predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality profession party birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
vicente tosta vicente mejía colindres 11 november 1937 san nicolás , santa bárbara department san pedro sula , honduras honduran poltiician , physician national party of honduras 3 september 1863 36th president of honduras 1 february 1925 mariana leiva castro miguel paz barahona.jpg miguel paz barahona
 1 february 1929 miguel paz barahona universidad de san carlos de guatemala
miguel paz barahona

miguel paz baraona -lrb- 3 september 1863 -- 11 november 1937 -rrb- was president of honduras from 1 february 1925 to 1 february 1929 .
baraona was a member of the national party of honduras -lrb- pnh -rrb- .
the pnh nominated baraona as their presidential candidate in 1924 .
the other major political party , the liberal party of honduras -lrb- plh -rrb- , refused to nominate a candidate , which led to baraona winning the election with 99 percent of the vote .
he was succeeded in 1929 by vicente mejía colindres of the plh , following elections which saw an almost unprecedented peaceful transfer of power from one party to another .
his presidency marked the beginning of comparative stability in honduras that lasted for three decades , following the upheavals of the first quarter of the century .
the miguel paz baraona elementary school is named after him .
