Presidents of Honduras, 1839-present Juan Francisco de Molina (acting): 11 January - 13 April 1839 Felipe Neri Medina (acting): 13 - 15 April 1839 Juan José Alvarado (acting): 15 - 27 April 1839 José María Guerrero (acting): 27 April - 10 August 1839 Mariano Garrigó (acting): 10 - 20 August 1839 José María Bustillo (acting): 20 - 27 August 1839 Council of Ministers: 27 August - 21 September 1839 Francisco Zelaya y Ayes (acting): 21 September 1839 - 1 January 1841 Francisco Ferrera: 1 January 1841 - 31 December 1842 Council of Ministers: 1 January - 23 February 1843 Francisco Ferrera: 23 February 1843 - 31 December 1844 Council of Ministers: 1 - 8 January 1845 Coronado Chávez: 8 January 1845 - 1 January 1847 Council of Ministers: 1 January - 12 February 1847 Juan Lindo: 12 February 1847 - 1 February 1852 Francisco Gómez (acting): 1 February - 1 March 1852 Trinidad Cabañas: 1 March 1852 - 18 October 1855 José Santiago Bueso (acting): 18 October - 8 November 1855 Francisco de Aguilar (acting): 8 November 1855 - 17 February 1856 José Santos Guardiola: 17 February 1856 - 11 January 1862 José Francisco Montes (acting): 11 January - 4 February 1862 Victoriano Castellanos (acting): 4 February - 11 December 1862 José Francisco Montes (acting): 11 December 1862 - 7 September 1863 José María Medina (acting): 7 September - 31 December 1863 Francisco Inestroza (acting): 31 December 1863 - 15 March 1864 José María Medina: 15 March 1864 - 26 July 1872 Céleo Arias (provisional): 26 July 1872 - 13 January 1874 Ponciano Leiva: 13 January 1874 - 8 June 1876 Marcelino Mejía (provisional): 8 - 13 June 1876 Crescencio Gómez (provisional); 13 June - 12 August 1876 José María Medina (provisional): 12 - 27 August 1876 Marco Aurelio Soto: 27 August 1876 - 19 October 1883 Council of Ministers: 19 October - 30 November 1883 Luis Bográn: 30 November 1883 - 30 November 1891 Ponciano Leiva: 30 November 1891 - 7 August 1893 Domingo Vásquez: 7 August 1893 - 22 February 1894 Policarpo Bonilla: 22 February 1894 - 1 February 1899 Terencio Sierra: 1 February 1899 - 1 February 1903 Juan Ángel Arias: 1 February - 13 April 1903 Manuel Bonilla: 13 April 1903 - 25 February 1907 Miguel Oquelí Bustillo (Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta): 25 February - 18 April 1907 Miguel R. Dávila: 18 April 1907 - 28 March 1911 Francisco Bertrand (acting): 28 March 1911 - 1 February 1912 Manuel Bonilla: 1 February 1912 - 21 March 1913 Francisco Bertrand: 21 March 1913 - 9 September 1919 Salvador Aguirre (acting): 9 - 16 September 1919 Vicente Mejía Colindres (acting): 16 September - 5 October 1919 Francisco Bográn (acting): 5 October 1919 - 1 February 1920 Rafael López Gutiérrez: 1 February 1920 - 10 March 1924 Francisco Bueso (acting): 10 March - 27 April 1924 Tiburcio Carías Andino (First Chief of the Liberating Revolution): 27 - 30 April 1924 Vicente Tosta (provisional): 30 April 1924 - 1 February 1925 Miguel Paz Baraona: 1 February 1925 - 1 February 1929 Vicente Mejía Colindres: 1 February 1929 - 1 February 1933 Tiburcio Carías Andino: 1 February 1933 - 1 January 1949 Juan Manuel Gálvez: 1 January 1949 - 5 December 1954 Julio Lozano Díaz (Supreme Head of State): 5 December 1954 - 21 October 1956 Military Government Council: 21 October 1956 - 21 December 1957 Ramón Villeda Morales: 21 December 1957 - 3 October 1963 Oswaldo López Arellano: 3 October 1963 - 7 June 1971 Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés: 7 June 1971 - 4 December 1972 Oswaldo López Arellano (Head of State): 4 December 1972 - 22 April 1975 Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (Head of State): 22 April 1975 - 7 August 1978 Policarpo Paz García (Provisional): 7 August 1978 - 27 January 1982 Roberto Suazo Córdova: 27 January 1982 - 27 January 1986 José Azcona Hoyo: 27 January 1986 - 27 January 1990 Rafael Leonardo Callejas: 27 January 1990 - 27 January 1994 Carlos Roberto Reina: 27 January 1994 - 27 January 1998 Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé: 27 January 1998 - 27 January 2002 Ricardo Maduro: 27 January 2002 -