Manuel Zelaya

José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952)Encyclopædia Britannica, Manuel Zelaya  is a Honduran politician and businessman who served as the 35th president of Honduras from 2006 until his coup d'état in 2009. From 2022 to 2026, Zelaya was the first gentleman of Honduras during the presidency of his wife Xiomara Castro.

On 28 June 2009, during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, he was captured by the military and sent to Costa Rica in a coup d'état.Encyclopædia Britannica, Manuel Zelaya On 21 September 2009 he returned to Honduras. In 2010, he left Honduras for the Dominican Republic, an exile that lasted more than a year.

He now represents Honduras as a deputy of the Central American Parliament. Since January 1976, Zelaya has been married to Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, who was Honduras' first female president.

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