Roberto L. Pettit (1922–1954) was a Paraguayan
medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
, former head of
Paraguay's Institute of Agrarian Reform, and one-time leader of the youth wing of the
Colorado Party. He was appointed chief of police by
Federico Chávez and was killed during the attack on police headquarters during the
1954 Paraguayan coup d'etat. The neighborhood
Roberto L. Pettit is named after him.
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1922 births
1954 deaths
Paraguayan physicians