Editing Rafael Leonardo Callejas (section)

==Political career==
Upon his return to Honduras, Callejas Romero served as chief planner of the Agricultural Sector in the Superior Council for Economic Planning during the government of General [[Oswaldo López Arellano]] in the period 1967-1971. From 1972 to 1975, he held the position of Undersecretary and then Secretary of State in the Office of Natural Resources during the second government of López Arellano. According to the historian, Longino Becerra : «As holder of said portfolio, Callejas presided over the Board of Directors of the National Bank for Agricultural Development (BANADESA) and the Honduran Institute of Agricultural Marketing (IHMA). His performance in these functions was extremely discreet, limited to an essentially routine administration».

In 1975, General Juan Alberto Melgar appointed him Minister of Natural Resources. When Policarpo Paz García overthrew Melgar and seized power at the head of a Military Government Junta, Mr. Callejas was confirmed in his ministerial position in August 1978.

From 1980 to 1981, Rafael Callejas Romero was a deputy to the National Constituent Assembly for the Francisco Morazán, for the promulgation of the current constitution of Honduras. He was also appointed presidential in the formula of Ricardo Zúñiga Agustinus, when he disputed the presidency against the liberal Roberto Suazo Córdova, in the elections that meant the restoration of democracy in Honduras in 1981. During this time, Callejas became a member of the Commission n Politics and to preside over the Central Committee of the National Party of Honduras, becoming one of the visible heads of the internal Unity and Change faction, which encouraged the businessman Ricardo Maduro Joest. Subsequently, Callejas activated a personalist faction, the Movimiento Nacional Callejista (Monarca), with a view to his presidential bid.