Constitutional Regulations (1811–1862)
editNo. | Portrait | Dictator (Lifespan)
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Term of office | Political party | Title | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
A | José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766–1840) |
14 May 1811 12 October 1813 |
20 September 1840 | 29 years, 129 days | Independent | Consul of the Republic Perpetual Dictator | ||
B | Carlos Antonio López (1792–1862) |
20 September 1840 13 March 1844 |
10 September 1862 | 21 years, 355 days | Independent | Perpetual Dictator President for Life |
Constitutions of Paraguay (since 1844)
editNo. | Portrait | President (Lifespan)
|
Election | Term of office | Political party | Vice president | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
01 | Carlos Antonio López (1792–1862) |
— | 13 March 1844 | 10 September 1862 | 18 years, 181 days | Independent | Mariano González | ||
02 | Francisco Solano López (1827–1870) |
— | 10 September 1862 | 1 March 1870 | 7 years, 172 days | Independent | Domingo Sánchez | ||
03 | Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1832–1878) |
— 1870 |
15 August 1869 | 18 December 1871 | 2 years, 125 days | Independent | Sotero Cayo Miltos Salvador Jovellanos | ||
04 | Salvador Jovellanos (1833–1881) |
— | 18 December 1871 | 25 November 1874 | 2 years, 342 days | Independent | Position vacant | ||
05 | Juan Bautista Gill (1840–1877) |
1874 | 25 November 1874 | 12 April 1877 | 2 years, 138 days | Independent | Higinio Uriarte | ||
06 | Higinio Uriarte (1843–1909) |
— | 12 April 1877 | 25 November 1878 | 1 year, 227 days | Independent | Position vacant | ||
07 | Cándido Bareiro (1834–1880) |
1878 | 25 November 1878 | 4 September 1880 | 1 year, 284 days | Independent | Adolfo Saguier | ||
08 | Bernardino Caballero (1839–1912) |
— 1882 |
4 September 1880 | 25 November 1886 | 6 years, 82 days | Independent | Position vacant Juan Antonio Jara | ||
09 | Patricio Escobar (1843–1912) |
1886 | 25 November 1886 | 25 November 1890 | 4 years, 0 days | Independent (until 1887) |
José Miranda Roa | ||
Colorado (from 1887) | |||||||||
10 | Juan Gualberto González (1851–1912) |
1890 | 25 November 1890 | 9 June 1894 | 3 years, 196 days | Colorado | Marcos Morínigo | ||
11 | Marcos Morínigo (1848–1901) |
— | 9 June 1894 | 25 November 1894 | 169 days | Colorado | Position vacant | ||
12 | Juan Bautista Egusquiza (1845–1902) |
1894 | 25 November 1894 | 25 November 1898 | 4 years, 0 days | Colorado | Facundo Ynsfrán | ||
13 | Emilio Aceval (1851–1934) |
1898 | 25 November 1898 | 9 January 1902 | 3 years, 45 days | Colorado | Héctor Carvallo | ||
14 | Héctor Carvallo (1862–1934) |
— | 9 January 1902 | 25 November 1902 | 320 days | Colorado | Position vacant | ||
15 | Juan Antonio Escurra (1859–1929) |
1902 | 25 November 1902 | 19 December 1904 | 2 years, 24 days | Colorado | Manuel Domínguez | ||
16 | Juan Bautista Gaona (1845–1932) |
— | 19 December 1904 | 9 December 1905 | 355 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
17 | Cecilio Báez (1862–1941) |
— | 9 December 1905 | 25 November 1906 | 351 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
18 | Benigno Ferreira (1846–1920) |
1906 | 25 November 1906 | 4 July 1908 | 1 year, 222 days | Liberal | Emiliano González | ||
19 | Emiliano González (1861–1941) |
— | 4 July 1908 | 25 November 1910 | 2 years, 144 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
20 | Manuel Gondra (1872–1927) |
1910 | 25 November 1910 | 17 January 1911 | 53 days | Liberal | Juan Bautista Gaona | ||
21 | Albino Jara (1877–1912) |
— | 17 January 1911 | 5 July 1911 | 169 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
22 | Liberato Marcial Rojas (1870–1922) |
— | 5 July 1911 | 28 February 1912 | 238 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
23 | Pedro Pablo Peña (1864–1943) |
— | 28 February 1912 | 22 March 1912 | 23 days | Colorado | Position vacant | ||
(19) | Emiliano González (1861–1941) |
— | 22 March 1912 | 15 August 1912 | 146 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
24 | Eduardo Schaerer (1873–1941) |
1912 | 15 August 1912 | 15 August 1916 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | Pedro Bobadilla | ||
