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Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

from 1846 to the present day. *1846–1855:

José Falcón José Carlos Frita Falcão, known as José Falcón (30 August 1944 – 11 August 1974) was a Portuguese matador whose bullfighting career spanned just over a decade. , he was the last matador to be killed in the ring. Born in Aldeia de Póvo ...

*1855–1862: Nicolás Vázquez *1862:

Domingo Francisco Sánchez Domingo Francisco Sánchez Corvalán (20 March 1795 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguayan politician and statesman who served as the Vice President of Paraguay during the administration of Francisco Solano López from 1865 to 1870. Sánchez w ...

*1862–1868:

José Berges José Timoteo de la Paz Berges Villaalta (c. 1820 – 21 December 1868) was a Paraguayan diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López and the Paraguayan War The Paraguayan ...

*1868: Gumersindo Benítez (acting) *1868–1869: Luis Caminos *1869–1870: Serapio Machaín (acting) *1870: Bernardo Recalde (acting) *1870–1871: Miguel Palacios *1871:

Carlos Loizaga Carlos Loizaga was member of the Paraguayan Triumvirate established by the occupying allied forces following the death of Francisco Solano López Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 – 1 March 1870) was President of Para ...

*1871–1872:

*1872–1873: Gregorio Benítez Inchausti *1873–1874: José del Rosario Miranda (acting) *1874:

Cándido Bareiro Cándido Pastor Bareiro Caballero (October 27, 1833 in Luque Paraguay – September 4, 1880 in Asuncion, Paraguay) was President of Paraguay from 27 November 1878 to 4 September 1880 and the leading politician of the post-war decade. Bareiro se ...

*1874: José Higinio Uriarte García *1874–1877:

Facundo Machaín Facundo Machaín (November 26, 1845 – October 29, 1877) was Head of state and government of Paraguay, President of Paraguay. His period of government lasted barely one day between August 31 and September 1, 1870, but was important for the politi ...

*1877: Benjamín Aceval *1877–1878: Juan Antonio Jara *1878–1880: Benjamín Aceval *1880–1886: José Segundo Decoud *1886–1887: Benjamín Aceval *1887–1888: José Segundo Decoud *1888–1890:

Juan Crisóstomo Centurión ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

*1890–1894: Venancio Víctor López *1894–1895: Héctor Velázquez *1895–1900: José Segundo Decoud *1900–1901: Fabio Queirolo *1901–1902: Juan Cancio Flecha *1902: Manuel Domínguez *1902–1903:

Pedro Pablo Peña Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

*1903: Cayetano A. Carreras *1903–1904: Antolín Irala *1904–1905:

Gualberto Cardús Huerta Gualberto is a given name and surname of Italian origin. Notable people with this name include: Surname * Flávio Gualberto (born 1993), Brazilian volleyball player * João Bosco Gualberto de Freitas, also known Biro-Biro (footballer, born 1974) ...

*1905:

Cecilio Báez Cecilio Báez González (January 1, 1862 – June 18, 1941) was provisional President of Paraguay from December 8, 1905 to November 25, 1906. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Early life and career Dr. Cecilio Báez González was born in As ...

*1905–1906: Cayetano A. Carreras (acting) *1906: Adolfo Rufo Soler *1906–1908:

*1908:

Eusebio Ayala Eusebio Ayala (August 14, 1875 – June 4, 1942) was an intellectual and statesman, and List of Presidents of Paraguay, President of Paraguay from 7 November 1921 to 12 April 1923 and again from 15 August 1932 to 17 February 1936. He was a member o ...

*1908–1910:

Manuel Gondra Manuel Gondra Pereira (1 January 1871 – 8 March 1927) was the 21st List of Presidents of Paraguay, President of Paraguay who served from 25 November 1910 to 11 January 1911 and again from 15 August 1920 to 31 October 1921. Born in Buenos Aire ...

