Porfirio Lobo Sosa

Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Lobo Sosa in January 2010.
37th President of Honduras
In office
January 27, 2010 – January 27, 2014
Vice President
Preceded byRoberto Micheletti
Succeeded byJuan Orlando Hernández
President of the National Congress
In office
January 25, 2002 – January 25, 2006
Preceded byRafael Pineda Ponce
Succeeded byRoberto Micheletti
Deputy of the Olancho Department
In office
January 25, 1990 – January 25, 2006
Personal details
Born (1947-01-22) January 22, 1947 (age 77)
Trujillo, Honduras
Political partyNational Party
SpouseRosa Elena Bonilla
Alma mater

Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born January 22, 1947) also known by his nickname, Pepe Lobo, is a former Honduran politician businessman and agricultural landowner who served as 37th President of Honduras from January 27, 2010 to January 27, 2014. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras from January 25, 1990, he was president of the National Congress of Honduras from January 25, 2002 to January 25, 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 January 27, 2010.