Executive branch of the government of Honduras

The Republic of Honduras is organized according to Title I: State of the Honduran Constitution of 1982.

In Title V: Branches of the Government, the three powers of the state that guarantee the administration and that ensures the laws are established. These are: The Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch.

"The legislative branch consists of a Congress of deputies, who shall be elected by direct vote...

...The holding of title of the Executive Power is exercised[,] in representation of and for the benefit of the people[,] by the President and[,] in his default, by the Vice President of the Republic...

...The Judicial Power is composed of a Supreme Court of Justice, by the Courts of Appeals, the Courts and other dependencies that the Law specifies."^[1]

Constitutional President of Honduras

The president of the Republic of Honduras is the head of state and government and supreme administrative authority of Honduras, chosen by the citizens. The current President of Honduras, as of 2016, is Juan Orlando Hernández.

Attributions of the president

The President of the Republic holds the general administration of the State; his attributions are:

• 1. To comply with and enforce the Constitution, treaties and conventions, laws and other legal provisions;
• 2. To direct the policies of the state and to represent it;
• 3. To safeguard the independence and honor of the republic and the integrity and inviolability of the national territory;
• 4. To maintain the peace and internal security of the republic and to repel every attack or external aggression;
• 5. To freely appoint and dismiss secretaries and deputy secretaries of the cabinet and other officials and employees whose appointment is not assigned to other authorities;
• 6. To convene the national Congress in special sessions through the Permanent Committee or to propose the continuance of regular sessions;
• 7. To restrict or suspend the exercise of rights, in agreement with the Council of Ministers, subject to the provisions of this Constitution;
• 8. To send messages to the national Congress at any time and compulsorily by personal appearance and in writing when each regular legislative session is installed;
• 9. To participate in the enactment of the laws by introducing bills in the national Congress through the secretaries of the cabinet;
• 10. To give to the Legislative [and] Judicial Powers and to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the aid and forces they require to make their resolutions effective;
• 11. To issue directives and decrees and to issue regulations and resolutions according to the law;
• 12. To direct foreign policy and relations;
• 13. To conclude treaties and agreements and to ratify, following approval by the national Congress, international treaties of a political and military nature, those relating to the national territory, sovereignty and concessions, those entailing financial obligations for the public treasury, those requiring amendment or repeal of any constitutional or legal provision, and those needing legislative measures for their implementation;
• 14. To appoint, in accordance with the foreign service law to be issued, the heads of diplomatic and consular missions who shall be Honduran nationals by birth except in the case of honorary posts or joint representations of Honduras with other states;
• 15. To receive the heads of foreign diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations; to issue the exequatur to and withdraw it from consuls of other states;
• 16. To exercise command over the armed forces as the commander-in-chief and to adopt the necessary measures for the defense of the republic;
• 17. To declare war and make peace during a recess of the national Congress, which must be convened forthwith;
• 18. Generally to watch over the official behavior of public officials and employees for the security and prestige of the government and of the state;
• 19. To administer the public treasury;
• 20. To adopt special economic and financial measures when the national interest so requires and to give an account thereof to the national Congress;
• 21. To negotiate loans and conclude contracts therefor following approval by the national Congress when appropriate;
• 22. To draw up the national development plan, discuss it in the Council of Ministers, submit it to the national Congress for approval, direct it and execute it;
• 23. To regulate customs tariffs according to law;
• 24. To pardon and commute sentences according to law;
• 25. To confer declarations according to law;
• 26. To see to it that the revenues of the state are collected and to regulate their investment according to law;
• 27. To publish each quarter a statement of income and expenditure of public revenue;
• 28. To organize, direct, orient and promote public education, eradicate illiteracy, and disseminate and improve technical education;
• 29. To adopt measures for the promotion, recovery and rehabilitation of the health of the population and the prevention of disease;
• 30. To direct the economic and financial policy of the state;
• 31. To exercise supervision and control of banking institutions, insurance companies, and investment houses through the National Banking and Insurance Commission, whose membership and operation shall be governed by a special law, and to appoint the president and vice presidents of the state banks according to law;
• 32. To prescribe such measures and provisions as may be feasible to promote the rapid execution of the agrarian reform and the development of production and productivity in rural areas;
• 33. To sanction, veto, promulgate and publish any laws approved by the national Congress;
• 34. To direct and support the policy of economic and social integration, both national and international, aimed at improving the living conditions of the Honduran people;
• 35. To create, maintain, and suppress public services and take such measures as may be necessary for the efficient operation thereof;
• 36. To confer military ranks from second lieutenant to captain, inclusive;
• 37. To see that the Armed Forces are apolitical, essentially professional, obedient and non-deliberative.
• 38. To issue and cancel naturalization papers authorized by the executive branch according to law;
• 39. To award pensions, bonuses, and allowances according to law;
• 40. To confer legal status on civil organizations according to law;
• 41. To ensure harmony between capital and labor;
• 42. To revise and fix the minimum wage according to law;
• 43. To permit or deny, following authorization by the national Congress, the transit through Honduran territory of troops of another country;
• 44. To permit, following authorization by the national Congress, the departure of Honduran troops to render services in foreign territory, in accordance with international treaties and conventions for operations for the maintenance of peace, and
• 45. Such other powers and duties as are conferred on him by the Constitution and the laws^[2]

Ministries and Secretaries of current state

During his 2014 to 2018 term, President Juan Orlando Hernández, eliminated some Secretaries of State, absorbing their duties into new and existing ministries.

Ministries/current Secretaries	Commissioned
Vice-president of Honduras	Ricardo Álvarez Arias
Designated presidential of Honduras	Rossana Guevara, Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias and Lorena Herrera.
Minister General Coordinator of Government of Honduras	José Ramón Hernández Alcerro
Minister of the Interior and Population	Rigoberto Chang Castle.
Minister of Finances	Wilfredo Cerrato
Minister of the Presidency	Reinaldo Sánchez
Minister Sectorial Coordinator of Investments and Cooperation, External Relations and Tourism	Alden Rivera
Minister of Defence and Security	Marlon Pascua
Minister of Health	Yolany Batres
Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Public Works and Transport	Roberto Ordoñez
Minister of Agriculture and Ganadería	Jorge Wolf
Minister Director of Communications and Estratégia of Government	Hilda Hernández
Minister of Inclusion and Development of Honduras	Arturo Farmyards
Executive office of the Council of Ministers of Honduras	Ebal Díaz
Minister Director of Communications and Estratégia of Government	Hilda Hernández
Minister of Social Development of Honduras	Lisandro Rosebushes
Contraloría General of the Republic of Honduras
President Central Bank of Honduras	Marlon Tábora
Executive direction of Income of Honduras	Miriam Guzmán

General budget of Income and Expenditure

In January 2014, the Government of Honduras approved the General Budget of Income and Expenditure of Honduras of 183,635,281,000 Lempiras (US$9 billion). Divided as: 179.681 million are assigned for the Executive Power; 1.864 million are assigned to the Judicial Power; and 2.089 million are assigned for the Legislative Power.^[3]

See also

• Politics of Honduras
• Elections in Honduras
• Economy of Honduras
• Government of Honduras
• National Congress of Honduras
• Supreme Court of Honduras
• List of legislatures by country
• Honduras Presidential House
• Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Honduras)
• Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports

References

1. "Constitute Project - Constitution of Honduras" (PDF).
2. "Constitute Project - Article 245 of Constitution of Honduras" (PDF).
3. Newspaper The Herald

External links

• Constitución De La República De Honduras, 1982 (con reformas)
• Honduras's Constitution of 1982 with Amendments (English) [2]