Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez (born on April 17, 1951) is Paraguayan politician.

Franco's profession is surgeon, with education from University of Córdoba, Argentina

Argentina

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Following the murder of Vice President Luis María Argaña

Luis María Argaña

Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a prominent politician in Paraguay and influential member of the Colorado Party until his assassination in 1999....

, Senator Franco was elected in direct election on 13 August 2000 to be Vice President of Paraguay

Vice President of Paraguay

Vice President of Paraguay is the second highest political position in Paraguay. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected in the same ticket as the president....

. He served the remainder of the four-year-term from September 2000 to 2002.

He is the chairman of Authentic Radical Liberal Party

Authentic Radical Liberal Party

The Authentic Radical Liberal Party is a liberal party in Paraguay.The party is an observer member of Liberal International. At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 25.7 % of the popular vote and 21 out of 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and 24.3 %, leading...

 and was presidential candidate in the 2003 election

Paraguayan general election, 2003

General elections were held in Paraguay on 27 April 2003. The presidential elections were won by Nicanor Duarte of the Colorado Party, who received 38.3% of the vote. In the Congressional elections, the Colorado Party won 37 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 16 of the 45 seats in the...

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