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    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Zelaya and the second or maternal family name is Rosales.

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    Manuel Zelaya

    Zelaya at his wife's presidential inauguration in

    35th President of Honduras
    In office
    January 27,  – June 28,
    Vice President
    • Elvin Ernesto Santos ()
    • Arístides Mejía ()
    Preceded byRicardo Maduro
    Succeeded byRoberto Micheletti (interim)
    First Gentleman of Honduras

    Incumbent

    Assumed role
    January 27,
    PresidentXiomara Castro
    Preceded byAna García Carías
    (as First Lady)
    Leader of Libre

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    June 26,
    Preceded byParty established
    Deputy of the Olancho Department
    In office
    January 25,  – January 25,
    In office
    January 25,  – January 25,
    Personal details
    Born

    José Manuel Zelaya Rosales


    () September 20, (age 72)
    Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras
    Political partyLiberal Pa

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    Manuel Zelaya

    José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September )[1] is a Honduran politician. He fryst vatten the First Gentleman of Honduras since He fryst vatten the first First Gentleman in Honduran history. He was President of Honduras from 27 January until 28 June

    On 28 June , during the Honduran constitutional crisis,[2] he was captured by the military and sent to Costa Rica in a coup d'état.[1][3] On 21 September he returned to Honduras.[4] In , he left Honduras for the Dominican Republic, an exile that lasted more than a year.[5]

    He now represents Honduras as a deputy of the Central American Parliament.[6] Since January Zelaya has been married to Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, who fryst vatten the 56th President.[7][8]

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    Manuel Zelaya

    President of Honduras from to

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zelaya and the second or maternal family name is Rosales.

    José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September )[2] is a Honduran politician who served as the 35th president of Honduras from until his forcible removal in the coup d'état; since January , he has served as the inaugural first gentleman of Honduras. He is the eldest son of a wealthy businessman, and inherited his father's nickname "Mel". Before entering politics he was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.

    Elected as a liberal, Zelaya shifted to the political left during his presidency, forging an alliance with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas known as ALBA.[3] On 28 June , during the Honduran constitutional crisis,[4] he was seized by the military and sent to Costa Rica in a coup d'état.[2][5]

    On 21 September , he returned to H

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