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Julio César Franco (politician)
Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez (born 17 April 1951 Senate of Paraguay The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (''Cámara de Senadores''), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The Paraguayan bicameral legislature, which included the Sena ...Senador Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez accessed 29 June 2012) is a Paraguayan politician of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. He was vice president from 2000 to 2002, served as senator from 1998 to 2003, and was presidential candidate for the Authentic Radical Liberal Party in the 2003 Paraguayan general election, 2003 election, losing to Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party (Paraguay), Colorado Party. He was elected to the Senate again in 2008. Franco is a surgeon by profession, with a degree from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Following the March 1999 murder of Vice President Luis María Argaña, Senator Franco was elected in 2000 Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Paraguay
The vice president of Paraguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Paraguayan government, after the president of Paraguay. The position of vice president was created with the Constitution of 1844, although it was the title given to ex officio members temporarily replacing the elected president in case of death or absence, and was not a position elected alongside the president. The Constitution of 1870 established the position with a permanent character, requiring election alongside the president and assigning to it the presidency of the National Congress and the one of the Senate. The position disappeared between 1940 and 1993, as the Constitutions of 1940 and 1967 abolished it. Only in 1992, with the new National Constitution, the position of vice president was reinstalled within the political institutional scheme of Paraguay. The vice president serves a five-year term, running on the same ticket as the president. He is not eligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
