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Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía

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Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía
3rd Vice President of Honduras
In office
27 January 1994 – 27 January 1998
PresidentCarlos Roberto Reina
Preceded byRoberto Martínez Lozano
Succeeded byHector Vidal Cerrato
Personal details
Born12 December 1946
Santa Bárbara
Political partyLiberal Party of Honduras

Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía (born 12 December 1946[1]) is a Honduran politician and former presidential designate aka Vice President of Honduras.[2]

Jerezano was born in Santa Bárbara.[1] Her parents were Julio Jerezano and Victoria Mejía. She studied at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, obtaining a bachelor's degree in public administration. She took postgraduate studies in Spain, Argentina and Mexico.[1] She was from the Liberal Party of Honduras.[3]

Jerezano became the first woman elected as a presidential designate.[1] She was the third Vice President of Honduras[4] from 1994 to 1998, during the term of Carlos Roberto Reina.[5] She was also a deputy in the Central American Parliament.[1]

In 2009, during the administration of Manuel Zelaya, Jerezano was appointed as the president of the Institute for Access to Public Information (IAIP),[5] and served until 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 200 REGISTROS MEMORABLES DE HONDURAS 2023. Registro Nacional de las Personas, 2023. ISBN 978-99979-908-0-8.
  2. ^ "POLITICS-HONDURAS: Elections Put Gender Issue on Agenda". Inter Press Service. 28 November 1997.
  3. ^ "Revista Envío - President Reina: No Seller of Dreams". www.revistaenvio.org.
  4. ^ Oliva, Alexis Argentina González de (1996). Gobernantes hondureños: Siglo XX. Rafael Leonardo Callejas : las reformas sin continuidad (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria. ISBN 978-99926-32-60-4.
  5. ^ a b "Guadalupe Jerezano es la nueva presidenta del IAIP | Proceso Digital" (in Spanish). 17 December 2009.