Paraguay
Map
of Paraguay |
Hear
National Anthem
"Paraguayos, Républica
o Muerte!"
(Paraguayans, The
Republic or Death!)
Adopted 1846,
(lyrics from May
1934) |
Former
National Anthem
"Tetã Purahéi" or
"Himno de la
Independencia"
(1831-1846)
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Constitution
(20 Jun 1992)
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Capital:
Asunción
(Piribebuy 1 Jan
1869 -
12 Aug 1869) |
Currency:
Guarani (PYG);
1903-1943 Paraguay Peso (PYP);
1871-1923 Paraguay Peso Fuerte
(PYF); 1813-1870 Paraguay
National Peso (PYN) |
National
Holiday: 14 May (1811)
Día de la Independencia
Nacional
(National Independence Day) |
Population:
7,025,763 (2018)
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GDP: $88.91
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$11.73 billion (2017)
Imports: $11.35
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
mestizo (mixed white and
Amerindian) 85.6%, white
9.3% (of which German 4.4%,
Latin American 3.4%),
Amerindian 1.8%, black 1%,
other 2.3% (2000)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 10,650 (2010)
Merchant marine:
80 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%,
other
Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified
1.9%, none 1.1% (2002)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: APM,
BTWC, CAN (associate), CCM, CD, CELAC,
CPLP (associate observer), CTBT, CWC,
ESCR, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISO
(correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES,
LAIA, LAP, LU, Mercosur, MIGA, NAM
(observer), NPT, NTBT (signatory), OAS,
OPANAL, OPCW, OST, PA (observer), PCA,
PROSUR,
SEGIB, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO
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Paraguay
Index |
Chronology
1516
Discovered by Spanish explorer Juan
Díaz de Solís.
1524
Explored by Spanish explorer Aleja
Garcia.
21 May 1534
Paraguay (Guairá) part of Spanish
colony of Peru.
15 Aug
1537
Asunción founded.
1604 -
1768
Jesuit Order administers a Province
for the
reduction of the Indians.
16 Dec
1617
Province of Paraguay; subordinated to
Audiencia
of Charcas [Upper Peru] see Bolivia;
(1661-1667 subordinated to Buneos
Aires).
Jan 1731 - Jul 1733
Revolución
de los Comuneros
uprising in Asunción.
1756
Guarani Indian rebellion.
8 Aug
1776
Part of Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata
(see Argentina).
14 Apr 1783
Intendancy of Asunción del Paraguay
(within
Río de la Plata).
14/15 May
1811
Insurrection against royal governor
(de facto
independence).
12 Oct 1811 - Dec 1811
Treaty of
confederation with Buenos Aires.
12 Oct
1813
Republic of Paraguay
25 Nov
1842
Paraguayan Congress formally declared
an Act of
Independence.
1 Jan 1869 - 22 Jun 1876
Occupied by Argentina and Brazil.
8 Apr 1882
Spain recognizes
the independence of Paraguay.
10 Jun
1935
Paraguay controls most of Chaco region
by ceasefire
21 Jul 1938
Paraguay awarded three-quarters of the
Chaco
Boreal (approved by referendum 15 Aug
1938).
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Jesuit
Paraguay
Province
(1604-1768)
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Governors
21 May 1534 -
1537
Pedro de Mendoza -Adelantado
(b. c.1499 - d. 1537)
23 Jun 1537 - 1538
Juan de
Ayolas (interim)
(b. 1493? - d. 1538)
23 Jun 1539 - 11 Mar
1542 Domingo Martínez de Irala
(b. 1509 - d. 1556)
(1st time)
11 Mar 1542 - 26 Apr 1544 Alvar
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (b.
c.1488 - d. 1559)
26 Apr 1544 -
1556
Domingo Martínez de Irala
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
3 Oct 1556 - 21 Jul
1558 Gonzalo de
Mendoza
(b. c.1510 - d. 1558)
22 Jul 1558 - 19 Oct
1564 Francisco Ortiz de Vergara
(b. 1524 - d.
1574)
19 Oct 1564 - 11 Dec 1568 Juan
Ortiz de Zárate (1st time) (b. c.1515 - d.
