Ricardo Maduro
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Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest (born April 20, 1946 in Panama), is a former Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from the Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University. He became President of Honduras on January 27, 2002, representing the National Party of Honduras.
From his first marriage Maduro has three daughters and a son, Ricardo Ernesto, who was kidnapped age 25 on 23 April 1997, with his body being discovered 2 days later. This incident both inspired Maduro to aspire for the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming President. This constitutional ban created great controversy before the 2001 elections. Having been chosen as the PNH candidate, he was eventually allowed to stand. In his campaign he promised to tackle crime and the gang (maras), and immediately brought troops out on to the streets of the large cities to accompany the local police. The PNH held National Congress have passed laws making illicit association a crime, which have seen some gang members put behind bars.
In October of 2002, he married the Spanish Aguas Santas Ocana Navarro whom he met when she was a member of the Spanish Embassy in Honduras, with whom he has adopted five children.
On 1 May, 2005 the plane Maduro was traveling in crashed into the Caribbean Sea off the shore of Tela. Maduro, his daughter Lorena, and the pilot were reportedly not seriously injured and were rescued by local residents. Maduro was taken to a hospital in Comayagua to recover.
See also
External links
- Image:Symbole-es.png Biography at the Presidency of Honduras website.
- Biography at the Permanent Mission of the United Nations website.
- Cidob biography in Spanish
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