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Luis Federico Franco Gómez (born 24 July 1962) is a
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an politician who was
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from June 2012 until August 2013. A member of the
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(PLRA), he was elected as
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in the 2008 presidential election as the running mate of
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; he took office in August 2008. Following Lugo's impeachment by the Senate on 22 June 2012, he succeeded Lugo as President to complete the presidential mandate until 15 August 2013. Franco is a surgeon by profession. He is the brother of Julio César Franco, senator and former chairman of
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, and also a former Vice President. Federico Franco is also former chairman of PLRA and was Governor of
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from 2003 to 2008.


Biography


Early life

Federico Franco was born in the city of
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on 24 July 1962. He was married on 20 February 1982 to Emilia Alfaro, elected deputy of Paraguay for the period 2008–2013. He is the father of four children. Franco studied primary school in the Dominican Republic, its baseline were conducted at the National College of the Capital. His secondary education took place in the Apostolic College San Jose, all in Asunción. As for the tertiary level, he hoped to become a doctor so he entered the Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Asuncion. Upon completion of the coursework in 1986 he received the title of Surgeon with an overall average of 4.56 to 5.00. Then he obtained a graduate degree in Internal Medicine.


Medical career

The Franco family owns a hospital in the city of Fernando de la Mora (''Sanatorio Franco''), he and his brothers owned, staffed since its inception. During the period 1990–1991 he served as head of interns and residents 1CCM Hospital de Clinicas (HC), also as head of emergency call, 1CCM (HC). He was an instructor of medical semiology (1991–1992), head of National Guard Hospital (1994–1996) and chief of internal medicine residents from the same place. He was also chief room of the National Hospital Medical Clinic and head of cardiology ward of the hospital. On 24 June 1991 was a member of the Paraguayan Society of Internal Medicine and member of the Executive Committee of the Paraguayan Society of Internal Medicine.


Political career

Federico Franco was governor of the Central department during the 2003–2008 period, for the
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. The party discussed in 2008 if they should support the ticket of Lugo in the presidential election or share the candidacy with him; the second option prevailed and Franco ran for the vice-presidency under Lugo's ticket. He was critical of the presidency of Lugo, such as with the management of lands and the 2009 controversy about Lugo's son. Lugo was impeached on 21 June 2012 and removed from office a day later. The UNASUR expressed concerns that Lugo's removal amounted to a coup d'état, since Lugo had only two hours to prepare a defense. Federico Franco then became the new president, taking the
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an hour later. He served the balance of Lugo's term, which lasted until August 2013. He was barred from running for a full term in
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; the Constitution does not allow a president to run for reelection even if he serves a partial term.


Presidency

One of Franco's first acts was to replace Rubén Candia Amarilla as Interior Minister with
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. Candia Amarilla had briefly succeeded Carlos Filizzola as Fernando Lugo's Interior Minister, after Filizzola resigned on 15 June. Franco also promptly resumed stalled negotiations with Rio Tinto Alcan over a $4 billion aluminum plant and approved sales of genetically modified soy beans from Monsanto.


=Corruption

= In spite of its brevity and of the initial good economic situation of
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, the presidential management of Federico Franco was characterized by the significant increase of the financial deficit of the country. After his departure from power, the new government blamed him for having plundered the state's resources through a vast system of corruption and clientelism organized around the Liberal Party. The former president was subsequently denounced by several of his political collaborators (one of whom himself was sentenced to 6 years in prison for corruption) for misappropriations of public money made on his initiative. From 2008, when he took office in the government, to its exit of the power in 2012, his fortune increased by almost 750%.


=Cabinet

= * Ministry of Foreign Affairs: José Félix Fernández Estigarribia * Ministry of Finance:
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* Ministry of Internal Affairs:
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* Ministry of National Defence: María Liz García de Arnold * Ministry of Public Works and Communications:
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* Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare: Antonio Arbo * Ministry of Agriculture and Stockbreeding:
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* Ministry of Education and Culture:
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* Ministry of Justice and Labor: María Lorena Segovia Azucas


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Biography by CIDOB
(in Spanish) , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Franco, Federico 1962 births Authentic Radical Liberal Party politicians Living people Governors of Central Department Paraguayan surgeons People from Asunción Presidents of Paraguay Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni Vice presidents of Paraguay