15 Facts About Roberto Micheletti

Roberto Micheletti Bain was born on August 13,1943 and is a Honduran politician who served as the interim and 36th president of Honduras from June 28,2009, to January 27,2010, as a result of the 2009 Honduran coup d'etat.

Roberto Micheletti was not acknowledged as de jure president by any government or international organization.

Roberto Micheletti's father was Umberto Roberto Micheletti, who immigrated from the Bergamo province of Lombardy, Italy.

Roberto Micheletti's mother was Donatella Bain Moya, born in El Progreso.

Roberto Micheletti is married to Siomara Giron and they have 3 children.

In 1963, Roberto Micheletti was a member of the honor guard of President Ramon Villeda, who was toppled by the military; Roberto Micheletti was arrested and jailed on 3 October and jailed for 27 days.

Roberto Micheletti won a Congressional seat in 1982 which he has held till June 2009, except for a brief period when he ran Hondutel, Honduras' state-owned national telephone company.

In 1985 Roberto Micheletti was part of a group of deputies who signed a motion calling for the National Congress to reseat itself as a National Constituent Assembly.

Roberto Micheletti has twice sought his party's nomination to run for president, both times failing to win the internal election for the nomination of his party, the latter occasion in 2008 to former Vice President Elvin Santos, who won the Liberal nomination for the November 2009 presidential election.

Roberto Micheletti presided over the National Congress of Honduras from 25 January 2006 until 28 June 2009.

The Honduran constitution mandated that the head of Congress, Roberto Micheletti, act as the provisional head of state since Vice President Elvin Ernesto Santos had resigned in December 2008 to run for president.

Roberto Micheletti presented a seven-point agreement, which called for a unity government.

Zelaya's representatives accepted the Arias proposal "in principle" but Roberto Micheletti's representatives balked at the key point of Zelaya returning to power in Honduras.

Roberto Micheletti stated that it was not a "military coup" since the military was following orders given by a civilian Supreme Court and Zelaya was replaced with a civilian from the line of succession prescribed in the Constitution.

On 5 November 2013 a daughter of Roberto Micheletti was shot at, but not seriously injured, while driving with her chauffeur and armed guards.