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José Lino Matute
José Lino Matute served as the acting president of Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ... from 12 November 1838 until 10 January 1839. He was essentially the last president of Honduras when it was part of the United Central America, however his successor Juan Francisco de Molina held office for about a day before Honduras officially became independent. Sources Presidents of Honduras Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Honduras-politician-stub ...
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya civilization, Maya, before Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholic Church, Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part o ...
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Juan Francisco De Molina
Juan Francisco de Molina (1779–1878) was the First President of Honduras from January 10 to April 13, 1839. Childhood Juan Francisco de Molina was born in 1779 in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. His father was Juan Francisco Molina Esquivel and his mother was Cecilia Solís de Molina. Politics and Presidency Juan held the position of Counsellor of State and accessed to the position of president on January 10 of 1839 when José Lino Matute, having health problems, retires from it. Just 2 days after being in charge, he signed the approving document of the new constitution of Honduras that left the one of 1825 without validity and that gave the appointment of president to the chief executive. During his mandate, he celebrated an Offensive Alliance Treaty with Nicaragua against General Francisco Morazán. The army of Honduras was headed by General Francisco Ferrera and the army of Nicaragua was in command of Coronel Bernardo Méndez, but were defeated by Morazán's forces on A ...
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Presidents Of Honduras
This article lists the President of Honduras, presidents of Honduras, since the country Act of Independence of Central America, declared its independence from the Spanish Empire on 15 September 1821. Heads of state of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America (1821–1839) On 1 July 1823 Honduras, along with Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, declared its independence from the First Mexican Empire to form the short lived Federal Republic of Central America, also known as United Provinces of Central America. Honduras remained as a member state until it decided to separate in 1838. The entire federation, union dissolved in civil war between 5 November 1838, when Nicaragua separated from the federation, and about 1840. Presidents of independent Honduras (1839–present) Honduras declared itself independent on 15 November 1838, and a constitution was formally adopted in January 1839. After a period of instability, conservative General Francisco Fer ...
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Year Of Birth Missing
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are ...
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