Cecilio Báez González (January 1, 1862 – June 18, 1941) was provisional President of Paraguay from December 8, 1905 to November 25, 1906.

He was in the first class in which the National University of Asuncion issued the first three diplomas of doctors in Law and Social Sciences on July 15, 1893.

During the government of José Félix Estigarribia, he was appointed Honorary Perpetual Dean of the Universidad Nacional.

He was interim President of the Republic, elected by the Assembly on December 9, 1905 to replace Juan Bautista Gaona who was deposed.

This was a period in which political instability did not prevent economic prosperity, as the country grew despite the frequent changes in power.

During his government the first cars were imported to Paraguay; the libraries belonging to Enrique Solano Lopez and Blas Garay, the Military Hospital was built and several streets were paved.