Mauricio Villeda
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27 April 1948
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| Born | Mauricio Villeda Bermúdez 27 April 1948 Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras |
| Political party | Partido Liberal de Honduras |
| Spouse | Gracia del Carmen Zuñiga |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Ramón Villeda Morales Alejandrina Bermúdez Milla |
Mauricio Villeda Bermúdez (born April 27, 1948) is a Honduran attorney, leader of the Liberal Party of Honduras, and son of the late former president Ramón Villeda Morales. He ran unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate in the 2013 presidential elections.[1]
Mauricio Villeda Bermúdez was born in the city of Tegucigalpa and is the fourth of six children of the former Honduran president, Ramón Villeda Morales and his wife, Doña Alejandrina Bermúdez Milla de Villeda Morales. His father served as president between 1957 and 1963. His government was characterized by having promoted countless social reforms such as the Agrarian Reform Law, the Labor Code, the Social Security Law, the National Social Welfare Board and countless physical works, which prevented Honduras from falling into the turbulent social situation that took place in the rest of the countries of the region.
President Villeda Morales was overthrown in 1963 by a violent military coup led by General Oswaldo López Arellano, two months before the end of his presidential term and ten days before the presidential elections, due to the prevailing political instability, a product of his lack of leadership in presidential administration. Mauricio accompanied his father into exile in Costa Rica, the country where they lived for almost two years.
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