Porfirio Lobo Sosa

Who is Porfirio Lobo Sosa?

Porfirio Lobo Sosa, known as Pepe Lobo, is a Honduran politician and agricultural landowner who has served as President of Honduras since 2010. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the National Congress of Honduras from 1990, he was President of the National Congress of Honduras from 2002 to 2006. He came second to Manuel Zelaya with 46% of the vote in the 2005 general election. After the military ousted Zelaya in a coup d'état, Lobo was elected president in the 2009 presidential election and took office on 27 January 2010.