Arístides Mejía | |
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| Vice President Commissioner of Honduras | |
| In office 1 February 2009 – 28 June 2009 | |
| President | Manuel Zelaya |
| Preceded by | Elvin Santos |
| Succeeded by | María Antonieta de Bográn (as First Vice President) Samuel Armando Reyes (as Second Vice President) Victor Hugo Barnica (as Third Vice President) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1960 |
| Political party | Liberal Party (Until 2011) (2019-Present) LIBRE (2011-2019) |
Arístides Mejía Carranza (born July 30, 1960) served as the Vice President Commissioner of Honduras[1] from 1 February 2009[2] until 28 June 2009. The position of "Vice President Commissioner" was created by former President Manuel Zelaya after then-Vice President Elvin Santos resigned in late 2008.[3] Arístides Mejía didn't fully occupied the charge, he was a Presidential Commissioner not a vice-president since he was appointed by President Zelaya and not popularly elected.[4][5]
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Biography
He is a son of Arístides Mejía and Orfilia Carranza. He was a lawyer at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. He was the Honduran Ambassador to Greece (1994–1998). Mejía was a part-time legal adviser of the International Organization for Migration (1999–2002), and the executive director of the Program for Modernization of the Administration of Justice. (1998–2003). He was the President and Judge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (2004–2005) and served as Secretary of National Defense from January 2006 until January 2009 under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya. He is married and father of three children: two daughters and a son. He speaks Spanish, French and English.
After the 2009 Honduran coup d'état Arístides Mejía chose to exile himself and do diplomatic work abroad to restore Manuel Zelaya in the presidency.[6][7][8] As a consequence of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, an arrest warrant was issued in Honduras for abuse of authority.[9][10] Interpol however deemed that the warrant was due to political causes and declined to cooperate with the Honduran police force.[11][12] On April 9, 2010, the charges were definitely dropped against him.[13]
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- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "Honduras: Impugnan cargo de Arístides". Diario La Prensa.
- ^ "Fiscalía investiga nombramiento de Arístides Mejía se determinará si la Presidencia violentó o no preceptos constitucionales (in spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ "BBC Mundo - América Latina - Tuxtla trata de apagar incendios". www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Un Zelaya ausente salió fortalecido de cita en Pinilla - EL PAÍS - nacion.com". Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Honduras - Zelaya accuse le putschiste Micheletti d'avoir torpillé l'accord de sortie de crise". Le Devoir. 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Firme orden de captura en contra de Arístides Mejía - País - ElHeraldo.hn". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "Arístides Mejía sigue prófugo - País - ElHeraldo.hn". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "TLAXCALA : HONDURAS : " La priorité c'est le retour à la démocratie" - Entretien exclusif avec ARISTIDES MEJIA CARRANZA, Vice-président de la République du Honduras en exil, à l'occasion d'une visite officielle en France". www.tlaxcala.es. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
- ^ "Letter to President Zelaya from INTERPOL « the Embassy of Honduras". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
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