María Dolores Agüero

María Dolores Agüero
Agüero in 2018
Foreign Minister of Honduras
In office
27 March 2017 – 23 July 2019
Preceded byArturo Corrales
Succeeded byLisandro Rosales
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
December 2015 – April 2016
Personal details
Born1982 (age 42–43)[citation needed]
NationalityHonduras

Marïa Dolores Agüero Lara (born 1982[citation needed]) is a Honduran politician who served as acting Foreign Minister from 14 April 2016 and was officially appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 27 March 2017 and served until 23 July 2019.

Early life and education

Agüero's father is the vice president of Banco Atlántida. She has a brother and a sister.[1] Agüero has degrees in Legal Sciences and International Law from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras and a master's degree in International Law from the University of Chile and Heidelberg University.[2][3]

Career

Agüero was a legal advisor to the Honduran Private Business Council and an associate at Lópes Rodezno law firm.[3] She began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in 2010,[1] and in 2013 joined the Diplomatic and Consular Service of Honduras.

Agüero was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in December 2015 and became acting Foreign Minister under President Juan Orlando Hernandez in April 2016 after the resignation of Arturo Corrales.[2][4] She was officially appointed as Minister on 27 March 2017.[5][3] In July 2019 she was succeeded by Lisandro Rosales.

Personal life

She is the niece of former Foreign Affairs minister Mireya Agüero.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "María Dolores Agüero, canciller por ley". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "El periodismo necesita inversión. Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en la página". El Heraldo (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b c "JOH nombra a María Dolores Agüero como Canciller". Criterio (in Spanish). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. ^ "María Dolores Agüero sería la nueva canciller". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Honduras: Vicecanciller María Dolores Agüero tuvo inconveniente para votar". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 12 March 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Honduras appoints a niece of former Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero". FoxNews. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.[permanent dead link‍]