Marcelino Ponce Martínez was Vice President of Honduras during the administration of Roberto Suazo Cordova.
Ponce Martínez was the mayor of La Ceiba from 1958 to 1960.
[2] He was the director of the civil guard[3] from 1960 to 1963, during the presidency of Ramón Villeda Morales.
[2] He was also the first presidential designate aka Vice President from 1982 to 1986, in the government of Roberto Suazo Córdova, when Honduras returned to the democratic system after 18 years of military regimes.
[2] His son, Marco Antonio Ponce, has been a deputy in the National Congress twice.