Ricardo Álvarez Arias
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Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias | |
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First Vice President of Honduras | |
In office 27 January 2014 – 27 January 2022 | |
President | Juan Orlando Hernández |
Preceded by | María Antonieta de Bográn |
Succeeded by | Salvador Nasralla |
Mayor of Tegucigalpa | |
In office 25 January 2006 – 25 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Miguel Pastor |
Succeeded by | Nasry Asfura |
Personal details | |
Born | Panama City, Panama | 4 February 1963
Alma mater | |
Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias (born 4 February 1963) is a businessman and the former mayor of Tegucigalpa and the former First Vice President of Honduras.
He ran for Mayor of Tegucigalpa and won the 2005 elections and was re-elected on the 2009 elections representing the National Party of Honduras.[1] In 2012, Álvarez ran for the National Party nomination for president, ultimately losing to Juan Orlando Hernández. Hernández named him his vice presidential candidate, and together they won the 2013 elections.[2] He is named in the trial for links to the Los Cachiros cartel.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ricardo Alvarez Wins Tegucigalpa". Honduras News. 29 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Vicepresidente electo de Honduras asegura que el pueblo "castigó" en las urnas a Xiomara Castro". NTN24. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "El triste panorama electoral de Honduras". 16 March 2021.