Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Honduras)

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff () is the professional head of the Honduran Armed Forces. They are responsible for the administration and operational control of the military. Until 1999, the position was known as Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

List of officeholders Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces (–1999)

Portrait Name Term of office Defence branch Took office Left office Time in office Brigadier generalOswaldo López Arellano 1963 1970 years Army Brigadier generalOswaldo López Arellano 1972 1975 years Army Brigadier generalJuan Alberto Melgar Castro 1975 1978 years Army Divisional generalPolicarpo Paz García 7 August 1978 27 January 1980 Army Brigadier generalGustavo Álvarez Martínez 1981 March 1984 years Army Brigadier generalWalter López Reyes 31 March 1984 1 February 1986 Air Force Brigadier general 14 February 1986 January 1990 Navy Brigadier generalArnulfo Cantarero López January 1990 December 1990 Army Brigadier generalLuis Alonso Discua Elvir December 1990 1995 years Army Brigadier generalMario Raúl Hung Pacheco 1996 29 January 1999 years Army

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1999–present) Portrait Name Term of office Defence branch Took office Left office Time in office 1 Brigadier generalEugenio Romero Euceda 29 January 1999 2000 years Army 2 Brigadier generalDaniel López Carballo 2000 2002 years Army 3 Brigadier generalJosé Isaías Barahona Herrera 2002 11 January 2005 years Army 4 Brigadier generalRomeo Vásquez Velásquez 11 January 2005 10 January 2010 Army 5 Divisional generalCarlos Antonio Cuellar 10 January 2010 28 January 2011 Army 6 Brigadier generalRené Arnoldo Osorio Canales 28 January 2011 22 December 2013 Army 7 Brigadier generalFredy Santiago Díaz Zelaya 22 December 2013 21 December 2015 Army 8 Brigadier generalFrancisco Isaías Álvarez Urbina 21 December 2015 21 December 2017 Army 9 Divisional generalRené Orlando Ponce Fonseca 21 December 2017 20 December 2019 Army 10 Divisional generalTito Livio Moreno Coello 20 December 2019 21 December 2021 Army 11 Vice admiralJosé Jorge Fortín Aguilar 21 December 2021 27 December 2023 Navy 12 Divisional generalRoosevelt Hernández 27 December 2023 Incumbent Army

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