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Juan Orlando Hernández

b. 1968 · 21st century

Juan Orlando Hernández (born 1968) is a Honduran National Party politician who was president from 2014 to 2022. After the Supreme Court set aside the constitutional ban on re-election, he won a second term in 2017 in a disputed count followed by deadly protests. After leaving office he was extradited to the United States and convicted of drug trafficking in 2024, before being pardoned by President Donald Trump in late 2025.

Juan Orlando Hernández
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Juan Orlando Hernández. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juan-orlando-hernandez
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