1952 - Today
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952) is a Honduran politician who was President of Honduras from 27 January 2006 until his forcible removal in the 2009 coup d'état, and who since January 2022 serves as the first First Gentleman of Honduras. He is the eldest son of a wealthy businessman, and inherited his father's nickname "Mel". Before entering politics he was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses. Elected as a liberal, Zelaya shifted to the political left during his presidency, forging an alliance with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas known as ALBA. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Zelaya has received more than 595,117 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Manuel Zelaya is the 6,328th most popular politician (up from 8,388th in 2019), the most popular biography from Honduras (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Honduran Politician.
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Among politicians, Manuel Zelaya ranks 6,328 out of 15,577. Before him are Cao Ang, Mutnedjmet, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, Marius Jacob, and Pippo Spano. After him are Thorvald Stauning, Yuri II of Vladimir, Robert III of Worms, Saliha Sultan, Michael of Chernigov, and Berenice.
177 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,322
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,323
1697 - 1731
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,324
1576 - 1644
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,325
1879 - 1954
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,326
1369 - 1426
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,327
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 6,328
1873 - 1942
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,329
1188 - 1238
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,330
781 - 834
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,331
1680 - 1739
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,332
1185 - 1246
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,333
300 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6,334
Among people born in 1952, Manuel Zelaya ranks 93. Before him are Ryū Murakami, Mary McDonnell, Anne-Marie David, Charles M. Rice, Şenol Güneş, and Michael Jeter. After him are Danilo Türk, John Lone, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Edward Zwick, David Icke, and Chazz Palminteri.
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 87
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 88
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 89
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 90
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 91
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 92
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 93
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 94
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 95
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 96
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 97
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 98
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 99
Among people born in Honduras, Manuel Zelaya ranks 1 out of 71. After him are Francisco Morazán (1792), Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942), Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Xiomara Castro (1959), Roberto Micheletti (1943), Augusto Monterroso (1921), Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Juan Lindo (1790), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), and Carlos Roberto Reina (1926).
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1
1792 - 1842
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 6
1921 - 2003
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 7
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 8
1921 - 2010
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 9
1790 - 1857
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 10
1876 - 1969
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 11
1926 - 2003
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Honduras, Manuel Zelaya ranks 1. After him are Francisco Morazán (1792), Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Xiomara Castro (1959), Roberto Micheletti (1943), Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Juan Lindo (1790), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), Ramón Villeda Morales (1909), and Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927).
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1
1792 - 1842
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 3
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 5
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 6
1921 - 2010
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 7
1790 - 1857
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 8
1876 - 1969
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 9
1926 - 2003
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 10
1909 - 1971
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 11
1927 - 2018
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 12