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Horacio Cartes

1956 - Today

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Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈɾasjo maˈnwel ˈkaɾtes ˈxaɾa]; born 5 July 1956) is a Paraguayan politician and businessman who is serving as president of the Colorado Party since 2023, having previously served as president of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018. Cartes owned about two dozen businesses in his Grupo Cartes conglomerate until he left the conglomerate in 2023, including tobacco, soft drinks, meat production, and banking. He was president of Club Libertad football club from 2001 until 2012, and president of the national team inside the Paraguayan Football Association during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. A 2021 affidavit made by Cartes showed that his net worth was $490 million (or ₲3.6 trillion), making him one of Paraguay's most wealthiest people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horacio Cartes is the 8,149th most popular politician (up from 8,215th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Paraguay (up from 11th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Paraguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Horacio Cartes ranks 8,149 out of 19,576. Before him are Euphrosyne, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, Mutimir of Serbia, Princess Louise of Denmark, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, and Arturo Alessandri. After him are Fyodor Okhlopkov, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thorleif Haug, John Bowring, Theodote, and Gaius Flavius Fimbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Horacio Cartes ranks 109. Before him are Fernando Gomes, Charlie Baker, Henri Toivonen, Randy Rhoads, Alain Ducasse, and Hans van Breukelen. After him are Ewa Kopacz, Stevie Young, Mircea Cărtărescu, Klaus Allofs, Thomas Remengesau Jr., and Steven Bauer.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Horacio Cartes ranks 8 out of 203. Before him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), and Augusto Roa Bastos (1917). After him are Agustín Barrios (1885), Arsenio Erico (1915), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Julio César Romero (1960), and Andrés Rodríguez (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Horacio Cartes ranks 6. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912), Francisco Solano López (1827), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), and Carlos Antonio López (1792). After him are 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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