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Manuel Zelaya

Politician

Manuel Zelaya is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	José Manuel Zelaya · Manuel Zelaya · Μανουέλ Σελάγια · Мануел Зелаја · Мануель Селайя · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Jose Manuel Zelaya · Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales · José Manuel Zelaya · José Manuel Zelaya Rosales · José Zelaya · 27 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Zelaya · ホセ・マヌエル・セラヤ・ロサレス · 塞拉亚 · 曼努埃爾·塞拉亞				[sources]
Birth date	1952-09-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Catacamas				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Honduras				[sources]
Country	Honduras				[sources]
Citizenship	Honduras				[sources]
First name	Manuel				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Zelaya				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q110787063 · Q191060				[sources]
Position	National Congress (member, 2014-2018) · President of Honduras (2006-2009) · Secretary of National Defence of Honduras (2022-) · deputy of the National Congress of Honduras				[sources]
Education	Instituto Salesiano San Miguel				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-19	Last processed	2025-04-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Honduran politician and businessman (born 1952)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-19

Honduran politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Xiomara Zelaya Politician	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Secretary of National Defence of Honduras	2022-01-27	-
President of Honduras	2006-01-27	2009-06-28
deputy of the National Congress of Honduras	-	-
President of Honduras	2006-01-27	2009-06-28
Member of the National Congress	2014-01-21	2018
deputy of the National Congress of Honduras	-	-
Secretary of National Defence of Honduras	2022-01-27	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Carlos Zelaya Politician	child	-	-
Xiomara Castro Politician	spouse	1976-01	-
Xiomara Zelaya Politician	father	-	-

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-honduras-jose-manuel-zelaya-rosales-minister-of-defense · Q110787063 · us-cia-honduras-jose-manuel-zelaya-rosales-min-of-defense · evpo-16fe788f-acac-49ba-939d-56d042813faf

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