Nasry Asfura

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Nasry Juan “Tito” Asfura Zablah (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnasɾi ˈxwan asˈfuɾa saˈbla]; born 8 June 1958) is a Honduran politician and construction businessman serving as the president of Honduras since 2026. A member of the National Party of Honduras (PNH), he previously served as the mayor of Tegucigalpa from 2014 to 2022.
In October 2020, an anti-corruption unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested criminal prosecution against Asfura, alleging that he was responsible for the embezzlement of 17.4 million lempiras for his own benefit between 2017 and 2018, as well as for other crimes. In June and July of the following year, the request was dismissed by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. In October 2021, his name appeared in the Pandora Papers.
A construction industry magnate, he previously served as a deputy in the National Congress of Honduras, representing the Francisco Morazán department from 2010 to 2014. Asfura ran in the 2021 presidential election, losing to Xiomara Castro of the Liberty and Refoundation party. After becoming the PNH’s party president, he ran and won the 2025 presidential election, narrowly defeating Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party…