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Fernando Lugo
Fernando Lugo[a] | |
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.jpg) Lugo in 2009 | |
| 48th President of Paraguay | |
| In office 15 August 2008 – 22 June 2012 | |
| Vice President | Federico Franco |
| Preceded by | Nicanor Duarte |
| Succeeded by | Federico Franco |
| President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations | |
| In office 29 October 2011 – 22 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Bharrat Jagdeo |
| Succeeded by | Ollanta Humala |
| President of the Senate of Paraguay | |
| In office 30 June 2017 – 30 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Acevedo |
| Succeeded by | Silvio Ovelar |
| Senator of Paraguay | |
| In office 30 June 2013 – 30 June 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez 30 May 1951 San Solano, Paraguay |
| Political party | Frente Guasú (since 2010) |
| Other political affiliations | Christian Democratic Party (2007–2010) Patriotic Alliance for Change (2007–2010) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion Pontifical Gregorian University |
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| Bishop of San Pedro | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of San Pedro |
| In office | 5 March 1994 – 11 January 2005 |
| Predecessor | Oscar Páez Garcete |
| Successor | Adalberto Martínez Flores |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 August 1977 |
| Consecration | 17 April 1994 by Jose Sebastian Laboa |
| Laicized | 30 June 2008 |
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando aɾˈmindo ˈluɣo ˈmendes]; born 30 May 1951) is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008, an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.[1]
In 2012, he was removed from office through an impeachment process that neighboring countries deemed a coup d'état.[2] He was elected to the Senate of Paraguay in the 2013 and 2018 general elections but failed to win reelection in the 2023 Paraguayan general election.[3]
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- ^ "The red bishop in Paraguay".
- ^ Orsi, Peter (24 June 2012). "Does Paraguay risk pariah status with president's ouster?". Associated Press.
- ^ "Elecciones 2023 marcan la debacle de la izquierda y fin de la era Lugo". Ultima Hora (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 1 May 2023.
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