Ana Rosalinda García Carías (born 21 September 1968) is a Honduran lawyer who was

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from 2014 to 2022, as the wife of President

Juan Orlando Hernández Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado (; born 28 October 1968), also known by his initials JOH, is a Honduran lawyer, former politician and convicted drug trafficker who was 38th president of Honduras from 27 January 2014 to 27 January 2022 for two ...

Biography

Ana García Carías was born on 21 September 1968 in

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. She is the second daughter of the

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marriage between José Guillermo García and Carlota Carías. During her childhood she lived in

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– her father's birthplace – and then returned to Tegucigalpa. At age 16 she graduated from the Sacred Heart Institute of Tegucigalpa. She studied at the

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, and graduated in 1991 with a degree in legal and social sciences with a focus in commercial law. She completed a postgraduate degree in public administration at the

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in 1995. In 2002 she appeared before 15 magistrates to take her exam as a lawyer and notary, and was approved unanimously. On 3 February 1990, she married

. This union has produced three children. Hernández has one daughter from a previous relationship. García Carías is a descendant on the maternal side of General

Tiburcio Carías Andino Tiburcio Carías Andino (5 March 1876 – 23 December 1969) was a Honduras, Honduran politician and Officer (armed forces), military officer with the rank of major general. He served as the 38th president of Honduras, briefly in 1924 as constitu ...

, who was president of Honduras for the

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from 1932 to 1936, and then remained in power through a dictatorial regime from 1936 to 1949 with the backing of the United States.

Political career

Ana García Carías became

on 27 January 2014, following her husband Juan Orlando Hernández's victory in the

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on 24 November 2013. Following her husband's conviction for drug trafficking in the United States in 2024, Garcia announced that she would run for

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in the 2025 elections and seek a nomination from the National Party. In an interview with the

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, she denied that her decision to run was an attempt to protect herself from prosecution, but that it was done to highlight the injustice done to her husband and an attempt to defend Honduras' image.

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