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President of Honduras in 1919, from 1929 to 1933

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

Vicente Mejía Colindres


23rd President of Honduras
In office 1 February 1929 – 16 November 1932
Vice President	Rafael Díaz Chávez
Preceded by	Miguel Paz Barahona
Succeeded by	Tiburcio Carías Andino
Provisional President of Honduras Interim
In office 16 September – 5 October 1919
Preceded by	Salvador Aguirre
Succeeded by	Francisco Bográn

Personal details
Born	Vicente Mejía Colindres (1878-04-06)6 April 1878 La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras
Died	24 August 1966(1966-08-24) (aged 88) Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Political party	Liberal Party of Honduras
Spouse	Rosina de Mejía Colindres
Alma mater	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Profession	Physician, politician

Vicente Mejía Colindres (6 April 1878 – 24 August 1966) was President of Honduras between 16 September and 5 October 1919; and again between 1 February 1929 and 16 November 1932.

A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the effects of the 1929 economic depression. He had been democratically elected in the 1928 elections that saw an almost unprecedented peaceful transfer of power from the incumbent to an opposition party, and the same was to occur in 1932 when Tiburcio Carías Andino won and succeeded him. He died on 24 August 1966 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Notes

Who's Who in Latin America: Part II, Central America and Panama. Stanford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8047-0712-1.
^ Haggerty, Richard & Millet, Richard (1993). "Chapter 1 – Historical Setting: Banana Boats and Gunboats: The rise of United States Influence: The Restoration of Order, 1925–31". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). A Country Study: Honduras. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 58–59.

Political offices
Preceded bySalvador Aguirre Acting	President of Honduras 1919–1919	Succeeded byFrancisco Bográn Acting
Preceded byMiguel Paz Barahona	President of Honduras 1929–1933	Succeeded byTiburcio Carías Andino

v t e Presidents and heads of state of Honduras
1821–1839	Herrera Milla Bendaña Jeronimo Zelaya Bustamante Morazán Vigil Cocaña Morazán Ángel Arias Morazán Valle Marquez Milla Guevara Rivera Martinez Salinas Herrera Martinez Salinas Lino
1839–1982	Zelaya y Ayes Ferrera Council of Ministers Ferrera Council of Ministers Chávez Council of Ministers Lindo Gómez Cabañas Bueso Aguilar Guardiola Montes Castellanos Montes Medina Inestroza Cruz Medina Arias Leiva Mejía Gómez Medina Soto Council of Ministers Bográn Leiva Vásquez P. Bonilla Sierra Arias Boquín M. Bonilla Oquelí Dávila Bertrand M. Bonilla Bertrand Aguirre Mejía Colindres Bográn López Gutiérrez Bueso Carías Andino Tosta Paz Barahona Mejía Colindres Carías Andino Gálvez Lozano Díaz Military junta Villeda Morales López Arellano Cruz Uclés López Arellano Melgar Paz García
Democratic era (since 1982)	Suazo Córdova Azcona Callejas Reina Flores Maduro Zelaya Micheletti (Disputed) Lobo Hernández Castro

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