Vice President of Paraguay
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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.
Vice Presidency was created in the constitution of 1844. Before that time the president appointed the vice president.
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected in the same ticket as the president.
Vice Presidency was created in the constitution of 1844. Before that time the president appointed the vice president.
| Name | Inaugurated | Left Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariano González | 1844 | 1854 | |
| Francisco Solano López Francisco Solano López (politician) Francisco Solano López Carrillo was president of Paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was officially the eldest son of president Carlos Antonio López, whom he succeeded... |
1854 | 1862 | |
| Domingo Francisco Sánchez Domingo Francisco Sánchez Domingo Francisco Sánchez was the Vice President of Paraguay in the administration of Francisco Solano López from 1862 to 1870... |
1862 | 1870 | |
| Cayo Miltos Cayo Miltos Cayo Doroteo Miltos was a Paraguayan politician.He studied in universities in Argentina and Sorbonne. He returned to Paraguay in 1869 and was a political ally of Facundo Machaín and Juan Antonio Jara... |
1870 | 1871 | |
| Salvador Jovellanos Salvador Jovellanos Salvador Silvester del Rosario Jovellanos Guanes was Paraguayan politician.He served as Vice President from 1870 to 1871 and President from December 18, 1871 - November 25, 1874... |
1871 | 1871 | |
| Higinio Uriarte Higinio Uriarte José Higinio Uriarte y García del Barrio was Paraguayan politician.He was Juan Bautista Gill's Vice President and after his death, he became acting President for the remainder of the four-year-term from April 12, 1877 to November 25, 1878.... |
1874 | 1877 | |
| Adolfo Saguier Adolfo Saguier Adolfo Saguier was Paraguayan politician.He was elected as Vice President of Cándido Bareiro in 1878 and after death of Bareiro he served as President of Paraguay from 4 September 1880 to 25 November 1881. He was overthrown in coup organized by Bernardino Caballero.... |
1878 | 1880 | |
| Bernardino Caballero Bernardino Caballero Bernardino Caballero Melgarejo was the President of Paraguay from 1881 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party.... |
1880 | 1881 | |
| Juan Antonio Jara | 1882 | 1886 | |
| José del Rosario Miranda | 1886 | 1890 | |
| Marcos Moríñigo Marcos Morínigo Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas was a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay in 1894.He was born in 1848 in Quyquyho . In 1887 Morinigo participated in founding the Colorado Party und was elected Vice President of Paraguay in 1890... |
1890 | 1894 | |
| Facundo Ynsfrán | 1894 | 1898 | |
| Andrés Héctor Carvallo Andrés Héctor Carvallo Andrés Héctor Carvallo Acosta was Paraguayan politician.He served as Vice President from 1899 to 1902 and as acting President of Paraguay between January 9, 1902 and November 25, 1902. He was a member of the Colorado Party.... |
1899 | 1902 | |
| Manuel Domínguez Manuel Dominguez Manuel Dominguez , born at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain, and was the heir to the vast Rancho San Pedro land grant.-Juan Jose Dominguez:... |
1902 | 1904 | |
| Emiliano González Navero Emiliano González Navero Emiliano González Navero was Paraguayan politician of the Liberal Party, he served as President and Vice President on four occasions.-His life:He was one of the great survivors of the War against Triple Alliance... |
1906 | 1908 | |
| Juan Bautista Gaona Juan Bautista Gaona Juan Bautista Gaona Figueredo was provisional President of Paraguay October 18, 1904 - December 8, 1905 and later served as Vice President. He was a member of the Liberal Party. His presidency began the period of dominance for the Liberal Party which lasted for more than 30 years.... |
1910 | 1911 | |
| Pedro Bobadilla | 1912 | 1916 | |
| José Pedro Montero José Pedro Montero José Pedro Montero De Candia was a President of Paraguay that governed between 1919 and 1920.-His life:He was born in Asunción, in a neighborhood called Villa Aurelia, southeast from the Recoleta, on August 1, 1878. He was married with Andrea Campos Cervera... |
1916 | 1919 | |
| Félix Paiva Félix Paiva Félix Paiva was Paraguayan politician from the Liberal Party.He studied law and worked as university teacher, rector of the University and president of the Supreme Court... |
1920 | 1921 | |
| Manuel Burgos | 1924 | 1928 | |
| Emiliano González Navero Emiliano González Navero Emiliano González Navero was Paraguayan politician of the Liberal Party, he served as President and Vice President on four occasions.-His life:He was one of the great survivors of the War against Triple Alliance... |
1928 | 1932 | |
| Raúl Casal-Ribeiro | 1932 | 1936 | |
| Luis Alberto Riart Luis Alberto Riart For the Paraguayan Minister of Education and Culture, see Luis Alberto RiartLuis Alberto Riart was Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay from 17 March 1924 until 15 August 1924.-His Government:... |
1939 | 1940 | |
| No Vice President | 1940 | 1993 | |
| Ángel Seifart Ángel Seifart Ángel Roberto Seifart is a Paraguayan senior politician from the Colorado Party.Seifart was a judge during Stroessner era. Later he was minister of education in the military government of Andrés Rodríguez from 1989 to 1993, elected Vice President of Paraguay as running mate of Juan Carlos Wasmosy... |
1993 | 1998 | |
| 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.... |
1998 | 1999 | |
| Julio César Franco Julio César Franco Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez is Paraguayan politician.Franco's profession is surgeon, with education from University of Córdoba, Argentina.... |
2000 | 2002 | |
| Luis Castiglioni | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Francisco Oviedo Francisco Oviedo Francisco Arcidio Oviedo Brítez is Paraguayan politician from the Colorado Party. He served as Vice President of Paraguay from 21 November 2007 to 15 August 2008.-Political career:... |
2007 | 2008 | |
| Federico Franco Federico Franco Luis Federico Franco Gómez is a Paraguayan politician from the Authentic Radical Liberal Party . He was elected as Vice President of Paraguay as the running mate of Fernando Lugo and took office in August 2008.... |
2008 | Incumbent |