Arístides Mejía
Vice President Commissioner of Honduras
In office 1 February 2009 – 28 June 2009
President	Manuel Zelaya
Preceded by	Elvin Santos
Succeeded by	María Antonieta de Bográn (Elect)
Born	30 January 1960 (1960-01-30) (age 49)
Political party	Liberal Party

Arístides Mejía Carranza (born July 30, 1960) is the former Vice President Commissioner of Honduras^[1] (since 1 February 2009). The position of "Vice President Commissioner" was created by former President Manuel Zelaya after then-Vice President Elvin Santos resigned in late 2008.^[2]

[edit] Biography

He is a son of Mr. Arístides Mejía and Mrs Orfilia Carranza. He was a lawyer at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. He was the Honduran Ambassador to Greece (1994-1998). Mejía was a part-time legal adviser of the International Organization for Migration (1999-2002), and the Executive Director of the Program for Modernization of the Administration of Justice. (1998-2003). He was the President and Judge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (2004-2005) and served as Secretary of National Defense from January 2006 till January 2009 under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya. He is married and father of three children: two daughters and a son. He speaks Spanish, French and English. He currently has an arrest warrant in Honduras.

Political offices
Preceded by Elvin Santos	Vice President of Honduras 2009	Succeeded by María Antonieta de Bográn (Elect)

[edit] External links

• vicepresidencia.7allies.com

[edit] References

1. ^ www.cia.gov
2. ^ http://www.hondurasembassy.se/paginas-ing/honduras.html

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