Xiomara de Zelaya

Xiomara Castro de Zelaya has been the first lady of Honduras since January 2006 as the wife of President Manuel Zelaya. The daughter of Olga Doris Sarmiento Montoya and Irene Castro Reyes, she was born in Tegucigalpa on September 30 1959. She is second of five children. She accomplished studies of "primary" and "secondary" (Equivalent to elementary, middle and high school in the US) in the "Instituto San Jose del Carmen" and "Maria Auxiliadora". Additionally she obtained a degree in Accounting and Business Administration. In January 1976, she married Manuel Zelaya. Immediately after the wedding, they set their residence in Catacamas, Olancho, where their four children were born: Zoe, Héctor Manuel, Xiomara Hortensia and Jose Manuel. She actively participates in the "Association of Spouses of Members of the Rotary Club of Catacamas", founded by her husband, as well as the activities developed within the Group to take care of the children in need in the department of Olancho.

Also, she participated in the creation of the "Centro de Cuidado Diurno para Niños en Catacamas", with the purpose of offering assistance to single-parent families led by women. Parallel it supported the creation of projects of basic cleaning, sowing of vegetables and floriculture, just as important projects of job development. She organized the feminine branch of the Liberal Party of Honduras in the major city of Olancho and made a strong campaign in favor of Zelaya Rosales in the internal elections of February 2004, occasion in which was in charge of sub political coordination of this Olancho municipality.

External links

* [http://www.primeradama.gob.hn Honduras' First Lady Web Page.]