President of Paraguay
President of the Republic of Paraguay | |
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Presidente de la República del Paraguay | |
Style | Mr. President (informal) Most Excellent Mr. President of the Republic (official) Su Excelencia (alternative formal, diplomatic) |
Status | Head of state Head of government |
Residence | Mburuvicha Róga |
Seat | Palacio de los López, Asunción |
Appointer | Direct popular election |
Term length | Five years, non-renewable |
Formation | 13 March 1844 |
First holder | Carlos Antonio López |
Deputy | Vice President of Paraguay |
Salary | 61,054,085 Paraguayan guarani/8,587 USD per month |
Website | www |
Paraguay portal |
The president of Paraguay (Spanish: presidente del Paraguay), officially known as the president of the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: presidente de la República del Paraguay), is according to the Constitution of Paraguay the head of the executive branch of the 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; it was ultimately rejected.
The incumbent president of Paraguay is Santiago Peña, who took office on 15 August 2023. The presidential seat is the Palacio de los López, in Asunción. The presidential residence is the 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.
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 |