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Websitehttps://www.presidencia.gov.py/
Established October 12, 1813
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedBojicat October 04, 2023 11:18am
DescriptionHead of state and head of government. President serves a single term of five years.

The President selects ministers for his "Social Cabinet" (Gabinete Social (GS)] and chairs its proceedings through the Minister of the Management Unit of the Presidency of the Republic. The Minister is given the title "Head of the Social Cabinet."

The President also selects members of his "Civil Cabinet" [Gabinete Civil (GC)], a technical-political advisory body which features Secretariats in charge of the "proper functioning of State Agencies and Entities," and which includes the Attorney General and the Minister of Public Administration.

RACES [Show Primaries]
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Date Type Results
Apr 30, 2023 General Election
 Santiago Peña Palacios
1,291,209
43.93%
 Efraín Alegre
830,302
28.25%
 Paraguayo “Payo” Cubas
692,429
23.56%
 Euclides Acevedo
41,164
1.40%
 José Luis Chilavert
24,259
0.83%
 Luis Talavera Alegre
17,328
0.59%
 Jorge Humberto Gómez Otaño
12,066
0.41%
  Juan Félix Romero Lovera
5,869
0.20%
 Rosa Bogarín
5,266
0.18%
 Prudencio Burgos
5,258
0.18%
 Alfredo Machuca
5,204
0.18%
 Oscar Cañete
4,847
0.16%
 Aurelio Martínez Cabral
3,886
0.13%
Apr 22, 2018 General Election
 Mario Abdo Benítez
1,206,067
48.96%
 Efraín Alegre
1,110,464
45.08%
 Juan Bautista "Letradito" Ybañez
84,045
3.41%
 Jaro Ilicineo Anzoátegui Mariño
15,490
0.63%
 Atanasio Galeano
9,908
0.40%
 Ramón Ernesto Benítez Amarilla
9,361
0.38%
 Pedro Almada Galeano
8,590
0.35%
  Efraín Enríquez Gamón
7,291
0.30%
 Celino Ferreira Sanabria
6,295
0.26%
 Justo Germán Ortega Maqueda
5,930
0.24%
Apr 21, 2013 General Election
 Horacio Cartes
1,104,169
48.48%
 Efraín Alegre
889,451
39.05%
 Mario Ferreiro
141,716
6.22%
 Aníbal Carrillo Iramain
79,573
3.49%
 Miguel Carrizosa
27,026
1.19%
 Lino César Oviedo Sánchez
19,416
0.85%
 Roberto Ferreira
4,264
0.19%
  Lilian Soto
3,925
0.17%
 Eduardo María Arce
3,011
0.13%
 Ricardo Almada
2,767
0.12%
 Atanasio Galeano
2,416
0.11%
Jun 22, 2012 Appointment
 Federico Franco
1
100.00%
Apr 20, 2008 General Election
 Fernando Lugo
766,502
42.40%
 Blanca Ovelar
573,995
31.75%
 Lino Oviedo
411,034
22.74%
 Pedro Fadul
44,060
2.44%
 Sergio Martínez Estigarribia
6,744
0.37%
 Horacio Galeano Perrone
3,080
0.17%
 Julio López
2,409
0.13%
Apr 27, 2003 General Election
 Nicanor Duarte Frutos
574,232
38.30%
 Julio César "Yoyito" Franco
370,348
24.70%
 Pedro Fadul
328,916
21.94%
 Guillermo Sánchez Guffanti
208,391
13.90%
 Diego Abente Brun
8,745
0.58%
 Tomás Zayas
4,559
0.30%
 Pedro Almada Galeano
1,443
0.10%
  Guillermo Hellmers
1,370
0.09%
 Gladys Teresa Notario Cortaza
1,196
0.08%
Mar 28, 1999 Appointment
 Luis Ángel González Macchi
1
100.00%
May 10, 1998 General Election
 Raúl Cubas Grau
887,196
55.20%
 Domingo Laíno
703,379
43.77%
 Luis Alberto Codas
12,331
0.77%
 Gustavo Bader
4,192
0.26%
May 09, 1993 General Election
 Juan Carlos Wasmosy
468,213
41.63%
 Domingo Laíno
376,868
33.51%
 Guillermo Caballero Vargas
271,421
24.13%
 Eduardo María Arce
2,025
0.18%
 Ricardo Canese
1,998
0.18%
 Abraham Zapag
1,155
0.10%
 Joel Atilio Cazal
1,091
0.10%
  Leandro Prieto
1,042
0.09%
 Gustavo Bader
850
0.08%
May 01, 1989 General Election
 Andrés Rodríguez(I)
882,957
76.59%
 Domingo Laíno
241,829
20.98%
 Fernando Vera Sánchez
11,007
0.95%
 Secundino Núñez Medina
8,032
0.70%
 Carlos Ferreira Ybarra
4,423
0.38%
 Blas Manuel Mangabeira
3,545
0.31%
 Carlos Gustavo Callizo Parini
1,058
0.09%
Feb 03, 1989 Provisional
 Andrés Rodríguez
1
100.00%
Feb 14, 1988 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
1,187,738
98.85%
 Luis María Vega
9,545
0.79%
 Carlos Ferreira Ybarra
4,243
0.35%
Feb 06, 1983 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
944,937
91.03%
 Enzo Doldán
59,094
5.69%
 Fulvio Hugo Celauro
34,010
3.28%
Feb 12, 1978 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
905,461
90.77%
 Germán Acosta Caballero
54,984
5.51%
 Fulvio Hugo Celauro
37,059
3.72%
Feb 11, 1973 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
681,306
84.74%
 Gustavo Riart
98,096
12.20%
 Carlos Levi Rufinelli
24,611
3.06%
Feb 11, 1968 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
465,535
71.62%
 Gustavo González
139,622
21.48%
 Ruy Rufinelli
27,965
4.30%
 Carlos Caballero Gatti
16,871
2.60%
Feb 10, 1963 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
