Ricardo Álvarez Arias

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Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias
First Vice President of Honduras
In office
27 January 2014 – 27 January 2022
PresidentJuan Orlando Hernández
Preceded byMaría Antonieta de Bográn
Succeeded bySalvador Nasralla
Mayor of Tegucigalpa
In office
25 January 2006 – 25 January 2014
Preceded byMiguel Pastor
Succeeded byNasry Asfura
Personal details
Born (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 61)
Panama City, Panama
Political partyNational Party

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias (born 4 February 1963) is 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]

  1. ^ "Ricardo Alvarez Wins Tegucigalpa". Honduras News. 29 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "El triste panorama electoral de Honduras". 16 March 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Miguel Pastor
Mayor of Tegucigalpa
2006–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by 1st Vice President of Honduras
2014–2022
Succeeded by