Matías Funes Valladares (24 March 1952 – 10 February 2015) was a Honduran academic, writer and politician.
[1] Funes studied Social and Judicial Sciences and later obtained a Master in Economy and Development Planning.
[1] Funes worked for 34 years at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, starting in 1978.
[2][3] He was considered to be an expert on Honduran history, specializing in the life of José Cecilio del Valle.
[2] In the final years before his death, between 2012 and 2014, Funes was member of the Commission for Reform of Public Security.