Biography
Elvin Santos is the son of Elvin Santos Lozano, an engineer, and Sonia Ordóñez de Santos. Santos has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He also served as Honduran Consul in Austin, Texas.
He is married to Becky Manzanares de Santos and has four children Elvin, Rebeca, Adrian and Natalia. He has only recently entered the political arena. He is the CEO of the construction company owned by his family, Santos y Compañia, which employs approximately 1,200 people. The company has various contracts with the Secretaría de Obras Públicas Transporte y Vivienda (SOPTRAVI), for the maintenance of public infrastructure and the construction of the ring-road in Tegucigalpa. This situation has led to accusations of conflict of interest.
Santos has been a member of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP).
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