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Alfredo Stroessner

1912 - 2006

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Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan politician, army general and military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989. Known there as El Stronato, his dictatorship was marked by political violence. Before his accession to the presidency, he was the country's de facto leader from May to August 1954. Stroessner rose to power after leading the 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état on 4 May, with backing from the Colorado Party, the Paraguayan Army, and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfredo Stroessner is the 1,118th most popular politician (up from 1,175th in 2019), the most popular biography from Paraguay and the most popular Paraguayan Politician.

Alfredo Stroessner was a dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He is most famous for his rule of terror and repression.

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Among politicians, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1,118 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Asparuh of Bulgaria, William I of the Netherlands, U Thant, Philip II, and Kim Young-sam. After him are Tullus Hostilius, Nikephoros I, James A. Garfield, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Joachim Gauck, and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

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Among people born in 1912, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 15. Before him are Milton Friedman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, John Cage, Raoul Wallenberg, and Clara Petacci. After him are Khalid of Saudi Arabia, János Kádár, Millvina Dean, Carlo Ponti, Jorge Amado, and Gene Kelly. Among people deceased in 2006, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 11. Before him are Augusto Pinochet, Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Davis Jr., Gerald Ford, Stanisław Lem, and Milton Friedman. After him are Owen Chamberlain, James Brown, Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, Philippe Noiret, and Choi Kyu-hah.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1 out of 203. After him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Horacio Cartes (1956), Agustín Barrios (1885), Arsenio Erico (1915), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), and Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1. After him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Horacio Cartes (1956), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Raúl Cubas Grau (1943), Federico Franco (1962), and Eusebio Ayala (1875).

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