Mauricio Villeda Bermúdez (born April 27, 1948 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 attorney, leader of the
Liberal Party of Honduras
The Liberal Party of Honduras ( Spanish: ''Partido Liberal de Honduras)'' is a centrist liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. It is the oldest extant political party in the country, and one of the two main parties that ...
, and son of the late former president
Ramón Villeda Morales
José Ramón Adolfo Villeda Morales (November 26, 1909 – October 8, 1971) served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. He was also known by the nickname, "Pajarito".
Biography
Trained as a physician, his specialty was pediatrics ...
. He ran unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate in the
2013 presidential elections.
“Combatiremos el esquema totalitario”: Mauricio Villeda
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* ''La Prensa'' (La Paz ...
''; published March 18, 2013; retrieved December 7, 2013
References
1948 births
People from Tegucigalpa
Liberal Party of Honduras politicians
Living people
Candidates for President of Honduras
20th-century Honduran lawyers
20th-century Honduran politicians
21st-century Honduran lawyers
21st-century Honduran politicians
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