras
Women vice presidents of Honduras
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