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Manuel Zelaya

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José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952) is a Honduran politician who served as the 35th president of Honduras from 2006 until his forcible removal in the 2009 coup d'état; since January 2022, he has served as the inaugural first gentleman of Honduras. He is the eldest son of a wealthy businessman, and inherited his father's nickname "Mel". Before entering politics he was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses. Elected as a liberal, Zelaya shifted to the political left during his presidency, forging an alliance with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas known as ALBA. On 28 June 2009, during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, he was seized by the military and sent to Costa Rica in a coup d'état. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Zelaya is the 7,302nd most popular politician (up from 7,326th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Honduras (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Honduran Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel Zelaya ranks 7,302 out of 19,576. Before him are Magnus, Duke of Saxony, Vsevolod II of Kiev, Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, Friedrich Naumann, He Zizhen, and Appius Claudius Crassus. After him are Rasoherina, Wilhelm Kettler, Muhammad IV of Granada, Carlos Arias Navarro, Aureolus, and Hunald I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Manuel Zelaya ranks 132. Before him are Cristóbal López Romero, Vladislav Tretiak, Nora Miao, Liz Mitchell, Rainer Bonhof, and John Walker. After him are Chazz Palminteri, Kaija Saariaho, Petar Stoyanov, Bola Tinubu, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Fatos Nano.

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In Honduras

Among people born in Honduras, Manuel Zelaya ranks 4 out of 84. Before him are Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942), Francisco Morazán (1792), and Xiomara Castro (1959). After him are Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Roberto Micheletti (1943), Augusto Monterroso (1921), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Juan Lindo (1790), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), and Ramón Villeda Morales (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Honduras

Among politicians born in Honduras, Manuel Zelaya ranks 3. Before him are Francisco Morazán (1792), and Xiomara Castro (1959). After him are Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Roberto Micheletti (1943), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Juan Lindo (1790), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), Ramón Villeda Morales (1909), Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), and Juan Manuel Gálvez (1887).

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