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Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya

Politician

Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Iris Xiomara CASTRO de Zelaya · Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento · Sjomara Kastro · Xiomara Castro · Xiomara Castro de Zelaya · 15 more...				[sources]
Other name	Iris Xiomara Castro · Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento · Iris Xiomara Castro de Zelaya · Кастро, Сиомара · Сиомара Кастро де Селая · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	イーリス・シオマラ・カストロ・サルミエント · 伊里斯·希奥玛拉·卡斯特罗·萨缅托 · 希奧瑪拉·卡斯特羅				[sources]
Birth date	1959-09-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Honduras				[sources]
Citizenship	Honduras				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Iris · Xiomara				[sources]
Last name	Castro · Sarmiento				[sources]
Title	Excelentísima Señora				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q8044708				[sources]
Position	First Lady of Honduras (2006-2009) · Minister of National Defense · President · President of Honduras (2022-)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-14	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Honduran politician and businesswoman (born 1959)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-22

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Héctor Zelaya Castro Politician	child · mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
First Lady of Honduras	2006-01-27	2009-06-28
Minister of National Defense	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Carlos Zelaya Politician	relative · sister-in-law	-	-

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,109

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Source data IDs: us-cia-honduras-iris-xiomara-castro-de-zelaya-pres · us-cia-honduras-iris-xiomara-castro-de-zelaya-minister-of-national-defense · us-cia-honduras-iris-xiomara-castro-de-zelaya-president · unprot-389d06583963d3f4d1e7ec17b83d35058ba9b84f · unprot-ac7024a94600da54381332d05314003dd2c1bd06

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