Alfredo Stroessner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alfredo Stroessner

Paraguayan military dictator

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1912

Place of Birth: Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay

Date of Death: 16-Aug-2006

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Alfredo Stroessner

  • Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [al'f?eðo est?oz'ne?]; November 3, 1912 – August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan Army officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.
  • He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954.
  • His 35-year-long rule, marked by an uninterrupted period of repression in his country, is the longest in modern South American history.
  • Stroessner's rule is ranked 20th-longest among non-royal national leaders since 1900 and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state. In 1954, he ousted Federico Chávez, becoming president after winning an election in which he was the sole candidate.
  • A staunch anti-communist, Stroessner had the backing of the United States for most of his time in power.
  • His supporters packed the legislature and ran the courts, and he ruthlessly suppressed all opposition.
  • He kept his country in what he called a constant "state of siege" that overruled civil liberties, enforced a cult of personality, and tortured and killed political opponents.
  • Membership in his Colorado Party was a prerequisite for job promotion, free medical care and other services.
  • The constitution had to be modified in 1967 and 1977 to legitimize his six consecutive elections to the presidency.
  • Stroessner provided exile for Argentina's Juan Perón and Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle (later assassinated in Paraguay). In 1988, he won an unprecedented eighth term on a majority, according to official figures, of over 89 percent of the registered vote.
  • Less than a year later, he was overthrown in a military coup d'état led by his former confidant, General Andrés Rodríguez, and forced into exile in Brazil, where he spent the last 17 years of his life.
  • Following a bout of pneumonia, he tried to return to his homeland to die, but was rejected by the government.
  • He died in Brasília on August 16, 2006, of complications from a hernia operation.

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