KnowraManuel ZelayaManuel ZelayaManuel Zelaya is a Honduran politician who served as president of Honduras from 2006 until his ouster in a 2009 coup.BriefConnect2009 Honduran coup d'état: The Honduran military's removal of President Manuel Zelaya from office and exile on June 28, 2009. This event ended Zelaya's presidency and triggered a prolonged national and international crisis.Xiomara Castro: Honduran politician who became the country's first woman president in 2022 and is Manuel Zelaya's wife. She became Libre's presidential candidate after Zelaya's ouster and later won the presidency.Liberal Party of Honduras: A major Honduran political party founded in 1891 and traditionally associated with liberalism. Zelaya's 2005 presidential campaign ran under its banner.National Front of Popular Resistance: A Honduran coalition formed after the 2009 coup to oppose Zelaya's removal and demand political change. It organized resistance to the coup and helped create the base for Libre.Honduran Constitution of 1982: The constitution adopted in Honduras in 1982 that establishes the country's political institutions and presidential term limits. The dispute over Zelaya's referendum and presidential powers centered on how this constitution applied.2009 Honduran constitutional crisis: The conflict over President Manuel Zelaya's proposed referendum and his removal from office in 2009. It centers on the legal and political dispute that preceded his ouster.Roberto Micheletti: Honduran politician who led the interim government after Manuel Zelaya was removed in 2009. As head of Congress, he assumed the presidency after Zelaya's removal.Honduras: A country in Central America, bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Zelaya's career and presidency unfolded within Honduras's political institutions and regional history.Honduran migration: The movement of people from Honduras to other regions, especially to the United States and neighboring countries. Political polarization after the coup added to the pressures shaping Honduras's recent history.Honduran presidential referendum, 2009: A proposed nonbinding Honduran poll on whether to include a constituent assembly question in the November 2009 election. Zelaya's effort to hold the poll became the immediate focus of the constitutional confrontation.Show all 25Linked from 1 pageHistory of HondurasRelated: His presidency and removal became a major constitutional rupture in contemporary Honduras.