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Armida Villela de López Contreras

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Armida Villela de López Contreras
2nd Vice President of Honduras
In office
27 January 2002 – 27 January 2006
PresidentRicardo Maduro
Preceded byGladys Caballero de Arévalo
Succeeded byElvin Santos
Personal details
Born
Armida María Villela Meza

20 April 1948
San Pedro Sula
Political partyLiberal Party of Honduras

Armida Villela de López Contreras is a Honduran politician and former presidential designate aka Vice President of Honduras.

She was born in San Pedro Sula on 20 April 1948.[1] She completed her primary and secondary education in his hometown and at St Godric's College in London and her law studies at the National Autonomous University of Honduras and the Complutense University of Madrid. She worked as a lawyer.[1]

She became the second presidential designate[1] She was the third Vice President of Honduras from January 2002[2] to January 2006[3], during the term of Ricardo Maduro. She is from the Liberal Party of Honduras. During the events that led to the coup d'état of 2009, she was known as an ardent critic of the administration of Manuel Zelaya.[4]

She is married to Carlos López Contreras.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Revista política de Honduras" (in Spanish). Editorial Iberoamericana. 2001.
  2. ^ "Honduras Factbook". www.geography-site.co.uk.
  3. ^ Bigio, Isaac (10 November 2011). "Primera vicepresidenta de Guatemala". Panamá América (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Enorme cisma en sociedad". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Homenaje al Embajador Emérito Carlos López Contreras | Proceso Digital" (in Spanish). 19 January 2022.