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Dionisio de Herrera

1781–1850 · 19th century

Dionisio de Herrera was a Honduran liberal lawyer and politician who became the first head of state of Honduras within the Federal Republic of Central America, serving from 1824 to 1827. He oversaw the state's first constitution of 1825, with Comayagua as capital, before conservatives backed by the federal president removed him. He later headed the government of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833.

Dionisio de Herrera
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State of Honduras

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dionisio de Herrera. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dionisio-de-herrera
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