Politics of Honduras
Conventional Long form: Republic of Honduras
Capital City: Tegucigalpa
Date of Independence: December 15, 1821
National Holiday: Independence Day, September 15
Chief of State & Head of Government: President Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Capital City: Tegucigalpa
Date of Independence: December 15, 1821
National Holiday: Independence Day, September 15
Chief of State & Head of Government: President Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Executive Branch/Powers: President is Porfirio Lobo Sosa, cabinet appointed by president, president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2013)
Legislative Branch/Powers: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members elected proportionally by department to serve four-year terms), elections last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2013)
Judicial Branch/Powers: highest courts are Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (9 principal judges - including the court president - and 7 alternates; court organized into civil, criminal, and labor chambers); note - the court has both judicial and constitutional jurisdiction judge selection and term of office: court president elected by his peers; judges elected by the National Congress from candidates proposed by the Nominating Board, a diverse 7-member group of judicial officials, other government and non-government officials selected by each of their organizations; judges elected by Congress for renewable, 7-year terms
subordinate courts: courts of appeal; courts of first instance; peace courts
Suffrage: !8 years of age, universal and compulsary
Honduras Ambassador to US: Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro
Location of Honduras Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of their Consulate in US: Washington DC
Name of US Ambassador to Honduras: Lisa Kubiske
Name of Honduras Representative to UN: Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake
Legislative Branch/Powers: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members elected proportionally by department to serve four-year terms), elections last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in November 2013)
Judicial Branch/Powers: highest courts are Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (9 principal judges - including the court president - and 7 alternates; court organized into civil, criminal, and labor chambers); note - the court has both judicial and constitutional jurisdiction judge selection and term of office: court president elected by his peers; judges elected by the National Congress from candidates proposed by the Nominating Board, a diverse 7-member group of judicial officials, other government and non-government officials selected by each of their organizations; judges elected by Congress for renewable, 7-year terms
subordinate courts: courts of appeal; courts of first instance; peace courts
Suffrage: !8 years of age, universal and compulsary
Honduras Ambassador to US: Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro
Location of Honduras Embassy to US: Washington DC
Location of their Consulate in US: Washington DC
Name of US Ambassador to Honduras: Lisa Kubiske
Name of Honduras Representative to UN: Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake
Honduras Flag Symbols: The flag consists of three horizontal bands of equal width with an overall length:width ratio of 2:1. The two outer cerulean bands represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and also represent the blue sky and brotherhood. The inner white band represents the land between the ocean and the sea, the peace and prosperity of its people, and purity of thoughts. The five cerulean five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band represent the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America (El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala) and the hope that the nations may form a union again.