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Callejas Romero, Rafael Leonardo (–)
Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (b. 14 November ), president of Honduras (–) who promoted economic development along neoliberal lines. The son of a landowning family, Callejas earned B.S.
() and M.S. () degrees in agricultural economics at Mississippi State University.
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Beginning in he was an economic planner in the Honduran government and a board member of several Honduran public and private corporations.
Callejas was an unsuccessful National Party presidential candidate in and before winning in as head of the MONARCA (Rafael Callejas National Renovation Movement) faction of the National Party.
He favored development under U.S. president Ronald Reagan's Caribbean Basin Initiative and enjoyed strong U.S. support in his campaign. His popularity with conservative leaders in the industrial nations helped him gain favorable international financial agreements that contributed to economic gains early in his administration as he devalued the currenc