Xiomara Castro

Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento (born 30 September 1959) is a Honduran politician and businesswoman who served as the 39th president of Honduras from 2022 to 2026. She is Honduras's first female president. From 2006 to 2009, Castro was the first lady of Honduras during the presidency of her husband Manuel Zelaya.

She is a member of the Libre Party and represented the party three times in the 2013, 2017 and 2021 Honduran general elections, running as the party's candidate for president of Honduras in 2013 and 2021, and for vice president of Honduras in 2017.

Castro became involved in the National Popular Resistance Front after the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, which resulted in the end of her husband's presidency.

She was the first lady of Honduras between 2006 and 2009. Castro has been married to former President Manuel Zelaya since 1976. She was born in Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras and has four children; including Congresswoman Xiomara Zelaya.

In her inaugural speech, she promised to make her country a democratic socialist state.

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