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Rafael Pineda Ponce
President of the National Congress of Honduras[a]
Born(1930-08-18)August 18, 1930
San Miguelito, Intibucá,
DiedJanuary 24, 2014(2014-01-24) (aged 83)
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
NationalityHonduran
Education Brazil Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, São Paulo
Occupation(s)Professor and politician
Political partyLiberal Party of Honduras
SpouseMaría Lidia Espinoza
ChildrenAlicia Pineda Espinoza,
Rafael Pineda Espinoza,
Octavio Pineda Espinoza,
Mario Pineda Espinoza.
Parent(s)Juan R. Pineda and María Ponce

Rafael Pineda Ponce (August 18, 1930 – January 24, 2014) was a Honduran professor and politician in the Liberal Party of Honduras and President of the National Congress of Honduras from 1998 to 2002.

Early life and education

Rafael Pineda Ponce was born to Juan Rafael Pineda Lopez and María Ponce on August 18, 1930,[1] in a small house built by his grandparents, Caridad López Morales and Juan Rafael Pineda Flores. The house was located between Liber de Agua Zarca and Los Arrayanes next to Rio Tocó in the municipality of San Miguelito, in the Department of Intibuca. He lived here for the first six years of his life.[2]

When Rafael was six, his father abandoned the family. Soon after that his mother died and the children were left without parents. Relatives first took him to the city of La Esperanza, Intibucá, and afterwards he went with his sister Consuelo to live with his uncle, Filadelfo López Morales in the village of Cofradia, in the department of Cortes.[3] He completed his elementary school education alternating between three schools "Lempira" in Cofradia, and "Juan E Flores" and "Valero Meza", both in La Esperanza. In all three schools he was highly regarded by his teachers.[4] Rafael began his secondary education at the Instituto Departamental de Occidente (now Escuela Normal de Occidente). He transferred to the Escuela Normal de Varones in Tegucigalpa, where he received the certificate of Maestro de Educación Primaria.[1] He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science and Letters at the Instituto José Trinidad Reyes in San Pedro Sula.[1][5]

In La Esperanza, during the third and fourth years at normal school, Pineda Ponce was elected "President of the Society Procultural (Presidente de La Sociedad Pro-Cultural), which constituted the most honorable position that a student could obtain at that time. When he graduated he was awarded the Father Trino Gold Medal (Medalla de Oro Padre Trino)[b] as the most outstanding secondary-education student, presented at the Municipal Palace in San Pedro Sula.[6]

In 1965, Pineda Ponce went to the Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, in São Paulo, Brazil to specialize in education of teachers (Especialista en Formación de Maestros).[1] This period exposed him to some of the most distinguished educators in Latin America. There, on April 14, he was selected as the principle orator at the Pan American Day, where he gave a lengthy speech.[c]

Family life

Rafael Pineda Ponce was married to María Lidia Espinoza, who bore their four children, Alicia, Rafael, Octavio y Mario Pineda Espinoza.[1]

Political life

Rafael Pineda Ponce was a member of the Liberal Party of Honduras or PLH . In 1980 he was appointed Secretary in the Ministry of Public Education.

On November 30, 1997, after the general elections in Honduras, in which Carlos Roberto Flores won the presidential election, Pineda Ponce was named president of the National Congress of Honduras for the period 1998-2002. In the next primary election, Pineda Ponce was selected to be the Liberal candidate for the presidency. During general elections held on November 25, 2001, the Liberal Party won 55 of the 128 parliamentary seats in the National Congress of Honduras, although Pineda Ponce received only 30% of the votes and lost the election to the National Party candidate, Ricardo Maduro.

