Federico Chaves
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Federico Chaves | |
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 Chaves in 1950 | |
| 40th President of Paraguay | |
| In office10 September 1949 – 4 May 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Felipe Molas |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Romero(interim president) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Federico Chaves Careaga(1882-02-15)15 February 1882 |
| Died | 24 April 1978(1978-04-24) (aged 96) |
| Party | Colorado Party |
Federico Chaves Careaga (February 15, 1882[1] – April 24, 1978) was a Paraguayanpolitician and soldier who served as President of Paraguay from September 10, 1949, to May 4, 1954. He was a member of the Colorado Party.
Early life
Chaves was born on February 15, 1882, in Paraguarí. His parents were the Portuguese Federico Chaves and his wife Felicia Careaga, from Guaira, Paraguay.[2]
Political history
Chaves, who received his law degree in 1905, was a longtime leader of the right-of-centre National Republican Association, better known as the Colorado Party.[3] When his party served in a coalition government in 1946, Chaves was appointed to the Supreme Court. He served as Paraguay's foreign minister from 1947.[3] He was elected in April 1949 as President of the Chamber of Representatives,[4][5][6] and kept that post until he became president in September 1949. He was elected for a three-year term in 1950 and later reelected in 1953. When Chaves tried to strengthen his regime by arming the national police in 1954, a coup d'état led by General Alfredo Stroessner on May 4 ended his administration.
Death
Chaves died on 24 April 1978 at the age of 96 in the city of Asunción, from natural causes. He was buried with full state honours; Stroessner attended the services. From the death of Ecuadorian President Isidro Ayora on 22 March 1978 until his own death, he was the oldest living state leader.
References
- ^Paredes, Roberto (2008). "Por qué cayó el Partido Colorado".
- ^*Crónica Histórica Ilustrada del Paraguay III. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. 1998. ISBN 987-9246-03-9.
- ^ abHilton, Ronald (1948). Who's who in Latin America. Vol. 5 (3 ed.). p. 200.
- ^Talesca, Ignacio (August 2015). Historia del Paraguay. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile. ISBN 9789995390778.
- ^Archived copyArchived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Archived copyArchived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
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