1576)
(acting)
11 Dec 1568 - 14 Jul 1572 Felipe de Cáceres
(interim) (b.
c.1515 - d. 1595)
14 Jul 1572 - 29 Nov 1574 Martín
Suárez de Toledo (interim) (b. 1520 - d.
1584)
29 Nov 1575 - 26 Jan 1576 Juan
Ortiz de Zárate (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
29 Jan 1576 - 3 May 1577
Diego Ortiz de Zárate y Mendieta
(b. 1556 - d. 1577)
(acting)
1577 - 20 Mar
1583
Juan de Garay
(b. 1528 - d. 1583)
1583 - Jun
1587
Juan de Torres Navarrete (interim) (b.
1555 - d. 1611)
2 Apr 1588 - 13 Jul 1592
Juan de Torres de Vera y Aragón (b. 1527 -
d. 1613)
13 Jul 1592 - 8 Jul 1599 Hernando Arias de
Saavedra (b. 1564 - d.
1634)
(Hernandarias)(1st time)
8 Jul 1599 - 20 Dec 1600 Diego Rodríguez
Valdez y de la (b. c.1550 - d.
1600)
Banda
1600 -
1602
Francés de Beaumont y
Navarra (b. c.1645 - d.
c.1620)
(interim to 1601)
1 Aug 1602 -
1609
Hernando Arias de Saavedra
(s.a.)
(Hernandarias) (2nd time)
22 Dec 1609 - 26 Jul 1613 Diego Marín de Negrón
(b.
c.1569 - d. 1613)
27 Jul 1613 - 26 Dec 1613 Francisco González de
Santacruz (b. 1560 - d. 1638)
(interim)
27 Dec 1613 - 8 Jan 1615 Mateo Leal de
Ayala
(b. 1579 - d. 1627)
3 May 1615 - 17 May 1618 Hernando Arias de
Saavedra (s.a.)
(Hernandarias) (3rd time)
18 May 1618 - 21 Oct 1621 Pedro Hurtado de
Mendoza (interim) (b. 1567 - d. 1648)
21 Oct 1621 - 1627
Manuel de
Frías
(b. c.1568 - d. 1627)
1628 - 1631
Luis de Céspedes García
Xería
1631 - 1633
Cabildo de Asunción
1633 - 1636
Martín de Ledesma
Valderrama (b. c.1575 -
d. 1650)
1636 - 1641
Pedro de Lugo y Navarra
(d. 1642)
1641 - 27 Jun 1641 Juan
de Velasco Villasanti
27 Jun 1641 - 2 Feb 1647 Gregorio de
Hinestrosa
(b. 1610 - d. 1647)
2 Feb 1647 - 26 Feb 1649 Diego de Enobre
Osorio (d.
1649)
4 Mar 1649 - 1 Oct 1649 Fray
Bernardino de Cárdenas y
(b. 1562 - d. 1668)
Ponce (acting)
1 Oct 1649 - 10 Oct 1650 Sebástian de León y
Zárate
(b. 1606 - d. 1672)
10 Oct 1650 - 26 Jul 1653 Antonio de León
Garabito e (b. 1600 -
d. 1675)
Illescas
26 Jul 1653 - 25 Aug 1656 Cristóbal de Garay y
Saavedra (b. 1600 - d. 1673)
21 Sep 1656 - 24 Sep 1659 Juan Antonio Blázquez
de (b. 1603 - d.
c.1666)
Valverde
y Núñez de Prado
24 Sep 1659 - 25 Aug 1662 Alonso Sarmiento de
Sotomayor (d. 1687)
y Figueroa
25 Aug 1662 - 13 Apr 1671 Juan Díez de Andino
(1st time) (d. 1684)
13 Apr 1671 - 1 Jul 1675 Felipe Rege
Corvalán (1st time)
1675 - 1676
Cabildo de Asunción
19 Oct 1676 - 7 Oct 1681 Felipe
Rege Corvalán (2nd time)
7 Oct 1681 - Aug 1684
Juan Díaz de Andino (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Oct 1684 - 29 Oct 1684 Antonio de Vera
Mújica
(b. 1620 - d. 1684)
30 Oct 1684 - 1685
Alonso Fernández Marcial
30 Oct 1685 - 1 Aug 1691 Francisco de
Monforte
(b. c.1642 - d. 1691)
22 Oct 1692 - 4 Dec 1696 Sebastián
Félix de Mendiola (b. 16.. -
d. 1706)
(1st time)
4 Dec 1696 - 27 Jun 1702 Juan Rodríguez
Cota
27 Jun 1702 - 26 Sep 1705 Antonio de Escobar y
Gutiérrez (b. 16.. - d. 1706)
26 Sep 1705 - 9 Feb 1706 Sebastián Félix
de Mendiola (s.a.)
