Rafael Pineda Ponce
| Rafael Pineda Ponce | |
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President of the National Congress of Honduras
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| Born |
August 18, 1930 San Miguelito, Intibucá, |
| Died | January 24, 2014 (aged 83) Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. |
| Nationality | Honduran |
| Education |
 Brazil , São Paulo
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| Occupation | Professor and politician |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Honduras |
| Spouse(s) | María Lidia Espinoza |
| Children | Alicia Pineda Espinoza, Rafael Pineda Espinoza, Octavio Pineda Espinoza, Mario Pineda Espinoza. |
| Parent(s) | Juan R. Pineda and María Ponce |
Rafael Pineda Ponce (August 18, 1930 – January 24, 2014) was a Honduran professor and politician in the Liberal Party of Honduras and President of the from 1998 to 2002.
Rafael Pineda Ponce was born to Juan Rafael Pineda Lopez and María Ponce on August 18, 1930, in a small house built by his grandparents, Caridad López Morales and Juan Rafael Pineda Flores. The house was located between Liber de Agua Zarca and Los Arrayanes next to Rio Tocó in the municipality of San Miguelito, in the Department of Intibuca. He lived here for the first six years of his life.
When Rafael was six, his father abandoned the family. Soon after that his mother died and the children were left without parents. Relatives first took him to the city of La Esperanza, Intibucá, and afterwards he went with his sister Consuelo to live with his uncle, Filadelfo López Morales in the village of Cofradia, in the department of Cortes. He completed his elementary school education alternating between three schools "Lempira" in Cofradia, and "Juan E Flores" and "Valero Meza", both in La Esperanza. In all three schools he was highly regarded by his teachers. Rafael began his secondary education at the Instituto Departamental de Occidente (now Escuela Normal de Occidente). He transferred to the Escuela Normal de Varones in Tegucigalpa, where he received the certificate of Maestro de Educación Primaria. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science and Letters at the Instituto José Trinidad Reyes in San Pedro Sula.
In La Esperanza, during the third and fourth years at normal school, Pineda Ponce was elected "President of the Society Procultural (Presidente de La Sociedad Pro-Cultural), which constituted the most honorable position that a student could obtain at that time. When he graduated he was awarded the Father Trino Gold Medal (Medalla de Oro Padre Trino) as the most outstanding secondary-education student, presented at the Municipal Palace in San Pedro Sula.
In 1965, Pineda Ponce went to the , in São Paulo, Brazil to specialize in education of teachers (Especialista en Formación de Maestros). This period exposed him to some of the most distinguished educators in Latin America. There, on April 14, he was selected as the principle orator at the Pan American Day, where he gave a lengthy speech.
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