Ricardo Álvarez Arias

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias
First Vice President of Honduras
In office
27 January 2014  27 January 2022
PresidentJuan Orlando Hernández
Preceded byMaría Antonieta de Bográn
Succeeded bySalvador Nasralla
Mayor of Tegucigalpa
In office
25 January 2006  25 January 2014
Preceded byMiguel Pastor
Succeeded byNasry Asfura
Personal details
Born (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963
Panama City, Panama
Alma mater

Ricardo Antonio Álvarez Arias (born 4 February 1963) is a businessman and the former mayor of Tegucigalpa and the former First Vice President of Honduras.

He ran for Mayor of Tegucigalpa and won the 2005 elections and was re-elected on the 2009 elections representing the National Party of Honduras. In 2012, Álvarez ran for the National Party nomination for president, ultimately losing to Juan Orlando Hernández. Hernández named him his vice presidential candidate, and together they won the 2013 elections. He is named in the trial for links to the Los Cachiros cartel.