Rafael Filizzola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rafael Filizzola

Paraguayan Interior Minister

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1968

Place of Birth: Asunción, Capital District, Paraguay

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Rafael Augusto Filizzola Serra (born 16 February 1968) is a Paraguayan politician.
He served as the Paraguayan interior minister under President Fernando Lugo from 2008 to 2011.
He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay from 1998 to 2008 for the Party for a Country of Solidarity, and elected to the Senate of Paraguay for the Democratic Progressive Party in 2008.
He resigned his seat in order to become interior minister.In 2009, he accused Federico Acuña (who in 2011 would become his successor), of turning a blind eye to corruption during Acuña's period in office in 2008 as National Police Chief.Filizzola is married to Desirée Masi, the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Filizzola is the cousin of Carlos Filizzola, also a Paraguayan politician.