(2nd time)
9 Feb 1706 - 10 Oct 1707 Baltazar García
Ros
(b. c.1670 - d. 1740)
10 Oct 1707 - 1712
Manuel de
Robles Lorenzana (d. 1724)
5 Jun 1713 - 23 Jan 1717 Juan Gregorio
Bazán de (b.
1664 - d. 1717)
Pedrazza
Tejeda
23 Jan 1717 - 5 Feb 1717 Andrés Ortíz
de Ocampo
5 Feb 1717 - 14 Sep 1721 Diego de los
Reyes y Balmaceda (b. 1690 – d. 1733)
(1st time)
14 Sep 1721 - 6 Jun 1722 José de Antequera
y Castro (b. 1689
- d. 1731)
(1st time)(acting)
1722
Diego de los Reyes y
Balmaceda (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1722 - 5 Mar 1725
José de Antequera y Castro
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
29 Apr 1725 - 4 May 1725 Bruno Mauricio de
Zabala (b. 1682 - d.
1736)
(1st
time)
4 May 1725 - 28 Dec 1730 Martín de Barúa
(b. 16.. - d. 1739)
27 Jan 1731 - 28 Jan 1731 Ignacio de Soroeta
Jan 1731 -
1731
Commune (comuneros)
+ Matías de Saldívar
+ Francisco de Rosa
+ José Luis Barreiro
+ Pedro Bogarín
(in rebellion)
1731
Alonso Reyes (in rebellion)
Presidents of the Governing Junta (later General
Junta)
1731
José Luis Barreiro
1731 -
1732
Miguel de Garay
1732 - Jul
1733
Antonio Ruíz de Arellano
Governors
27 Jul 1733 - 14 Sep 1733 Manuel Agustín de
Ruiloba y (d. 1733)
Calderón
27 Sep 1733 - 9 Dec 1733 Fray Juuan de
Arregui y Gutiérrez (b. 1656 - d. 1736)
obispo de Buenos Aires
9 Dec 1733 - 30 Mar 1735 Cristóbal
Domínguez de Ovelar
30 Mar 1735 - Jan 1736 Bruno
Mauricio de Zabala
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1736 -
1741
Martín José de Jáuregui
(b. 1690 - d. 1749)
7 Nov 1740 - 10 Aug 1747 Rafael de la
Moneda
10 Aug 1741 - 10 Nov 1749 Marcos José de
Larrázabal (b. 1710 -
d. 1790)
10 Nov 1749 - 2 Apr 1761 Jaime Sansust
1756
(Nicolás) Nanguiru "Nicholas I"
(d. 1756)
(in rebellion; chief of the Guarani self-styled
"king of Paraguay, emperor of the Mamelucos")
2 Apr 1761 - 30 Nov 1764 José Martínez
Fontes
(b. 1729 - d. 1764)
30 Nov 1764 - 29 Sep 1766 Fulgencio de Yegros y
Ledesma (b. 1705 - d. 1772)
29 Sep 1766 - 23 Aug 1772 Carlos Morphy
(d. 1774)
23 Aug 1772 - 1 Feb 1778 Agustín Fernando
de Pinedo y (b. c.1720 - d.
1780)
Fernández de Valdivieso
1 Feb 1778 - 14 Apr 1783 Pedro José António
Melo de (b. 1733 - d.
1797)
Portugal y de la Rocha Calderon
Military and Political Governors and Intendants of the
Province
of Paraguay and the Thirty Pueblos of the Guaraní
Missions
14 Apr 1783 - 21 Aug 1787 Pedro
José António Melo de
(s.a.)
