President of Paraguay

President of the
Republic of Paraguay
Presidente de la República del Paraguay

Standard of the President of the Republic
Incumbent
Horacio Cartes
since 15 August 2013
Style Excelentísimo Señor
Residence Mburuvichá Roga
Seat Palacio de los López
Appointer Direct Popular Election
Term length Five years, non-renewable
Inaugural holder Fulgencio Yegros (First head of state)
Carlos Antonio López (First President)
Deputy Vice President of Paraguay
Website www.presidencia.gov.py
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The President of Paraguay (Spanish: Presidente de la República del Paraguay) is according to the Constitution of Paraguay the head of the executive branch of the Government of Paraguay, both head of state and head of government. His honorific title is Excelentísimo Señor.

The Presidential seat is the Palacio de los López, in Asunción. The Presidential residence is the Mburuvichá Roga, also in Asunción.

Once Presidents leave office, they are granted by the Constitution of Paraguay the speaking-but-non-voting position of Senator for life.[1]

List of heads of state of Paraguay (1811–present)

Term of Office President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Party
Presidents of the Superior Governing Junta
14 May 1811 –
17 June 1811		 Junta [2] Independent
19 June 1811 –
12 October 1813		 Fulgencio Yegros
(1780–1821)		 Independent
Consuls of the Republic
12 October 1813 –
12 February 1814 		José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
(1766–1840) 		Independent
12 February 1814 –
12 June 1814 		Fulgencio Yegros
(1780–1821) 		Independent
12 June 1814 –
3 October 1814 		José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
(1766–1840) 		Independent
Supreme Dictator
3 October 1814 –
20 September 1840 		José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
(1766–1840) [3]		 Independent
Presidents of the Provisional Junta
20 September 1840 –
22 January 1841 		Manuel Antonio Ortiz [4] Independent
22 January 1841 –
9 February 1841 		Juan José Medina Independent
9 February 1841 –
14 March 1841 		Mariano Roque Alonzo
(–1853) 		Independent
Consuls of the Republic [5]
14 March 1841 –
13 March 1844		 Carlos Antonio López
(1792–1862)		 Independent
Mariano Roque Alonzo
(–1853)		 Independent
Presidents of the Republic
14 March 1844 –
10 September 1862 		Carlos Antonio López
(1792–1862)		 Independent
10 September 1862 –
15 August 1869		 Francisco Solano López
(1827–1870) [6]		 Independent
15 August 1869 –
31 August 1870 		Cirilo Antonio Rivarola
(1836–1878)		 Independent
31 August 1870 –
1 September 1870 		Facundo Machaín
(1845–1877) [7]		 Independent
1 September 1870 –
18 December 1871 		Cirilo Antonio Rivarola
(1836–1878) [8]		 Independent
18 December 1871 –
25 November 1874 		Salvador Jovellanos
(1833–1881) [7]		 Independent
25 November 1874 –
12 April 1877 		Juan Bautista Gill
(1840–1877)		 Independent
12 April 1877 –
25 November 1878 		Higinio Uriarte
(1843–1909) [7]		 Independent
25 November 1878 –
4 September 1880 		Cándido Bareiro
(1833–1880)		 Independent
4 September 1880 –
25 November 1886		 Bernardino Caballero
(1839–1912) [9]		 Colorado
25 November 1886 –
25 November 1890		 Patricio Escobar
(1843–1912)		 Colorado
25 November 1890 –
9 June 1894		 Juan Gualberto González
(1851–1912)		 Colorado
9 June 1894 –
25 November 1894 		Marcos Morínigo
(1848–1901) [7]		 Colorado
25 November 1894 –
25 November 1898 		Juan Bautista Egusquiza
(1845–1902)		 Colorado
25 November 1898 –
9 January 1902 		Emilio Aceval
(1853–1931)		 Colorado
9 January 1902 –
25 November 1902 		Andrés Héctor Carvallo
(1862–1934) [7]		 Colorado
25 November 1902 –
19 December 1904 		Juan Antonio Escurra
(1859–1929)		 Colorado
19 December 1904 –
9 December 1905 		Juan Bautista Gaona
(1845–1932) [7]		 Liberal
9 December 1905 –
25 November 1906 		Cecilio Báez
(1862–1941) [7]		 Liberal
25 November 1906 –
4 July 1908 		Benigno Ferreira
(1846–1920)		 Liberal
4 July 1908 –
25 November 1910 		Emiliano González Navero
(1861–1934) [7]		 Liberal
25 November 1910 –
17 January 1911 		Manuel Gondra
(1871–1927)		 Liberal
17 January 1911 –
5 July 1911 		Albino Jara
(1877–1912) [7]		 Liberal
5 July 1911 –
28 February 1912 		Liberato Marcial Rojas
(1870–1922) [7]		 Liberal
28 February 1912 –
22 March 1912 		Pedro Peña
(1864–1943) [7]		 Liberal
22 March 1912 –
15 August 1912 		Emiliano González Navero
(1861–1934) [7]		 Liberal
15 August 1912 –
15 August 1916 		Eduardo Schaerer
(1873–1941)		 Liberal
15 August 1916 –
5 June 1919 		Manuel Franco
(1871–1919)		 Liberal
5 June 1919 –
15 August 1920 		José Pedro Montero
(1878–1927) [7]		 Liberal
15 August 1920 –
7 November 1921 		Manuel Gondra
(1871–1927)		 Liberal
7 November 1921 –
12 April 1923 		Eusebio Ayala
(1875–1942) [7]		 Liberal
12 April 1923 –
17 March 1924 		Eligio Ayala
(1879–1930) [7]		 Liberal
17 March 1924 –
15 August 1924 		Luis Alberto Riart
(1880–1953) [7]		 Liberal
15 August 1924 –
15 August 1928 		Eligio Ayala
(1879–1930)		 Liberal
15 August 1928 –
15 August 1932 		José Guggiari
(1884–1957)		 Liberal
15 August 1932 –
17 February 1936 		Eusebio Ayala
(1875–1942)		 Liberal
20 February 1936 –
15 August 1937 		Rafael Franco
(1896–1973) [7]		 Revolutionary Febrerista
16 August 1937 –
15 August 1939 		Félix Paiva
(1877–1965) [10]		 Liberal
15 August 1939 –
7 September 1940 		José Estigarribia
(1888–1940)		 Liberal
7 September 1940 –
3 June 1948 		Higinio Moríñigo
(1897–1983)		 Independent
3 June 1948 –
15 August 1948 		Juan Manuel Frutos
(1879–1960) [7]		 Colorado
15 August 1948 –
30 January 1949 		Juan González
(1897–1966)		 Colorado
30 January 1949 –
27 February 1949 		Raimundo Rolón
(1903–1981) [7]		 Colorado
27 February 1949 –
10 September 1949 		Felipe Molas
(1901–1954) [11]		 Colorado
10 September 1949 –
5 May 1954 		Federico Chávez
(1882–1978) [12]		 Colorado
5 May 1954 –
15 August 1954 		Tomás Romero
(1886–1982) [7]		 Colorado
15 August 1954 –
3 February 1989 		Alfredo Stroessner
(1912–2006) [13]		 Colorado
3 February 1989 –
15 August 1993 		Andrés Rodríguez
(1923–1997) [14]		 Colorado
15 August 1993 –
15 August 1998 		Juan Carlos Wasmosy
(1938–)		 Colorado
15 August 1998 –
28 March 1999 		Raúl Cubas
(1943–)		 Colorado
28 March 1999 –
15 August 2003 		Luis González
(1947–)		 Colorado
15 August 2003 –
15 August 2008 		Nicanor Duarte
(1956–)		 Colorado
15 August 2008 –
22 June 2012 		Fernando Lugo
(1951–)		 Patriotic Alliance for Change
(until 2010)
Guasú Front
(from 2010)
22 June 2012 –
15 August 2013 		Federico Franco
(1962–)		 Authentic Radical Liberal
15 August 2013 –
present 		Horacio Cartes
(1956–)		 Colorado

