Edmundo Orellana
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Angel Edmundo Orellana Mercado (born 20 October 1948) was born in Juticalpa. He is a Honduran lawyer and politician. He served as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the Liberal Party of Honduras for Francisco Morazán. Orellana is a lawyer and a notary public, and has a Ph.D. from the University of Bologna, Italy. He was also foreign minister and defense minister of Honduras under the government 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 ...
. Due to his knowledge of law, Orellana was appointed as a diplomat representing Honduras in the United Nations. In the current years, the National University of Honduras hired Edmundo Orellana to teach public administration in that same institution. Orellana is one of the most prolific politicians of Honduras, one of the most loyal people in The Liberal Party of Honduras. He did not support the fourth ballot, which President Zelaya proposed.


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