Miguel Paz Barahona (3 September 1863 – 11 November 1937) 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 1 February 1925 to 1 February 1929. Barahona was a member 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 ...
(PNH).
The PNH nominated Barahona as their presidential candidate in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China h ...
. The other major political party, the
Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH), refused to nominate a candidate, which led to Barahona winning the election with 99 percent of the vote. He was succeeded in 1929 by
Vicente Mejía Colindres
Vicente Mejía Colindres (6 April 1878 – 24 August 1966) was President of Honduras between 16 September and 5 October 1919; and again between 1 February 1929 and 1 February 1933.
A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the ...
of the PLH, following
elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
which saw an almost unprecedented
peaceful transfer of power from one party to another. His presidency marked the beginning of comparative stability in Honduras that lasted for three decades, following the upheavals of the first quarter of the century.
He was the President of
National Congress of Honduras
The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.
Organization
The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currentl ...
from 1933 to 1934.
The
Miguel Paz Barahona Elementary School is named after him.
References
Angelfire
1863 births
1937 deaths
People from Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Honduran people of Spanish descent
National Party of Honduras politicians
Presidents of Honduras
Presidents of the National Congress of Honduras
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni
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