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay, 1992, Article 189 (subsection 1): "(1) Former presidents of the Republic who were democratically elected will be national senators for life, except for those who were impeached from office.
    (2) They will not count toward a quorum. They will have the right to speak, but not to vote."
  2. ↑ Composed of the following leaders: Vicente Ignacio Iturbe Domínguez; Juan Valeriano de Zevallos; Fulgencio Yegros; Pedro Juan Caballero and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.
  3. ↑ Styled as "Perpetual Supreme Dictator" from 6 June 1816.
  4. ↑ Formally sworn into office on 25 September 1840.
  5. ↑ López and Alonzo would rule jointly, but were occasionally styled First Consul and Second Consul.
  6. ↑ Acting President before 16 October 1862; continued to act as de facto President after deposition until his death on 1 March 1870.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Acting.
  8. ↑ Acting President until 25 November 1870.
  9. ↑ Acting President until 25 November 1882.
  10. ↑ Acting President until 12 October 1938.
  11. ↑ Acting President until 14 May 1949.
  12. ↑ Acting President until 15 August 1953.
  13. ↑ Served eight terms. Elected by presidential elections in 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1988.
  14. ↑ Acting President until 15 May 1989.

Latest election

 Summary of the 21 April 2013 Paraguayan presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Horacio Manuel Cartes JaraColorado Party1,104,16948.48
Pedro Efraín Alegre SasiainAuthentic Radical Liberal Party889,45139.05
Mario Aníbal Ferreiro SanabriaAvanza País¹ RFP141,7166.22
Aníbal Enrique Carillo IramainGuasú Front PCS²79,5733.49
Miguel Garrizosa GalianoBeloved Fatherland Party27,0261.19
Lino César Oviedo SánchezNational Union of Ethical Citizens 19,4160.85
Roberto Carlos Ferreira FrancoParaguayan Humanist Party4,2640.19
Lilian Susana Soto BadauiKuña Pyrenda Movement3,9250.17
Eduardo María Arce SchaererWorkers' Party3,0110.13
Ricardo Martín Almada PérezWhite Party2,7670.12
Atanasio GaleanoFree Homeland Party2,4160.11
Invalid/blank votes131,703–
Total2,409,437100
Registered voters/turnout3,516,27568.52
Source: Justicia Electoral

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