Vicente Mejía Colindres

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

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 PresidentRafael Díaz Chávez
Preceded byMiguel Paz Barahona
Succeeded byTiburcio Carías Andino
Provisional President of Honduras
Interim
In office
16 September – 5 October 1919
Preceded bySalvador Aguirre
Succeeded byFrancisco Bográn
Personal details
Born
Vicente Mejía Colindres

(1878-04-06)6 April 1878
La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras
Died24 August 1966(1966-08-24) (aged 88)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Political partyLiberal Party of Honduras
SpouseRosina de Mejía Colindres
Alma materUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
ProfessionPhysician, politician

A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the effects of the 1929 economic depression.[2] 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,[2] 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
  1. Who's Who in Latin America: Part II, Central America and Panama. Stanford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8047-0712-1.
  2. 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.


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