Portugal y de la Rocha Calderon
21 Aug 1787 - 7 Apr 1796 Joaquín
Alós y Brú
(b. 1746 - d. 1827)
7 Apr 1796 - 5 May 1806 Lázaro de
Ribera y Espinoza de (b. 1756 - d. 1824)
los Monteros
5 May 1806 - 13 Mar 1807 Bernardo Luis de
Velasco y (b. 1742 - d.
c.1821)
Huidobro (1st time)
13 Mar 1807 - 19 Oct 1808 Manuel Gutiérrez
Varona (interim)
19 Oct 1809 - 19 Jun 1809 Eustaquio Giannini
Bentallol (b. 1750
- d. 1814)
(interim)
19 Jun 1809 - 9 Jun 1811 Bernardo Luis de
Velasco y (s.a.)
Huidobro (2nd time)
16 May 1811 - 20 Jun 1811 Government
- Bernardo Luis de Velasco y
(s.a.)
Huidobro (to 9 Jun 1811)
- José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (b. 1766 - d. 1840)
y Velasco
- Juan Valeriano de
Zeballos (b. 1766 -
d. c.1822)
President of the Superior Governing Junta
20 Jun 1811 - 12 Oct 1813 Superior
Governing Junta
- Fulgencio Yegros y Franco
de (b. 1780 - d. 1821)
Torres (president)
- José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
(s.a.)
y Velasco
- Francisco Javier Bogarín
(b. 1763 - d. 1830)
Villamayor (to 2 Sep 1811)
- Pedro Juan Caballero García
(b. 1785 - d. 1820)
- Fernando de la Mora y del Cazal (b. 1785
- d. 1835)
(to 18 Sep 1813)
Consuls of the Republic
(consuls alternated in power every 4 months in post of
"consul in turn")
12 Oct 1813 - 4 Oct 1814 José Gaspar
Rodríguez de Francia (s.a.)
y Velasco
12 Oct 1813 - 4 Oct 1814 Fulgencio Yegros
y Franco de (s.a.)
Torres
Supreme Dictator (from 1 Jun 1816, Perpetual
Supreme Dictator)
4 Oct 1814 - 20 Sep 1840 José Gaspar
Rodríguez de Francia (s.a.)
y Velasco
President of the Provisional Government Junta
20 Sep 1840 - 22 Jan 1841 Manuel Antonio
Ortíz
(sworn in 25 Sep 1840)
President of the Provisional Junta
22 Jan 1841 - 9 Feb 1841 Juan José Medina
Commandant-General of the Army
9 Feb 1841 - 14 Mar 1841 Mariano Roque
Alonzo Romero
(b. 1792 - d. 1853)
Supreme Government of the Republic (Consuls of the
Republic)
14 Mar 1841 - 13 Mar 1844 Carlos Antonio López
Ynsfrán (b. 1792 - d.
1862)
+ Mariano Roque Alonzo Romero
(s.a.)
(ruling jointly, but occasionally styled
First Consul, Second Consul respectively)
Presidents
14 Mar 1844 - 10 Sep 1862 Carlos Antonio López
Ynsfrán (s.a.)
10 Sep 1862 - 15 Aug 1869 Francisco Solano López
Carrillo (b. 1827 - d. 1870)
(acting to 16 Oct 1862; continues
after deposition to 1 Mar 1870)
15 Aug 1869 - 31 Aug 1870 Provisional
Government (Triumvirate)
- Cirilo
Antonio Rivarola Acosta (b. 1836 - d. 1879)
- Carlos
Lóizaga Machaín
(b. 1806 - d. ....)
- José Ponciano
Díaz de Bedoya (b. 1831 - d. 1880)
y Quin
de Valdovinos (to ...1870)
31 Aug 1870 - 1 Sep 1870 José Facundo
Machaín Recalde (b. 1847 - d. 1877)
(provisional)
1 Sep 1870 - 18 Dec 1871 Cirilo Antonio
Rivarola Acosta (s.a.)
