{{short description|Honduran politician}}
{{expand Spanish|topic=bio|Mauricio Oliva|date=January 2014}} {{family name hatnote|Oliva|Herrera|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mauricio Oliva Herrera | image = | office = President of the National Congress of Honduras | term_start = 25 January 2014 | term_end = 25 January 2022 | predecessor = Juan Orlando Hernández | successor = Luis Redondo | office1 = Deputy of the Choluteca Department | term_start1 = 25 January 2002 | term_end1 = 25 January 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|03|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Tegucigalpa, Honduras | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Rina Brizzio | party = National Party | alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Honduras | profession = Surgeon, Politician }}
'''Mauricio Oliva Herrera''' (born 8 March 1951 in Tegucigalpa) is a Honduran surgeon and politician. He served as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the National Party of Honduras for Choluteca and as the President of the National Congress of Honduras.<ref>[http://www.congresonacional.hn/index.php?option=com_portfolio&id=66&view=item Profile at the National Congress of Honduras website]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Al-Frente/Nueva-directiva-del-CN-fue-electa-por-76-diputados|title = Nueva directiva del CN fue electa por 76 diputados}}</ref>
In 2021, he was a candidate in the National Party primary for the presidential election. He was considered the candidate closest to President Hernández.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2021-03-16/el-triste-panorama-electoral-de-honduras.html|title = El triste panorama electoral de Honduras|date = 16 March 2021}}</ref> He lost the primary to Nasry Asfura.
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Juan Orlando Hernández}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the National Congress|years=2014–2022}} {{s-aft|after= Luis Redondo Guifarro}} {{s-end}}
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