Ricardo Maduro

Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (born April 20, 1946 in Panama) is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from the Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University. He was President between January 27, 2002, and January 27, 2006, representing the National Party of Honduras (PNH). He is Jewish. President Ricardo Maduro of Honduras. ... President Ricardo Maduro of Honduras. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This page lists presidents of Honduras. ... The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent boarding school for grades 9-12 located on 700 acres in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, five miles southwest of Princeton. ... Stanford redirects here. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras PNH) is a conservative party in Honduras. ...

From his first marriage Maduro has three daughters and a son, Ricardo Ernesto, who was kidnapped age 25 on April 23, 1997, with his body being discovered 2 days later. This incident both inspired Maduro to aspire for the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming President. This constitutional ban created great controversy before the 2001 elections. Having been chosen as the PNH candidate, he was eventually allowed to stand. In his campaign he promised to tackle crime and the gang (maras), and immediately brought troops out on to the streets of the large cities to accompany the local police. The PNH held National Congress passed laws making illicit association a crime, which have seen some gang members put behind bars. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A Mara Salvatrucha member, with the familiar tattoos. ... The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. ...

In October 2002, he married the Spanish Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro whom he met when she was a member of the Spanish Embassy in Honduras, with whom he has adopted five children. Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro (born April 23, 1963 in Brenes, Seville, Spain) is the first lady of Honduras. ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...

On 1 May 2005 the plane Maduro was traveling in crashed into the Caribbean Sea off the shore of Tela. Maduro, his daughter Lorena, and the pilot were reportedly not seriously injured and were rescued by local residents. Maduro was taken to a hospital in Comayagua to recover. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tela is a municipality which contains the town (or aldea in Spanish) of Tela on the northern Caribbean coast of the Atlántida department of Honduras. ... Comayagua is a town in Honduras, some 80 km northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula at 14. ...

On November 27, 2005 Maduro presided over a new set of presidential and general elections which saw the official party lose the presidency to the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and its candidate Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya succeeded Maduro on January 27, 2006. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a liberal party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. ... José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, also known as Mel Zelaya, (born September 20, 1952) is the President of Honduras since January 27, 2006. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He currently serves as President of Inversiones la Paz in Tegucigalpa, and is active in the education organization he created in honor of his son. the Fundacion para la Educacion Ricardo Ernesto Maduro Andreu (FEREMA).

See also

• History of Honduras

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External links

• Biography at the Permanent Mission of the United Nations website.
• Ricardo Maduro at CIDOB bio. (Spanish)