Marcelino Ponce Martínez

Marcelino Ponce Martínez
1st Vice President of Honduras
In office
1982–1986
PresidentRoberto Suazo Cordova
Preceded byRené Bendaña Meza
Succeeded byAlfredo Fortín Inestroza
Personal details
DiedFebruary 2003
Political partyLiberal Party

Marcelino Ponce Martínez was Vice President of Honduras during the administration of Roberto Suazo Cordova.[1] He was from the Liberal Party.

Career

Ponce Martínez was the mayor of La Ceiba from 1958 to 1960.[2] He was the director of the civil guard[3] from 1960 to 1963, during the presidency of Ramón Villeda Morales.[2]

He was also the first presidential designate aka Vice President from 1982 to 1986, in the government of Roberto Suazo Córdova, when Honduras returned to the democratic system after 18 years of military regimes.[2]

He was 80 years old when he died on cancer in February 2003, so he was born about 1922-1924.[2] His son, Marco Antonio Ponce, has been a deputy in the National Congress twice.[2]

References

  1. ^ Burgos, Jorge (11 February 2017). "Carta de designado presidencial a Roberto Suazo Córdova mantiene vigencia 32 años después » Criterio.hn". Criterio.hn (in Spanish).
  2. ^ a b c d e "Muere ex vicepresidente liberal de Honduras". Midland Reporter-Telegram. 27 February 2003.
  3. ^ "Independencia y presidentes de Honduras (I)". El Perro Amarillo (in Spanish). 11 September 2020.