Established as early as 1826, the Ministry of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization of Honduras was created from the territorial division of Honduras and was initially composed of seven departments. The ministry is responsible for matters pertaining to the internal government, which include the following:
* The coordination, liaison, supervision and evaluation of the departmental and municipal regimes
* Monitoring political parties with regard to their relationship with the government
* Publishing laws, regulations and general provisions
* The extrajudicial solution of conflicts and the coordination and liaison with the organs of the Judicial Power, Public Ministry, Attorney General of the Republic, National Electoral Court and the State Controlling Institutions
The ministry has been called by different names over the course of its history. For instance, in 2014, President
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 ...
announced plans to eliminate the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and merge it with the Ministry of Interior. Certain sources refer to the Minister of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization as the Secretariat.
List of ministers (1990–present)
Minister of Governance & Justice
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Enrique Ortez Colindres (1989–1990)
* Jose Francisco Cardona Arguelles (1991–1993)
*Celin Discua (1993–1994)
*Efrain Moncada Silva (1994–1998)
*Delmer Urbizo Panting (1998–1999)
*Enrique Flore Valeriano (2000–2001)
Minister of Interior & Justice
* Vera Sofia Rubi (2001–2002)
* Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro (2002–2005)
Minister of Governance & Justice
* Jose Roberto Pacheco Reyes (2005–2006)
*Jorge Arturo Reina
(2006–2008)
*Victor Orlando Meza Lopez
(2008–2010)
*Africo Madrid
(2010–2012)
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
*Ana Pineda
(2012–2014)
Minister of Human Rights, Justice, & Decentralization
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Rigoberto Chang Castillo (2014–2016)
Minister of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization
* Héctor Leonel Ayala Alvarenga
(2016–2018)
*Karla Cuevas
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See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
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Secretaría de Gobernación (Honduras) inistry of the Interior (Honduras)*
Politics of Honduras
Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a multi-party system presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Leg ...
References
Justice ministries
Government of Honduras