(provisional to 25 Nov 1870)
18 Dec 1871 - 25 Nov 1874 Salvador Silvestre del
Rosario (b. 1833 - d. 1874)
Jovellanos Guanes (acting)
25 Nov 1874 - 12 Apr 1877 Juan Bautista Gill y
García del (b. 1840 - d. 1877)
Barrio
12 Apr 1877 - 25 Nov 1878 José Higinio Uriarte y
García del (b. 1843 - d. 1909)
Barrio (acting)
25 Nov 1878 - 4 Sep 1880 Cándido Pastor
Bareiro Caballero (b. 1833 - d. 1880)
4 Sep 1880 (hours)
Adolfo Saguier Viana (acting) (b.
1832 - d. 1902)
(prevented from taking office)
4 Sep 1880 - 25 Nov 1886 Bernardino
Caballero de Añasco y (b. 1839 - d.
1912) PC
Melgarejo (provisional to 25 Nov 1882)
25 Nov 1886 - 25 Nov 1890 Patricio Alejandrino
Escobar (b. 1843 - d. 1912)
PC
Cáceres
25 Nov 1890 - 9 Jun 1894 Juan Gualberto
González
(b. 1851 - d. 1912) PC
9 Jun 1894 - 25 Nov 1894 Marcos Antonio
Morínigo Fleitas (b. 1848 - d. 1901)
PC
(acting)
25 Nov 1894 - 25 Nov 1898 Juan Bautista Luis
Egusquiza Isasi (b. 1845 - d. 1902) PC
25 Nov 1898 - 9 Jan 1902 Emilio Aceval
Marín
(b. 1853 - d. 1931) PC
9 Jan 1902 - 25 Nov 1902 Andrés Héctor
Carvallo Acosta (b. 1848 - d.
1901) PC
(acting)
25 Nov 1902 - 19 Dec 1904 Juan Antonio
Escurra
(b. 1859 - d. 1929) PC
19 Dec 1904 - 9 Dec 1905 Juan Bautista
Gaona Figueredo (b. 1845 -
d. 1932) PL
(provisional)
9 Dec 1905 - 25 Nov 1906 Cecilio Báez
González (provisional)(b. 1862 - d. 1941) PL
25 Nov 1906 - 4 Jul 1908 Benigno Asunción
Ferreira
(b. 1846 - d. 1920) PL
4 Jul 1908 - 25 Nov 1910 Emiliano González
Navero (1st time)(b. 1861 - d. 1934) PL
(acting)
25 Nov 1910 - 18 Jan 1911 Manuel Gondra Pereira
(1st time) (b. 1871 - d. 1927) PL
18 Jan 1911 - 5 Jul 1911 Albino Jara
Benegas (provisional) (b. 1877 - d. 1912) PL
5 Jul 1911 - 29 Feb 1912 Liberato Marcial
Rojas Cabral (b. 1870 - d.
1922) PL
(provisional)
14 Jan 1912 – 17 Jan 1912 Triumvirate
(in dissidence)
- José Alfredo Aponte Silveros
(b. 1874 - d. 1924)
- Mario Usher Genes
(b. 1884 - d. 1931)
- Marcos Honorio Caballero Codas
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
29 Feb 1912 - 22 Mar 1912 Pedro Pablo
Peña
Cañete
(b. 1864 - d. 1943) PL
(provisional)
22 Mar 1912 - 15 Aug 1912 Emiliano González
Navero (2nd
time)(s.a.)
PL
(provisional)
15 Aug 1912 - 15 Aug 1916 Eduardo Schaerer Vera
y Aragón (b. 1873 - d.
1941) PL
15 Aug 1916 - 5 Jun 1919 Manuel
Franco
(b. 1871 - d. 1919) PL
6 Jun 1919 - 15 Aug 1920 José Pedro
Montero
Candia
(b. 1878 - d. 1927) PL
15 Aug 1920 - 7 Nov 1921 Manuel Gondra
Pereira (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PL
7 Nov 1921 - 11 Apr 1923 Eusebio Ayala
(1st
time)
(b. 1875 - d. 1942) PL
(provisional)
11 Apr 1923 - 17 Mar 1924 José Eligio Ayala (1st
time) (b. 1879 - d.
