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February 13, 2026In force

Decree 9-2026

Congreso Nacional

  • Decree: 9-2026
  • Published: February 13, 2026
  • Issuing body: Congreso Nacional
  • Gazette: 37,069
  • Category: Administrative

Summary

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This decree creates a temporary 12-month Commission to manage the National Agriculture University (UNAG) in Catacamas. The Commission, made up of 5 members, assumes functions of the Superior University Council to improve transparency, administration, and governance of the university, overseeing the selection of authorities and ensuring proper use of public resources.

Considerations

Whereas the National Agricultural University (UNAG), headquartered in the Municipality of Catacamas, Department of Olancho, constitutes a strategic institution of higher education for the agricultural, environmental, scientific, and socioeconomic development of Honduras. Its historical mission has been to train highly qualified professionals to strengthen food security, sustainable rural development, and the responsible management of the country's natural resources. WHEREAS: The Constitution of the Republic recognizes in its Article 157 that "Education at all levels of the formal educational system, except the higher level, shall be authorized, organized, directed, and supervised exclusively by the Executive Branch through the State Secretary in the Office of Education, which shall administer the centers of said system that are totally financed with public funds".

Whereas the Constitution of the Republic also states in its Article 160 that the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) is an autonomous institution of the State, with legal personality, and enjoys the exclusivity of organizing, directing, and developing higher and professional education. of selection of the authorities of the National Agricultural University (UNAG), this Decree granted to the Competition Commission and accompaniment of functions that were exclusive to the University Higher Council (CSU), however it did not fulfill all that was entrusted to it and only complied with the Revocation of the Appointments of the University Board of Directors (JDU), the selection of the Rector and of the University Commissioner, leaving pending the reform of the internal regulations, which has generated questioning from certain sectors of the university community and society regarding the current authorities, as a product of recurring internal conflicts, greater guarantees of transparency in decision-making, lack of strengthening in the mechanisms of democratic participation, and questions about the legality and legitimacy of the processes of election or permanence of university authorities.

Whereas it is the duty of the National Congress to create mechanisms to improve stability and administrative efficiency, as well as to consolidate academic leadership in the decision-making bodies of the National Agricultural University (UNAG), in particular the University Board of Directors (JDU), University Higher Council (CSU), as well as the Office of the Rector, due to its direct impact on governance, as well as on the quality of teaching, research, and engagement with society, fundamental pillars for achieving efficiency and effectiveness. WHEREAS: The National Agricultural University (UNAG) is established by Legislative Decree No. 192-2001, proceeding from the creation of the Demonstration Farm School, created by Legislative Decree No. 35 of January 20, 1950, which changed its name to National School of Agriculture (ENA), which occurred in Legislative Decree No. 222-93 as a decentralized entity of a State Secretary, which obtained its status as an Institution of Higher Education from the Higher Education Council through Agreement No. 314-68-95. WHEREAS: The Higher Education Council granted through Agreement No. 1058-153-2002 dated December 2, 2002, the status as part of the System of Higher Education to the National Agricultural University (UNAG), independent of the State Secretary in the Offices of Natural Resources. The National Congress approved Legislative Decree No. 172-2016, with the objective of strengthening the institutional structure, resolution of internal conflicts of the National Agricultural University (UNAG), as well as establishing its internal regulatory framework, from which its Statute emerged, published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta" 34,525 of December 23, 2017.

Whereas Legislative Decree No. 47-2022 was approved, which created the Competition Commission and accompaniment with the objective of establishing regulations for the processes of the decentralized academic institution. So that the National Agricultural University (UNAG) is not limited in its capacity to respond to the needs of the agricultural, rural, and environmental sector of the country, losing its role as a center of innovation, applied research, and technology transfer.

Whereas in accordance with Article 205, attribution 1) of the Constitution of the Republic, it is within the authority of the National Congress: To create, decree, interpret, reform, and repeal Laws.

Whereas the Constitution of the Republic in its Article 59 establishes that the human person is the supreme end of Society and of the State. All have the obligation to respect and protect it. The dignity of the human being is inviolable. Likewise, it guarantees the right to protection and promotion of health as a social right for all inhabitants of the Republic, for which it empowers the Executive Branch to adopt the necessary measures to protect and promote the health of the inhabitants, establishing through Laws and Regulations the procedures to achieve such purpose.

Whereas the State Secretary in the Office of Health has the mission of being the state institution responsible for formulating, designing, controlling, monitoring, and evaluating policies, norms, plans, and national health programs, exercising the leadership of the sector, guiding the resources of the national health system; as well as promoting, conducting, and regulating the construction of healthy environments and the improvement of a culture of life and health, the generation of health intelligence, the attention to the needs and demands of health, the guarantee of security

Articles

Article 1.-

A Commission for University Management is hereby created at the National University of Agriculture (UNAG), a public institution created by Decree No. 192-2001, which shall function in accordance with the principles and guidelines of that University's Bylaws, and shall continue to exercise forensic audit functions through the Superior Court of Accounts (TSC), as well as through other external entities, to guarantee transparency in the processes of electing the various authorities and the management of public resources obtained in the last five years. The Commission shall have an exceptional, proportional, and temporary role, assuming the specific functions expressly mentioned in the Bylaws of the National University of Agriculture and those indicated in this Decree, constituting itself as the highest administrative body of the University until the appointment of the Superior University Council, the University Board of Directors, and the Rectorship.

