General Manuel Bonilla Chirinos (7 June 1849 – 21 March 1913) was
President of Honduras
The president of Honduras ( es, Presidente de Honduras) officially known as the President of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: ''Presidente de la República de Honduras''), is the head of state and head of government of Honduras, and the Co ...
from 13 April 1903 to 25 February 1907, and again from 1 February 1912 to 21 March 1913. He had previously served as
Vice President of Honduras
The vice presidents of Honduras, also known as presidential designates, officially the designates to the presidency ( es, designados a la presidencia) is the second highest political position in Honduras. According to the current constitution, t ...
from 1895 to 1899.
He was born in
Juticalpa
Juticalpa () is the capital of Olancho Department in Honduras, with a population of 69,850 (2020 calculation), and the municipal seat of Juticalpa Municipality. Situated in a broad river valley alongside the Rio Juticalpa, the town is a commerci ...
,
Olancho
Olancho is the largest of all the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department covers a total surface area of 24,057 km² and has an estimated 2015 population of 537,306 inhabitants.
The departmental capital is Juticalpa, ...
,
Honduras. He started out as a
liberal, and then became a
conservative
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, and he is considered the founder of the ideas that led to the creation of the
National Party of Honduras
The National Party of Honduras (PNH; es, Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in t ...
. He was involved in various military actions as a young man. As president he gave generous concessions to the banana companies along the north coast, namely to
Sam Zemurray's
Cuyamel Fruit Company
Cuyamel Fruit Company, formerly the Hubbard-Zemurray Steam Ship Company, was an American agricultural corporation operating in Honduras from 1911 until 1929, before being purchased by the United Fruit Company. The company was founded in the 1890 ...
.
1849 births
1913 deaths
People from Olancho Department
National Party of Honduras politicians
Presidents of Honduras
Vice presidents of Honduras
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