1930) PL
(provisional)
17 Mar 1924 - 15 Aug 1924 Luis Alberto Riart
Vera y Aragón (b. 1880 - d. 1953) PL
(provisional)
15 Aug 1924 - 15 Aug 1928 José Eligio Ayala (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
PL
15 Aug 1928 - 15 Aug 1932 José Patricio Guggiari
Corniglione (b. 1884 - d. 1957) PL
15 Aug 1932 - 17 Feb 1936 Eusebio Ayala (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
PL
17 Feb 1936 - 20 Feb 1936 Federico Wenman Smith
Rojas (b. 1902 - d.
1985) Mil
(commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Nation)
20 Feb 1936 - 15 Aug 1937 Rafael de la Cruz
Franco Ojeda (b. 1896 - d.
1973) Mil + UNR
(provisional)
16 Aug 1937 - 15 Aug 1939 Félix
Paiva
(b. 1877 - d. 1965) PL
(provisional to 12 Oct 1938)
15 Aug 1939 - 7 Sep 1940 José Félix
Estigarribia Insaurralde(b. 1888 - d. 1940) PL
7 Sep 1940 - 8 Sep 1940 Alejandro
Marín Iglesias (acting) (b. 1907 - d. 1988)
PL
(president of the council of ministers)
8 Sep 1940 - 3 Jun 1948 Higinio
Morínigo
Martínez
(b. 1897 - d. 1983) Mil
(provisional to 16 Oct 1940)
3 Jun 1948 - 15 Aug 1948 Juan Manuel
Frutos
Escurra
(b. 1879 - d. 1960) Non-party
(provisional)
15 Aug 1948 - 30 Jan 1949 Juan Natalicio
González Paredes (b. 1897 - d.
1966) ANR-PC
30 Jan 1949 - 26 Feb 1949 Raimundo Rolón
Villasanti
(b. 1903 - d. 1981) Mil/ANR-PC
(provisional)
27 Feb 1949 - 11 Sep 1949 Felipe Benigno Molas
López
(b. 1901 - d. 1954) ANR-PC
(provisional to 14 May 1949)
11 Sep 1949 - 8 May 1954 Federico Chaves
Careaga
(b. 1882 - d. 1978) ANR-PC
(provisional to 15 Aug 1953)
6 May 1954 - 15 Aug 1954 Tomás Romero
Pereira
(b. 1886 - d. 1982) ANR-PC
(President of the Government Junta in
rebellion to 8 May 1954; then provisional)
15 Aug 1954 - 3 Feb 1989 Alfredo
Stroessner
Matiauda (b.
1912 - d. 2006) Mil/ANR-PC
3 Feb 1989 - 15 Aug 1993 Andrés Rodríguez
Pedotti
(b. 1923 - d. 1997) Mil/ANR-PC
(provisional to 15 May 1989)
15 Aug 1993 - 15 Aug 1998 Juan Carlos María
Wasmosy Monti (b.
1938)
ANR-PC
15 Aug 1998 - 28 Mar 1999 Raúl Alberto Cubas
Grau
(b.
1943)
ANR-PC
28 Mar 1999 - 15 Aug 2003 Luis Ángel González
Macchi
(b.
1947)
ANR-PC
15 Aug 2003 - 15 Aug 2008 Óscar Nicanor Duarte
Frutos (b.
1956)
ANR-PC
15 Aug 2008 - 22 Jun 2012 Fernando Armindo
Lugo Méndez (b. 1951)
PDC
22 Jun 2012 - 15 Aug 2013 Luis Federico
Franco Gómez
(b.
1962) PRLA
15 Aug 2013 - 15 Aug 2018
Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
(b. 1956)
ANR-PC
15 Aug 2018 - 15
Aug 2023 Mario Abdo
Benítez
(b.
1971)
ANR-PC
15 Aug 2023
-
Santiago Peña
Palacios
(b.
1978)
ANR-PC
Brazilian Military Occupation Commanders
19 Jan 1869 - 15 Apr 1869 Guilherme
Xavier de Sousa (b.
1818 - d. 1870)
16 Apr 1869 - Apr 1870
Luís Felipe Maria Fernando Gastão (b. 1842 - d.
1922)
de Orleans, conde d'Eu
May 1870 - May
1875 José
Antonio da Silva Guimarães, (b. 1819 - d. 1880)
barão
de Jaguarão
10 May 1875 - 22 Jun 1876 Frederico
Augusto de Mesquita, (b. 1822 -
d. 1884)
barão de Cacequi
Territorial Disputes: Unruly region
at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders
is
locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and
illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for
extremist organizations.