*1910–1911: Héctor Velázquez *1911:

*1911: Teodosio González *1911: Carlos Luis Isasi *1911–1912: Antolín Irala *1912: Fulgencio Ricardo Moreno *1912:

Félix Paiva Félix Paiva (21 February 1877, Caazapá, Caazapá Department – 2 November 1965, Asunción) was a Paraguayan politician from the Liberal Party. He studied law and worked as university teacher, rector of the University and president of the Sup ...

*1912:

*1912–1913:

*1913–1918:

*1918–1919:

*1919–1920: Ramón Lara Castro *1920–1921: Manuel Peña Rojas *1921–1923: Alejandro Arce *1923–1924: Rogelio Ibarra Muñoz *1924–1925: Manuel Peña Rojas *1925–1928:

Enrique Bordenave Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

*1928–1931: Gerónimo Zubizarreta *1931–1932: Raúl Casal Ribeiro *1932: Higinio Arbo *1932–1934: Justo Pastor Benítez *1935–1936:

Luis Alberto Riart Luis Alberto Riart Vera (21 June 1880 – 1 October 1953) was a Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay from 17 March 1924 until 15 August 1924. His Government When Eligio Ayala renounced the presidency on March 17, 1924, Riart took c ...

*1936–1937:

Juan Stefanich ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

*1937–1938:

*1938–1939: Elías Ayala *1939–1940: Justo Pastor Prieto Rojas *1940: Justo Pastor Benítez *1940: Tomás Andrés Salomoni *1940–1944: Luis Andrés Argaña *1944–1946: Horacio Chiriani Cotor *1946: Antonio Alberto Taboada *1946–1947: Miguel Ángel Soler *1947:

Federico Chaves Federico (; ) is a given name and surname. It is a form of Frederick, most commonly found in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. People with the given name Federico Artists * Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan composer and DJ. * Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, ...

*1947–1948: César Augusto Vasconsellos *1948: Domingo Montanaro *1948–1949: Juan Emiliano O'Leary (acting) *1949:

*1949–1952: Bernardo Ocampos *1952–1953: Ángel Florentín Peña (acting to 1953) *1953–1954: José Antonio Moreno González *1954–1956: Hipólito Sánchez Quell *1956–1976: Raúl Sapena Pastor *1975–1983: Alberto Nogués (acting for Sapena to 1976) *1983–1988: Carlos Augusto Saldívar *1988–1989: Rodney Elpidio Acevedo *1989–1990:

Luis María Argaña Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro (October 3, 1932 – March 23, 1999) was a prominent Paraguayan politician and Supreme Court judge. He was an influential member of the Colorado Party and rose to the Vice-Presi ...

*1990–1993: Alexis Frutos Vaesken *1993: Diógenes Martínez *1993–1996: Luis María Ramírez Boettner *1996–1998: Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni *1998–1999: Dido Florentín Bogado *1999: Miguel Abdón Saguier *1999–2000:

José Félix Fernández Estigarribia José Félix Fernández Estigarribia (born 4 February 1941) is a Paraguayan politician and diplomat. He studied law at the National University of Asunción. He served twice as Foreign Minister of Paraguay, first under Luis González Macchi (19 ...

*2000–2001: Juan Esteban Aguirre Martínez *2001–2003: José Antonio Moreno Ruffinelli *2003–2006: Leila Rachid de Cowles *2006–2008: Rubén Ramírez Lezcano *2008–2009:

Alejandro Hamed Alejandro Hamed Franco (26 February 1934 – 24 April 2023) Paraguayan politician who was appointed foreign minister by President Fernando Lugo, a term he served between 2008 and 2009. At the time of his death he was nominated to become the ne ...

*2009–2011: Héctor Lacognata *2011–2012: Jorge Lara Castro *2012–2013:

*2013–2018:

Eladio Loizaga Eladio Loizaga Caballero (born 17 March 1949) is a Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat. Biography Loizaga studied law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, where he graduated in 1973; he devoted himself to the areas of International Law, Civil L ...

*2018–2019: Luis Castiglioni *2019–2020: Antonio Rivas Palacios *2020–2021: Federico González Franco *2020–present: Euclides Acevedo

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