Article 2.-

The powers of the Superior University Council contained in Article 39, subsections a), b), c), h), and i) of the Bylaws of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG), published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta with number 34,525, dated December 23, 2017, are hereby suspended. The aforementioned powers shall be exercised by the Commission for University Management.

Article 3.-

The Commission for University Management shall have a duration of twelve (12) months, renewable with the approval of the National Congress. It shall be composed of five (5) persons as follows: Two (2) representatives designated by the National Congress, one (1) representative of the Ministry of State in the Office of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), one (1) graduate student of the University whose appointment or designation shall be countersigned by the same Ministry of State in the Office of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), and one (1) representative of the Superior University Council of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), who shall be responsible for presiding over the Commission.

Article 4.-

The Commission shall submit quarterly reports to the National Congress of the Republic and to the Executive Branch, detailing the activities, programs, and decisions undertaken at the National University of Agriculture (UNAG), as well as proposing measures for the improvement of administrative and financial management. It shall also be authorized to execute, plan, and liquidate the current budget of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG).

Article 5.-

The Commission for University Management shall have the following powers:

  • a)

    To select and appoint members of the University Board of Directors (JDU) based on merit through public competition, who must be appointed and in office within a maximum period of three (3) months from the definition of their functions established in this Decree;

  • b)

    To revoke the appointment of members of the University Board of Directors (JDU);

  • c)

    To continue all proceedings that the University Board of Directors (JDU) has initiated while new JDU members are appointed, including those related to planning, organization, public contracting, management and administrative control, as well as monitoring the substantive work of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG), in order to fulfill all objectives, plans, and needs of higher education;

  • d)

    To promote and accompany the process of electing student representatives to the governing bodies of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG);

  • e)

    To request reports and documents on budget execution and suggest to the Superior University Council (CSU) the reorientation of investments, prioritizing needs for better student services and harmonizing with the community, ensuring the proper use of resources and logistics available to the National University of Agriculture (UNAG);

  • f)

    To review the processes and mechanisms for the acquisition of goods and services implemented by the University's bodies;

  • g)

    To ensure compliance with the processes of electing university authorities to be held between 2026 and 2027;

  • h)

    To present an administrative rescue plan that allows for efficient, effective, transparent, agile, expedited, digital, and timely budget management;

  • i)

    To review the transparent compliance with the functions and powers of the University Board of Directors (JDU) regarding the processes of selecting authorities of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG), issuing a report on the findings of previous administrative actions, so that pertinent actions may be taken;

  • j)

    To present a student admission program in accordance with Article 18, subsection "d" of the Bylaws of the National University of Agriculture (UNAG);

  • k)

    To request the appearance of any official or employee or to request any document from the University, in such a manner that the Commission's goals are achieved;

  • l)

    To execute the resolutions issued by this Commission, which shall be strictly binding within the scope of the powers established in this Decree; and,

  • m)

    Any other powers established by Law, with the aim of strengthening governance and transparency in the management of the University.

Article 6.-

Within five (5) business days, the Commission shall draft, sign, and disseminate the rules governing its meetings, convening procedures, and types of decisions, which shall be made by simple majority of its members. While awaiting approval of its internal operating regulations, the provisions of the General Law of Public Administration shall apply. A valid quorum for holding sessions shall be half plus one of its members, and a Secretary of Proceedings shall be designated from among them.

Article 7.-

This Decree shall enter into force as of the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, in the Meeting Hall of the National Congress, on the eleventh day of the month of February of Two Thousand Twenty-six. JOSÉ TOMÁS ZAMBRANO MOLINA PRESIDENT CARLOS ROBERTO LEDEZMA CASCO SECRETARY FRANCIS OMAR CABRERA MIRANDA SECRETARY To the Executive Branch For Execution: Execute. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., February 13, 2026. NASRY JUAN ASFURA ZABLAH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY Ministry of State in the Office of Health AGREEMENT No. 715-2026 THE MINISTRY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH, CONSIDERING: That the Constitution of the Republic in Article 59, establishes that the human person is the supreme purpose of Society and of the State. All have the obligation to respect and protect it. The dignity of the human being is inviolable. Likewise, it guarantees the right to the protection and promotion of health as a social right for all inhabitants of the Republic, for which it empowers the Executive Branch to adopt the necessary measures to protect and promote the health of its inhabitants, establishing through Laws and Regulations the procedures to achieve such purpose. CONSIDERING: That the Ministry of State in the Office of Health has the mission to be the state institution responsible for formulating, designing, controlling, monitoring, and evaluating national health policies, norms, plans and programs, exercising the leadership of the sector, orienting resources of the national health system, as well as promoting, directing, and regulating the construction of healthy environments and the improvement of a culture of life and health, the generation of health intelligence, attention to health needs and demands, and the guarantee of safety...

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