Pineda Ponce served as Minister of Education in the presidential administration of Manuel Zelaya from 2006 to 2007.[8] He was also Minister of the Presidency in the interim government of Roberto Micheletti, which arose out of the removal from power of Manuel Zelaya in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.[9]

Later life and death

After an illness that caused Pineda Ponce to depart from political life, the Congress met in a plenary session and voted on a decree to extend financial help to its former head and presidential candidate. Pineda Ponce died on January 24, 2014.[10][11]

Data

Political offices
Preceded by President of the National Congress of Honduras
1998–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Roberto Martínez Lozano
 Minister of Education of Honduras
2006–2007 		Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ Fifth President of Legislature V under the 1982 Constitution of Honduras.
  2. ^ Padre Trino was José Trinidad Reyes, who was the founder of the Autonomous National University of Honduras and is considered a national hero of Honduras.
  3. ^ His Pan American Day speech included this passage: "Debo a la deferencia de mis compañeros de curso, la honrosa statisfacción de dirigirme a vosotros en este día de solemne trascendencia y de honda satisfacción humana para los pueblos de América."[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae: Sr. Rafael Pineda Ponce" (PDF). Unesco Archives (in Spanish). 30 July 1985. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, p. 19.
  3. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, p. 20.
  4. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, p. 21.
  5. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, p. 22.
  6. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, pp. 22–23.
  7. ^ Ríos Gómez 1998, pp. 25.
  8. ^ Political Database of the Americas
  9. ^ "Q&A Political Crisis in Honduras". BBC. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  10. ^ "Muere ex presidente del Congreso Nacional, Rafael Pineda Ponce" [The Ex-President of the Congress Dies, Rafael Pineda Ponce] (in Spanish). La Tribuna. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  11. ^ "Muere Rafael Pineda Ponce, ex presidente del Congreso Nacional de Honduras" [Rafael Pineda Ponce Dies, Ex-President of the National Congress of Honduras] (in Spanish). La Prensa (Honduras). 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

Bibliography

  • Narváez Rosales, Renaldo (1983). Biografía del educador hondureño profesor Rafael Pineda Ponce : ex-ministro de educación pública [Biography of Honduran educator Professor Rafael Pineda Ponce: ex-minister of public education] (in Spanish). Comayagüela, D.C., C.A. OCLC 17160610.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pineda Ponce, Rafael (1981). Por los caminos de la patria: ideario de Rafael Pineda Ponce [Along the roads of the nation: Ideology Rafael Pineda Ponce] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, D.C., Honduras, C.A. OCLC 655993721.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pineda Ponce, Rafael (1976). Tres años de labores en la Dirección General de Educación Primaria, 1973-1975 : informe presentado al Gobierno de la República y al pueblo hondureño [Three years of work in the Directorate General of Primary Education, 1973-1975: Report submitted to the Government of the Republic and to the people of Honduras] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa : República de Honduras, C.A: Ministerio de Educación Pública, Dirección General de Educación Primaria. OCLC 5839369.
  • Ríos Gómez, Miguel Angel (1998). Biografía de un lider: Profesor Rafael Pineda Ponce [Biography of a leader: Professor Rafael Pineda Ponce] (in Spanish). San Pedro Sula, Honduras, C.A. OCLC 42397385.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

Further reading

  • Datos biográficos de Pablo Zelaya Sierra, by José V Vásquez and Rafael Pineda Ponce, Secretaría de Educación, Tegucigalpa, D.C. Honduras, C.A., 2006, OCLC 255920042
  • Datos para una monografía de Siguatepeque, by Rafael Pineda Ponce, Comayagüela, Honduras : Editora Cultural, C.A., 1979, OCLC 10982459
  • Doctor Vicente Mejia Colindres : Presidente Constitucional 1929-1933, by Rafael Pineda Ponce, Tegucigalpa, D.C. Honduras, C.A., 1985, OCLC 144707029
  • Ecos del bicentenario del nacimiento de Morazán, by Rafael Pineda Ponce, Consejo Ejecutivo del Partido Liberal de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, D.C. Honduras, C.A., 1992, OCLC 868015334
  • La excelencia académica y la responsabilidad histórica de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, by Rafael Pineda Ponce, Tegucigalpa, D.C. Honduras, C.A., 1989, OCLC 25936285
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