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Biography of Ramon Villeda MoralesName: Ramon Villeda MoralesBirth Date: November 26, 1909 Death Date: October 8, 1971 Place of Birth: Ocotepeque, Honduras Nationality: Honduran Gender: Male Occupations: physician, politician Ramon Villeda Morales Ramon Villeda Morales (1909-1971) served as president of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. During his tenure, he instituted many reforms in the fields of labor, health, and education. He was ousted from office in a military coup and sent into exile.Ramon Villeda Morales was born in Ocotepeque, Honduras on November 26, 1909. He studied medicine at the National University of Honduras, where he served as president of the federation of university students. He married Alejandra Bermudez Milla, a teacher from a politically active family. The couple moved to Germany in 1938 to attend graduate school. Returning to Honduras in 1940, Villeda Morales started a pediatric clinic in Santa Rosa de Copan and then opened a private clinic in Tegucigalpa, the capital city.Reorganized Liberal PartyVilleda Morales helped to reorganize the Honduran Liberal Party. He demonstrated political and oratorical skills as well as personal charisma. His supporters called him "Little Bird," for his small stature and public …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…return the Honduran government to civilian constitutional rule at some time in the future.Villeda Morales returned to Honduras. When Ramon Ernesto Cruz was elected president in 1971, Villeda Morales was sent to New York as the Honduran representative to the United Nations. Shortly after his arrival, he died of a heart attack on October 8, 1971. Further Reading Acker, Alison, Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic, South End Press, 1988.Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders, edited by Robert J. Alexander, Greenwood Press, 1988.Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, edited by Barbara A. Tenenbaum, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.Honduras: A Country Study, edited by James D. Rudolph, The American University, 1983.Lentz, Harris M., Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 through 1992, McFarland and Co., 1994.MacCameron, Robert, Bananas, Labor, and Politics in Honduras: 1954-1963, Syracuse University, 1983.Morris, James A., Honduras: Caudillo Politics and Military Rulers, Westview Press, 1984. |