569,551
92.26%
 Ernesto Gavilán
47,750
7.74%
Feb 09, 1958 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner(I)
295,414
100.00%
Jul 11, 1954 General Election
 Alfredo Stroessner
236,191
100.00%
May 08, 1954 Provisional
 Tomás Romero Pereira
1
100.00%
Feb 15, 1953 General Election
 Federico Chaves(I)
224,788
100.00%
Jul 15, 1950 General Election
 Federico Chaves(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 11, 1949 Provisional
 Federico Chaves
1
100.00%
Apr 17, 1949 General Election
 Felipe Molas López(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 27, 1949 Provisional
 Felipe Molas López
1
100.00%
Jan 30, 1949 Provisional
 Raimundo Rolón
1
100.00%
Jun 03, 1948 Provisional
 Juan Manuel Frutos
1
100.00%
May 15, 1948 General Election
 Juan Natalicio González
1
100.00%
Feb 14, 1943 General Election
 Higinio Morínigo(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 08, 1940 Provisional
 Higinio Morínigo
1
100.00%
Sep 07, 1940 Acting
 Alejandro Marín Iglesias
1
100.00%
Apr 30, 1939 General Election
 José Félix Estigarribia
1
100.00%
Oct 12, 1938 General Election
 Félix Paiva(I)
1
100.00%
Aug 16, 1937 Provisional
 Félix Paiva
1
100.00%
Feb 20, 1936 Provisional
 Rafael Franco
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1932 General Election
 Eusebio Ayala
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1928 General Election
 José Patricio Guggiari
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1924 General Election
 Eligio Ayala
1
100.00%
Mar 17, 1924 Provisional
 Luis Alberto Riart
1
100.00%
Apr 12, 1923 Provisional
 Eligio Ayala
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1921 Provisional
 Eusebio Ayala
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1920 General Election
 Manuel Gondra
1
100.00%
Jun 05, 1919 Acting
 José Pedro Montero
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1916 General Election
 Manuel Franco
1
100.00%
Aug 15, 1912 General Election
 Eduardo Schaerer
1
100.00%
Mar 22, 1912 Provisional
 Emiliano González Navero
1
100.00%
Feb 28, 1912 Provisional
 Pedro Pablo Peña
1
100.00%
Jul 05, 1911 Provisional
 Liberato Marcial Rojas
1
100.00%
Jan 17, 1911 Provisional
 Albino Jara
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1910 General Election
 Manuel Gondra
1
100.00%
Jul 04, 1908 Acting
 Emiliano González Navero
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1906 General Election
 Benigno Ferreira
1
100.00%
Dec 09, 1905 Provisional
 Cecilio Báez
1
100.00%
Dec 19, 1904 Provisional
 Juan Bautista Gaona
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1902 General Election
 Juan Antonio Escurra
1
100.00%
Jan 09, 1902 Acting
 Andrés Héctor Carvallo
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1898 General Election
 Emilio Aceval
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1894 General Election
 Juan Bautista Egusquiza
1
100.00%
Jun 09, 1894 Acting
 Marcos Antonio Morínigo
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1890 General Election
 Juan Gualberto González
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1886 General Election
 Patricio Escobar
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1882 General Election
 Bernardino Caballero(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 04, 1880 Provisional
 Bernardino Caballero
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1878 General Election
 Cándido Bareiro
1
100.00%
Apr 12, 1877 General Election
 Higinio Uriarte
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1874 General Election
 Juan Bautista Gill
1
100.00%
Dec 18, 1871 Acting
 Salvador Jovellanos
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1870 General Election
 Cirilo Antonio Rivarola(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 01, 1870 Provisional
 Cirilo Antonio Rivarola
1
100.00%
Aug 31, 1870 Provisional
 Facundo Machaín
1
100.00%
Oct 16, 1862 General Election
 Francisco Solano López(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 10, 1862 Acting
 Francisco Solano López
1
100.00%
Mar 14, 1844 General Election
 Carlos Antonio López(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 14, 1841 General Election
 Carlos Antonio López
1
50.00%
 Mariano Roque Alonso
1
50.00%
Oct 03, 1814 General Election
 José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia(I)
1
100.00%
Oct 12, 1813 General Election
 José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
1
50.00%
 Fulgencio Yegros
1
50.00%

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