Elvin Ernesto Santos
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Elvin Santos
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| In office 27 January 2006 – 18 December 2008 |
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| President | Manuel Zelaya |
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| Succeeded by | Arístides Mejía |
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| Born | 18 January 1963 Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Becky Manzanares de Santos |
Elvin Ernesto Santos Ordóñez (born in Tegucigalpa, 18 January 1963) was vice president of Honduras between 27 January 2006 and 18 December 2008, when he resigned from this post in order to be able to stand as President in the 2009 elections as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Honduras[1].
Elvin Santos is the son of the engineer Elvin Santos Lozano and Sonia Ordóñez de Santos.[2] Santos has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He also served as Honduran Consul in Austin, Texas.
He is married to Becky Manzanares de Santos and has four children Elvin, Rebeca, Adrian and Natalia. He has only recently entered the political arena. He is the CEO of the Construction company owned by his family, Santos y Compañia, which employs approximately 1,200 people. This company has various contracts with the Secretaría de Obras Públicas Transporte y Vivienda (SOPTRAVI), for the maintenance of public infrastructure as well as for the construction of the ring-road in Tegucigalpa. This situation has led to accusations of conflict of interest.
Santos has been a member of the Private Enterprise Council, Honduras (Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada-- Cohep), a powerful business sector interest group.
[edit] Honduran general election, 2009
On November 30, 2008, Vice President Elvin Santos won the Liberal Party's nomination to run for President of Honduras in the November 2009 elections. He defeated Roberto Micheletti, who was until that point his most important opponent for the nomination. Later Elvin Santos resigned as Honduras Vice President.
[edit] References
- ^ TSE inscribió anoche a Elvin Santos
- ^ http://www.sre.hn/tmp2006/cv_honduras_vicepresidente_santos.pdf