25 | Manuel Franco (1871–1919) |
1916 | 15 August 1916 | 5 June 1919 | 2 years, 294 days | Liberal | José Pedro Montero | ||
26 | José Pedro Montero (1878–1927) |
— | 5 June 1919 | 15 August 1920 | 1 year, 71 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
(20) | Manuel Gondra (1872–1927) |
1920 | 15 August 1920 | 7 November 1921 | 1 year, 84 days | Liberal | Félix Paiva | ||
27 | Eusebio Ayala (1875–1942) |
— | 7 November 1921 | 12 April 1923 | 1 year, 156 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
28 | Eligio Ayala (1878–1930) |
— | 12 April 1923 | 17 March 1924 | 340 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
29 | Luis Alberto Riart (1880–1953) |
— | 17 March 1924 | 15 August 1924 | 151 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
(28) | Eligio Ayala (1878–1930) |
1924 | 15 August 1924 | 15 August 1928 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | Manuel Burgos | ||
30 | José Patricio Guggiari (1884–1957) |
1928 | 15 August 1928 | 15 August 1932 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | Emiliano González | ||
(27) | Eusebio Ayala (1875–1942) |
1932 | 15 August 1932 | 17 February 1936 | 3 years, 186 days | Liberal | Raúl Casal Ribeiro | ||
31 | Rafael Franco (1896–1973) |
— | 17 February 1936 | 15 August 1937 | 1 year, 179 days | Independent | Position vacant | ||
32 | Félix Paiva (1877–1965) |
— | 15 August 1937 | 15 August 1939 | 2 years, 0 days | Liberal | Position vacant | ||
33 | José Félix Estigarribia (1888–1940) |
1939 | 15 August 1939 | 7 September 1940 | 1 year, 23 days | Liberal (until 1940) |
Luis Alberto Riart Position abolished | ||
Independent (from 1940) | |||||||||
34 | Higinio Morínigo (1897–1983) |
— 1943 |
7 September 1940 | 3 June 1948 | 7 years, 270 days | Independent | Position abolished | ||
35 | Juan Manuel Frutos (1879–1960) |
— | 3 June 1948 | 15 August 1948 | 73 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
36 | Juan Natalicio González (1897–1966) |
1948 | 15 August 1948 | 30 January 1949 | 168 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
37 | Raimundo Rolón (1903–1981) |
— | 30 January 1949 | 26 February 1949 | 27 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
38 | Felipe Molas López (1901–1954) |
1949 | 26 February 1949 | 11 September 1949 | 197 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
39 | Federico Chaves (1882–1978) |
1950 1953 |
11 September 1949 | 4 May 1954 | 4 years, 235 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
40 | Tomás Romero Pereira (1886–1982) |
— | 4 May 1954 | 15 August 1954 | 103 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
41 | Alfredo Stroessner (1912–2006) |
1954 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 |
15 August 1954 | 3 February 1989 | 34 years, 172 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
42 | Andrés Rodríguez (1923–1997) |
1989 | 3 February 1989 | 15 August 1993 | 4 years, 193 days | Colorado | Position abolished | ||
43 | Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938) |
1993 | 15 August 1993 | 15 August 1998 | 5 years, 0 days | Colorado | Ángel Seifart | ||
44 | Raúl Cubas Grau (born 1943) |
1998 | 15 August 1998 | 28 March 1999 | 225 days | Colorado | Luis María Argaña | ||
45 | Luis González Macchi (born 1947) |
— | 28 March 1999 | 15 August 2003 | 4 years, 140 days | Colorado | Position vacant Julio César Franco Position vacant | ||
46 | Nicanor Duarte (born 1956) |
2003 | 15 August 2003 | 15 August 2008 | 5 years, 0 days | Colorado | Luis Castiglioni Francisco Oviedo | ||
47 | Fernando Lugo (born 1951) |
2008 | 15 August 2008 | 22 June 2012 | 3 years, 312 days | Christian Democrat |
Federico Franco | ||
48 | Federico Franco (born 1962) |
— | 22 June 2012 | 15 August 2013 | 1 year, 54 days | Liberal | Óscar Denis | ||
49 | Horacio Cartes (born 1956) |
2013 | 15 August 2013 | 15 August 2018 | 5 years, 0 days | Colorado | Juan Afara Alicia Pucheta | ||
50 | Mario Abdo Benítez (born 1971) |
2018 | 15 August 2018 | 15 August 2023 | 5 years, 0 days | Colorado | Hugo Velázquez | ||
51 | Santiago Peña (born 1978) |
2023 | 15 August 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 125 days | Colorado | Pedro Alliana |