Constitutional Regulations (1811–1862)

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No. Portrait Dictator
(Lifespan)
Term of office Political party Title
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)

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No. Portrait President
(Lifespan)
Election Term of office Political party Vice president
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