Doris Gutiérrez

Doris Alejandrina Gutiérrez (born 21 August 1947) is a Honduran lawyer and politician, who is currently the Second Vice President of Honduras. She was a Representative in the National Congress of Honduras belonging to the Innovation and Unity Party. In popular Honduran culture, Gutiérrez has the nickname "The Dancing Representative."

Doris Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez in 2022
Second Vice President of Honduras
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 January 2022 Serving with Salvador Nasralla and Renato Florentino
President	Xiomara Castro
Preceded by	Olga Margarita Alvarado
Member of the National Congress of Honduras
In office 25 January 2006 – 28 June 2009
In office 25 January 2014 – 25 January 2022
Personal details
Born	Doris Alejandrina Gutiérrez (1947-08-21) 21 August 1947 (age 77) Comayagüela, Honduras
Political party	Innovation and Unity Party
Relatives	José de la Paz Herrera (brother)
Alma mater	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras
Occupation	Politician, lawyer

Biography

Doris Gutiérrez was born on 21 August 1947 in Comayagüela, and is the daughter of Martha Gutiérrez and Armando Uclés Sierra, and sister to José de la Paz Herrera.^[1] She was raised by her single mother and grandmother.^[2] Gutiérrez completed her primary studies at the Universidad José Cecilio del Valle, then graduated from the Sacred Heart Institute in Tegucigalpa as a teacher with high marks, going on to win further academic honors while studying education. She found her first teaching job in Trinidad, in the Santa Bárbara Department, and would work here for 14 years teaching.^[2] While working with organized labor she decided to enter politics and in 1995, she joined the Democratic Unification Party as the substitute deputy of Matías Fúnez.^[3][4]

In December 2015, Gutiérrez was awarded the Maya Award by the Mexican Institute of Evaluation.^[5]

In early March 2016, Gutiérrez announced two new projects: to have the Gualcarque river declared an area of National Heritage and to officially declare Berta Cáceres, who worked to protect the river, a national heroine and name the area after her.^[6][7]

In the aftermath of a 2017 student demonstration at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras following the charging of Cesario Padilla, Moisés Cáceres, and Sergio Ulloa with usurpation by the Honduran Supreme Court, Gutiérrez found herself amongst other politicians accused of orchestrating the demonstration by Julieta Castellanos.^[8]

Citations

1. "Doris Gutiérrez: "No esperábamos una recaída de Chelato"". La Prensa (in Spanish). 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
2. ""He vivido la pobreza, pero con dignidad": Doris Gutiérrez". La Prensa (in Spanish). 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
3. "Doris Gutiérrez". El Heraldo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
4. "Mis compañeros me han acosado varias veces: Doris Gutíerrez". La Prensa (in Spanish). 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
5. Carbajal, Richard (7 December 2015). "Diputada Doris Gutierrez recibe premio internacional "Maya 2015"". Tiempo Digital (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
6. "Doris Gutierrez presentará proyecto para declarar Rio Gualcarque Patrimonio Nacional". NotiBomba (in Spanish). 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
7. "Área del río Gualcarque se llamaría "Berta Cáceres"". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
8. "Miembros del MEU se toman la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas". Primica Honduras (in Spanish). 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Olga Margarita Alvarado	Second Vice President of Honduras 2022–present Served alongside: Salvador Nasralla and Renato Florentino	Incumbent