Porfirio lobo sosa biography for kids
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Porfirio Lobo Sosa
37th President of Honduras (2010–2014)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lobo and the second or maternal family name is Sosa.
Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 22 January 1947) also known by his nickname, Pepe Lobo, is a Honduran former politician, businessman, and agricultural landowner who served as 37th President of Honduras from 27 January 2010 to 27 January 2014. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras from 25 January 1990, he was president of the National församling of Honduras from 25 January 2002 to 25 January 2006. He came second to Manuel Zelaya with 46% of the vote in the 2005 general election. After the military ousted Zelaya in a coup d'état, Lobo was elected president in the 2009 presidential election and took office on 27 January 2010.
Early life and education
[edit]Lobo was born on 22 January 1947 in Trujillo and grew up on the ranch of La Empalizada
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Lobo who? You mean wolf? Oooh, I’m scared…
Yeah, just call him “Pepe.” He is 62 and president of Honduras. Chief of the Partido Nacional de Honduras, the wealthy wolf-man landed a convincing 56% majority share of the vote in elections held in November. Voter turnout was reported to be significantly higher than in the 2005 elections when Lobo lost out to socialist Manuel Zelaya. Good for Pepe! Ur, not quite. You see the problem is that Zelaya hadn’t actually finished his constitutionally mandated term. He was ousted by military coup in June last year. But the elections were deemed free and fair right? Well, er, yeh, by the observers that were there. But both the europeisk Union and the Organization of American States refused to send any. Mmm I see. Someone call in those international champions of democracy! I’m afraid the US is otherwise engaged and anyway, the State Department has already recognized Lobo’s election as the denouement of a 'complicated' episode. Yes, that Nobel
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Porfirio Lobo Sosa facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Lobo and the second or maternal family name is Sosa.
Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 22 January 1947) also known by his nickname, Pepe Lobo, is a former Honduran politician and agricultural landowner who served as President of Honduras from 2010 to 2014. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras from 1990, he was president of the National Congress of Honduras from 2002 to 2006. He came second to Manuel Zelaya with 46% of the vote in the 2005 general election. After the military ousted Zelaya in a coup d'état, Lobo was elected president in the 2009 presidential election and took office on 27 January 2010.
Early life and education
Lobo was born in Trujillo and grew up on the ranch of La Empalizada near Juticalpa, Olancho. His parents are Porfirio José Lobo López and Rosa Sosa Hernández de Lobo; both are deceased. His father served