National Congress of Honduras


The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.

Organization

The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of [the National Congress of Honduras] is currently Luis Redondo. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation basis, by department, to serve four-year terms.

Meeting place

Congress meets in a purpose-built legislative palace in the centre of Tegucigalpa. Of a modernist design, it is painted in an array of bright colours and rests on a series of concrete pillars that separate it from the ground.

Directive

2022–2026 legislative period

The current directive of the National Congress for the period 2022–2026:

2018–2022 legislative period

The directive of the National Congress for the period 2018–2022:
  • Mauricio Oliva
  • Antonio César Rivera
  • Denis Armando Castro
  • Milton Jesus Puerto Oseguera
  • Mario Noé Villafranca
  • Felicito Ávila Ordóñez
  • Gladis Aurora López Calderón
  • Román Villeda Aguilar
  • Elden Vásquez
  • Walter Antonio Chávez Hernández
  • Olga Josefa Ayala Alvarenga
  • Dunia Lizzette Ortiz Cruz
  • José Tomás Zambrano Molina
  • Salvador Valeriano Pineda
  • Teresa Concepción Cálix Raudales
  • Rossel Renán Inestroza Martínez
  • Gerardo Tulio Martínez Pineda
  • Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez

2014–2018 legislative period

The directive of the National Congress for the period 2014–2018 is:
  • Mauricio Oliva
  • Gladis Aurora López
  • Lena Gutiérrez Arévalo
  • Antonio Rivera Callejas
  • Milton de Jesús Puerto
  • Miguel Edgardo Martínez
  • Augusto Cruz Ascensio
  • Edwin Roberto Pavón
  • Rolando Dubón Bueso
  • Ramón Antonio Leva Bulnes
  • Jose Vicente de León Rojas
  • Mario Alonso Perez
  • Román Villeda Aguilar
  • José María Martínez
  • Wilmer Neal Velásquez
  • José Tomás Zambrano
  • Sara Ismena Medina Galo

2010–2014 legislative period

The directive of the National Congress for the period 2010–2014 is:
  • Juan Orlando Hernández
  • Lena Gutiérrez Arévalo
  • Marlon Lara
  • Ramón Velásquez Názar
  • Marvin Ponce
  • Martha Concepción Guevara
  • Nora de Melgar
  • Rigoberto Chang Castillo
  • Gladis Aurora López
  • Eliseo Noel Mejía
  • Yariel Waldina Paz
  • Óscar Orlando Burgos
  • Victoria Carrasco García
  • Ángel Banegas
  • Milton de Jesús Puerto

Elections

The most recent election was held November 2025.

President

The President of the National Congress of Honduras is the presiding officer of the National Congress of Honduras.

Presidents of the Congress 1900–1982

NameTermPartyNotes
Carlos Alberto Ucles1900–1902
Rafael Alvarado Guerrero1902–1903
Fausto Dávila1904–1906
Francisco Escobar1911–1913
Rafael Alvarado Manzano1914–1915National Party of Honduras
Francisco Escobar1915-1918
Francisco Bográn1919-1920
Angel Ugarte1921Liberal Party of Honduras
Miguel Oqueli Bustillo1923Liberal Party of Honduras
Ángel Sevilla Ramírez1924National Party of Honduras
Ramón Alcerro Castro1924President of the Constituent Assembly of 1924
Venancio Callejas1925–1926National Party of Honduras
Tiburcio Carías Andino1926–1929National Party of HondurasFirst Time
Antonio C. Rivera1929–1930National Party of HondurasFirst Time
Tiburcio Carías Andino1930–1931National Party of HondurasSecond Time
Santiago Meza Cálix1931–1932Liberal Party of Honduras
Antonio Bográn Mojeron1932National Party of Honduras
Abraham Williams Calderón1932National Party of Honduras
Miguel Paz Barahona1933–1934National Party of Honduras
Ramón Alcerro Castro1934–1935National Party of HondurasPresident of the Constituent Assembly of 1934
Antonio C. Rivera1935–1939National Party of HondurasSecond Time
Plutarco Muñoz P.1939–1948National Party of Honduras
Luciano Milla Cisneros1949National Party of Honduras
Juan B. Valladares Rodríguez1949National Party of Honduras
Jose Máximo Gálvez1949–1950National Party of Honduras
Camilo Gómez y Gómez1950–1954National Party of Honduras
Francisco Salomón Jiménez Castro1954National Party of Honduras
Ramón Villeda Morales1957Liberal Party of HondurasPresident of the Constituent Assembly of 1957
Modesto Rodas Alvarado1957–1963Liberal Party of HondurasHe was overthrown by the military coup led by Oswaldo López Arellano.
Héctor [Orlando Gómez Cisneros]1963Liberal Party of HondurasHe assumed the Presidency of the Congress for a few days, after the military coup led by Oswaldo López Arellano
Mario E. Rivera López1965–1971National Party of HondurasHe was President of the National Constituent Assembly of 1965 and the National Congress from 1965 to 1971.
Martín Agüero Vega1971–1972National Party of Honduras
Roberto Suazo Cordova1981Liberal Party of HondurasHe was the President of the National Constituent Assembly that drew up the 1982 Honduran Constitution. He was then elected President of Honduras in the Honduran [general election, 1981]

List of presidents since 1982

NameTermParty
Efraín Bu Girón1982–1986Liberal Party of Honduras
Carlos Orbin Montoya1986–1990Liberal Party of Honduras
Rodolfo Irias Navas1990–1994National Party of Honduras
Carlos Roberto Flores1994–1998Liberal Party of Honduras
Rafael Pineda Ponce1998–2002Liberal Party of Honduras
Porfirio Lobo Sosa2002–2006National Party of Honduras
Roberto Micheletti2006–2009Liberal Party of Honduras
José Alfredo Saavedra
2009–2010Liberal Party of Honduras
Juan Orlando Hernández2010–2014National Party of Honduras
Mauricio Oliva2014–2022National Party of Honduras
Jorge Luis Calix Espinal2022–2026Liberal Party
Tomás Zambrano2026–presentNational Party of Honduras