List of Presidents of Paraguay
List of incumbents of the office of
President of
Paraguay
- Carlos Antonio López (March 14 1844 - September 10 1862), nephew of José 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 DÃÂaz 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)
- Candido 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 Gaulberto Gonzalez (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
- Hector 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 Baez (coup December 8 1905 - November 25 1906)
- Dr Benigno Ferreira (November 25 1906 - July 4 1908)
- Emiliano Gonzalez 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 Pena (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 Felix 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 Gonzalez 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 Felix 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 Gonzalez (August 15 1948 - December 30 1948), deposed by coup
- Gen. Raimundo Rolon (January 30 1949 - February 27 1949)
- Dr Felipe Molas Lopez (February 27 1949 - September 10 1949), resigned
- Dr Frederico Chavez (September 10 1949 - May 5 1954), resigned
- Tomas 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. Andres Rodriguez (coup February 3 1989 - August 15 1993)
- Juan Carlos Wasmosy (August 15 1993 - August 15 1998), first democratically elected president since independence in 1811
- Raul Cubas Grau (August 15 1998 - March 29 1999), resigned following implication in assassination of his vice president
- Luis Gonzalez Macchi (March 30 1999 - August 15 2003)
- Nicanor Duarte Frutos (elected August 15 2003), current president