Party abbreviations: ANR-PC =
Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado
(Republican National Alliance-Colorado Party,
conservative, nationalist, 1947-1962 only legal party,
est.1887); APC = Alianza
Patriótica por el Cambio (Patriotic Alliance for Change,
center-left coalition, est.2008); PDC = Partido
Demócrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party,
christian democratic, center-right, est.15 May 1960); PLRA
= Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (Authentic Radical
Liberal Party, liberal, former PL, est.1978); Mil
= Military;
- Former parties:
PC = Partido Colorado (Colorado
Party, nationalist, conservative, est.1887, renamed
ARN-PC); PL = Partido Liberal
(Liberal Party, radical liberal, named Centro
Democrático to 1890, 1887-1946); UNR =
Unión Nacional Revolucionaria (National Revolutionary
Union, socialist, 1936-1937)
Jesuit Province of Paraguay
1604
Loyola's Society of Jesus ('Jesuits')
granted territorial
privileges for Indian reductions of
eastern Paraguay, area
known as Provincia Jesuítica del Paraguay.
1756 -
1757
Guarani Indian rebellion.
27 Feb
1767
Jesuits are expelled, the former province is divided
between
Spain (Río de la Plata/Paraguay)
and Portugal (Brazil)
(effected 23
Aug 1768).
Provincials of the Province of Paraguay of the
Company of Jesus
1604/07 -
1615
Diego de Torres Bollo
(b. 1550 - d. 1638)
1615 - 1623
Pedro Escobar de Oñate
(b. 1567 - d. 1646)
1624 - 1629
Nicolás Durán
Mastrilli (b.
1570 - d. 1653)
1629 - 1633
Francisco Vásquez Trujillo
(b. 1571 - d. 1652)
1634 -
1641
Diego de Boroa (Beroa)
(b. 1585 - d. 1657)
1641 - 1645
Francisco Lupercio de Zurbano (b.
1590 - d. 1667)
1645 -
1651
Juan Bautista Ferrufino
(b. 1581 - d. 1655)
1651 - 1654
Juan Pastor
(b. 1580 - d.
1658)
1655 -
1658
Francisco Vásquez de la
Mota
1658 -
1664
Simón de Ojeda
(b.
1589 - d. 1673)
1664 -
1666
Francisco Jimenez
1666 -
1669
Andrés de Rada
(b.
1601 - d. 1672)
1669 -
1672
Agustín de Aragón
(b. 1609 - d. 1678)
1672 -
1677
Cristóbal de Gómez
(b. 1610 - d.
1680)
1677 -
1681
Diego Francisco de Altamirano (b.
1625 - d. 1715)
1681 -
1684
Tomás de Baeza
1684 -
1689
Tomás Dombidas
1689 -
1692
Gregorio Orozco
1692 -
1695
Lauro Nuñez (1st time)
(b. 1632 - d. 1719)
1695 -
1698
Simon de Léon
1698 -
1702
Ignacio de Frias
1702 -
1706
Lauro Nuñez (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1706 -
1709
Blas de Silva
1709 -
1713
Antonio Garriga
(b. 1662 - d. 1733)
1713 -
1717
Luis de la Roca (1st time)
1717 -
1719
Juan Bautista de Zea
(b. 1654 - d. 1719)
1719 -
1722
José de Aguirre
1722 -
1726
Luis de la Roca (2nd time)
1726 -
1729
Ignacio de Arteaga
1729 -
1733
Jerónimo Herrán
(b. 1671 - d. 1743)
1733 -
1739
Diego de Aguilar
1739 -
1743
Antonio Machoni
(b. 1671 - d. 1753)
1743 -
1747
Bernardo Nusdorfer
(b. 1686 - d. 1762)
1747 -
1751
Manuel Querini
(b. 1694 - d. 1776)
1751 -
1757
José Barreda
(b. 1687 - d. 1763)
1751 -
1761
Alonso Fernández
1761 -
1766
Pedro Juan Andreu
(b. 1697 - d. 1777)
1766 - 1768
Manuel Vergara
(b. 1711 - d. 1770)
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