President of Paraguay
| President of the Republic of Paraguay | |
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| Presidente de la República del Paraguay | |
Paraguayan guarani/8,587 USD per month[2] | |
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The president of Paraguay (
government of Paraguay, both head of state and head of government. His honorific title is Su Excelencia. Under the 1992 constitution, the president is limited to a single five-year term. An attempt by the Senate to abolish term limits on 1 April 2017 resulted in protests;[3][4][5] it was ultimately rejected.[6]
The incumbent president of Paraguay is
Mburuvichá Roga, also in Asunción. Once presidents leave office, they are granted by the Constitution of Paraguay the speaking-but-non-voting position of senator for life.[7]
Latest election
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Santiago Peña | Pedro Alliana | Colorado Party | 1,291,209 | 43.93 | |
| Efraín Alegre | Soledad Núñez | National Coalition for a New Paraguay | 830,302 | 28.25 | |
| Paraguayo Cubas | Stilber Valdez | National Crusade Party | 692,429 | 23.56 | |
| Euclides Acevedo | Jorge Querey | New Republic Movement | 41,164 | 1.40 | |
| José Luis Chilavert | Sofia Scheid | Party of the Youth | 24,259 | 0.83 | |
| Luis Talavera Alegre | Celso Álvarez | Unámonos National Party | 17,328 | 0.59 | |
| Jorge Humberto Gómez | Noelia Núñez | National Union of Ethical Citizens | 12,066 | 0.41 | |
| Juan Félix Romero | Catalina Ramírez | Humanist and Solidarity Movement | 5,869 | 0.20 | |
| Rosa María Bogarín | Herminio Lesme | Herederos Democratic Socialist Party | 5,266 | 0.18 | |
| Prudencio Burgos | Leona Guaraní | National Party of the People 30A | 5,258 | 0.18 | |
| Alfredo Luis Machuca | Justina Noguera | Citizen Patriotic Coordinator Movement | 5,204 | 0.18 | |
| Óscar Mauricio Cañete | Luis Wilfrido Arce | Green Party Paraguay | 4,847 | 0.16 | |
| Aurelio Martínez | David Sánchez | Únete Paraguay | 3,866 | 0.13 | |
| Total | 2,939,067 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,939,067 | 97.29 | |||
| Invalid votes | 13,694 | 0.45 | |||
| Blank votes | 68,288 | 2.26 | |||
| Total votes | 3,021,049 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,773,427 | 63.29 | |||
| Source: TSJE | |||||
See also
References
- ex officio (unless the individual who holds it forms part of the nobility).
- ^ "Shocking Gap Between Latin America's Presidential Salaries And Workers Minimum Wage". Latin Post.
- ^ "Paraguay congress set on fire as election protests turn deadly". BBC News. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Paraguay rioters storm Congress after Senate amends constitution". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Paraguay MPs reject amendment allowing president re-election". BBC News. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay, 1992, Article 189 (subsection 1): "(1) Former presidents of the Republic who were democratically elected will be national senators for life, except for those who were impeached from office.
(2) They will not count toward a quorum. They will have the right to speak, but not to vote."
External links
- (in Spanish) Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay
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