Vicente Mejía Colindres | |
Order: | 23rd President of Honduras |
Vicepresident: | Rafael Díaz Chávez |
Term Start: | 1 February 1929 |
Term End: | 16 November 1932 |
Predecessor: | Miguel Paz Barahona |
Successor: | Tiburcio Carías Andino |
Order2: | Provisional President of Honduras |
Term Start2: | 16 September |
Term End2: | 5 October 1919 |
Predecessor2: | Salvador Aguirre |
Successor2: | Francisco Bográn |
Birth Name: | Vicente Mejía Colindres |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1878 |
Birth Place: | La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras |
Death Place: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Profession: | Physician, politician |
Party: | Liberal Party of Honduras |
Spouse: | Rosina de Mejía Colindres |
Alma Mater: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras |
Vicente Mejía Colindres (6 April 1878[1] – 24 August 1966) was President of Honduras between 16 September and 5 October 1919; and again between 1 February 1929 and 16 November 1932.
A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the effects of the 1929 economic depression.[2] He had been democratically elected in the 1928 elections that saw an almost unprecedented peaceful transfer of power from the incumbent to an opposition party, and the same was to occur in 1932 when Tiburcio Carías Andino won and succeeded him. He died on 24 August 1966 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.