Francisco José de Vargas Benítez (born 22 October 1970
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Paraguayan lawyer and politician.
Biography
De Vargas studied law at the
Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción; he specialized in
Criminal Law
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A man with strong ties to the
Authentic Radical Liberal Party of former President
Federico Franco
Luis Federico Franco Gómez (born 24 July 1962) is a Paraguayan politician who was President of Paraguay from June 2012 until August 2013. A member of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), he was elected as Vice President of Paraguay in th ...
, he worked combatting illegal drug trade.
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On 15 August 2013 he was sworn in as Interior Minister of Paraguay in the
cabinet
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of President
Horacio Cartes.
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References
1970 births
Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción alumni
20th-century Paraguayan lawyers
Criminal defense lawyers
Authentic Radical Liberal Party politicians
Interior ministers of Paraguay
Living people
21st-century Paraguayan lawyers
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