President of Paraguay - Definition and Overview

List of incumbents of the office of President of Paraguay

• Carlos Antonio López (March 14 1844 - September 10 1862), nephew of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, died in office
• Francisco Solano López (September 10 1862 - March 1 1870), illegitimate son of the wife of Carlos Antonio López, killed in battle
• Triumvirate:
  • Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (March 1 1870 - December 10 1870)
  • Carlos Loizaga (March 1 1870 - December 10 1870)
  • José Díaz de Bedoza (November 1870 - December 10 1870)
• Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (December 10 1870 - December 12 1871)
• Salvador Jovellanos (December 12 1871 - November 25 1874)
• Juan Bautista Gill (November 25 1874 - April 12 1877)
• Higinio Uriate (April 12 1877 - November 25 1878)
• Cándido Barreiro (November 27 1878 - September 1880)
• Adolfo Saguier (September 1880 - November 25 1881)
• Gen. Bernardino Caballero (November 25 1881 - November 25 1886)
• Patricio Escobar (November 25 1886 - September 25 1890)
• Juan Gualberto González (September 25 1890 - June 1894)
• Marcos Moringo (June 1894 - November 25 1894)
• Juan Bautista Eguzquiza (November 25 1894 - November 25 1898)
• Emilio Aceval (November 25 1898 - January 9 1902), died in office
• Héctor Carvallo (January 9 1902 - November 25 1902)
• Juan Antonio Escurra (November 25 1902 - August 11 1904)
• Juan Gaona (coup October 18 1904 - December 8 1905)
• Dr Cecilio Báez (coup December 8 1905 - November 25 1906)
• Dr Benigno Ferreira (November 25 1906 - July 4 1908)
• Emiliano González Navero (coup July 5 1908 - November 25 1910)
• Dr Manuel Gondra (November 25 1910 - January 11 1911)
• Col. Albino Jara (coup January 19 1911 - July 5 1911)
• Liberato Marcial Rojas (coup July 6 1911 - December 1911)
• Dr Pedro Peña (coup January 1 1912 - March 25 1912)
• Emiliano Gonzalez Navero (March 25 1912 - August 15 1912), provisional
• Eduardo Schaerer (August 15 1912 - August 15 1916), first to serve full term since Lopez 1870
• Dr Manuel Franco (August 15 1916 - June 5 1919), died in office
• Dr José P. Montero (June 7 1919 - August 15 1920)
• Dr Manuel Gondra (August 15 1920 - October 31 1921), forced to resign
• Dr Félix Paiva (October 31 1921 - November 3 1921)
• Dr Eusebio Ayala (coup November 3 1921 - April 1 1923), resigned
• Dr Eligio Ayala (April 1 1923 - April 12 1924), provisional
• Dr Luis Riart (April 12 1924 - August 15 1924), provisional
• Dr Eligio Ayala (August 15 1924 - August 15 1928)
• Dr José Patricio Gugguiari (August 15 1928 - October 26 1931)
• Emiliano González Navero (October 26 1931 - January 28 1932)
• Dr José Patricio Gugguiari (January 28 1932 - August 15 1932)
• Dr Eusebio Ayala (August 15 1932 - February 17 1936), deposed
• Col. Rafael Franco (coup February 18 1936 - August 13 1937)
• Dr Felix Paiva (coup August 15 1937 - August 15 1939)
• Gen. José Félix Estigarribia (August 15 1939 - September 7 1940), died in a plane crash
• Gen. Higinio Morinigo (September 7 1940 - June 3 1948), seized absolute power and ruled by decree from December 7 1940. Resigned and went into exile in Argentina, following coup
• Gen. Dr Juan Manuel Frutos (June 3 1948 - August 15 1948), provisional
• Dr Juan Natalico González (August 15 1948 - December 30 1948), deposed by coup
• Gen. Raimundo Rolon (January 30 1949 - February 27 1949)
• Dr Felipe Molas López (February 27 1949 - September 10 1949), resigned
• Dr Federico Chaves (September 10 1949 - May 5 1954), resigned
• Tomás Tomero Pereira (May 5 1954 - August 15 1954), interim
• Gen. Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda (August 15 1954 - February 3 1989), one of the longest-serving leaders in South American history
• Gen. Andrés Rodríguez (coup February 3 1989 - August 15 1993)
• Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (August 15 1993 - August 15 1998), first democratically elected president since independence in 1811
• Raúl Cubas Grau (August 15 1998 - March 29 1999), resigned following implication in assassination of his vice president
• Luis Ángel González Macchi (March 30 1999 - August 15 2003)
• Nicanor Duarte Frutos (elected August 15 2003), current president