Matías Funes

Matías Funes Valladares (24 March 1952 – 10 February 2015) was a Honduran academic, writer and politician. He taught philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras for 34 years. He was a founder of the Democratic Unification Party for which he was member of the National Congress of Honduras between 1998 and 2002. He was also presidential candidate for the party in the 1997 and 2001 elections.

Early life Funes was born on 24 March 1952 in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, his father, was a writer also named Matías Funes. Funes studied Social and Judicial Sciences and later obtained a Master in Economy and Development Planning. He later studied Central American integration.

Political career He was a founder and member of the Democratic Unification Party and served for that party in the National Congress of Honduras between 1998 and 2002. He had also served as member of the Central American Parliament.