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President of Paraguay

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8 dated entries naming President of Paraguay, drawn from 8 separate years between 1862 CE and 2023 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1862September 10 – Francisco Solano López is appointed second President of Paraguay.source
  • 1870March 1 – Francisco Solano López, 2nd President of Paraguay (killed in action) (b. 1827)source

20th century

  • 1954May 4 – General Alfredo Stroessner deposes Federico Chaves in a coup d'état in Paraguay; from August 15 he will hold the office of President until 1989.source
  • 1978November 16 – Santiago Peña, President of Paraguaysource
  • 1989May 1 – Andrés Rodríguez, who seized power and declared himself President of Paraguay during a military coup in February, wins a landslide victory at a general election marked by charges of fraud.source
  • 1997October 3 – The President of Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, orders the arrest of political opponent Lino Oviedo.source

21st century

  • 2013August 15 – Horacio Cartes is sworn in as President of Paraguay.source
  • 2023April 30 – The 2023 Paraguayan general election is held, with the Colorado Party candidate Santiago Peña being the president-elect of Paraguay, winning in a plurality.source

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