Political Leaders: Paraguay

Leaders of Paraguay
(Republic of Paraguay)

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ANR Republican National Association/Colorado Party - APC: Patriotic Alliance for Change - FG: Guasú Front - PDC: Christian Democratic Party - PLRA: Authentic Radical Liberal Party

Presidents of the Republic

Higinio Morínigo Martínez         8 Sep 1940 -  3 Jun 1948 (†1983) military (provisional to 15 Aug 1943) 
Juan Manuel Frutos Escurra        3 Jun 1948 - 15 Aug 1948 (†1960) ANR (provisional)
Juan Natalicio González Paredes  15 Aug 1948 - 30 Jan 1949 (†1966) ANR
Raimundo Rolón Villasanti        30 Jan 1949 - 26 Feb 1949 (†1981) military/ANR (provisional)
Felipe Benigno Molas López       27 Feb 1949 - 11 Sep 1949 (†1954) ANR (provisional to 14 May 1949)
Federico Chaves Careaga          11 Sep 1949 -  8 May 1954 (†1978) ANR (provisional to 15 Aug 1953)
Tomás Romero Pereira              8 May 1954 - 15 Aug 1954 (†1982) ANR (provisional) 
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda      15 Aug 1954 -  3 Feb 1989 (†2006) military/ANR 
Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti          3 Feb 1989 - 15 Aug 1993 (†1997) military/ANR (provisional to 15 May 1989)
Juan Carlos María Wasmosy Monti  15 Aug 1993 - 15 Aug 1998         ANR
Raúl Alberto Cubas Grau          15 Aug 1998 - 28 Mar 1999         ANR       
Luis Ángel González Macchi       28 Mar 1999 - 15 Aug 2003         ANR
Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos      15 Aug 2003 - 15 Aug 2008         ANR 
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez     15 Aug 2008 - 22 Jun 2012         PDC/APC, FG
Luis Federico Franco Gómez       22 Jun 2012 - 15 Aug 2013         PLRA
Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara       15 Aug 2013 - 15 Aug 2018         ANR
Mario Abdo Benítez               15 Aug 2018 - 15 Aug 2023         ANR
Santiago Peña Palacios           15 Aug 2023 -                     ANR

Vice Presidents of the Republic

Ángel Roberto Seifart            15 Aug 1993 - 15 Aug 1998 (†2018) ANR
Luis María Argaña Ferrara        15 Aug 1998 - 23 Mar 1999 (†1999) ANR
Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez    2 Sep 2000 - 16 Oct 2002         PLRA
Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria   15 Aug 2003 - 15 Oct 2007         ANR
Francisco Oviedo Britez          21 Nov 2007 - 15 Aug 2008         ANR
Luis Federico Franco Gómez       15 Aug 2008 - 22 Jun 2012         PLRA
Amancio Óscar Denis Sánchez      28 Jun 2012 - 15 Aug 2013         PLRA
Juan Eudes Afara Maciel          15 Aug 2013 - 11 Apr 2018         ANR
Alicia Beatriz Pucheta de Correa  9 May 2018 - 15 Aug 2018         ANR
Hugo Adalberto Velázquez Moreno  15 Aug 2018 - 15 Aug 2023         ANR
Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez  15 Aug 2023 -                     ANR

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