This article contains a list of heads of state of Paraguay since the beginning of its independence (1811) to the present day.
After Paraguay proclaimed independence from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, its first effective head of state was utopist José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, who ruled the country from 1814 until his death in 1840, with very little outside contact or influence.
Between the end of the Paraguayan War in 1870 and the 1954 coup d'état, the country changed 44 presidents; 24 of them were removed from power by force.
[2] Eventually, Army General Alfredo Stroessner, supported by the Armed Forces and the right-wing Colorado Party, seized power in the 1954 coup d'état.
† Died in office Vacant from 1846 to 1862 Francisco Solano López Salvador Jovellanos 1882 Juan Antonio Jara Position abolished 1943 1949 1950 1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 Julio César Franco Vacant Francisco Oviedo Alicia Pucheta