Arístides Mejía Carranza (born July 30, 1960) served as the Vice President Commissioner of Honduras[1] from 1 February 2009[2] until 28 June 2009.

[3] Arístides Mejía didn't fully occupied the charge, he was a Presidential Commissioner not a vice-president since he was appointed by President Zelaya and not popularly elected.

Mejía was a part-time legal adviser of the International Organization for Migration (1999–2002), and the executive director of the Program for Modernization of the Administration of Justice.

After the 2009 Honduran coup d'état Arístides Mejía chose to exile himself and do diplomatic work abroad to restore Manuel Zelaya in the presidency.

[6][7][8] As a consequence of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, an arrest warrant was issued in Honduras for abuse of authority.