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Federico Franco
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Federico Franco, born Luis Federico Franco Gómez in 1962, is a Paraguayan politician, surgeon, and physician. A male citizen of Paraguay, he was born in Asunción and practices Catholicism. He is a member of the Partido Liberal Intercontinental del Paraguay (PLIP) and received his education at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción.
Franco has held the position of President of Paraguay. His professional recognition includes the National Order of Merit. In addition to his political and medical careers, he is an author with one listed work, titled Crónicas de la Vejentud.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Crónicas de la Vejentud
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Óscar Denis
- Preceded by
- Fernando Lugo
- Succeeded by
- Horacio Cartes
- President
- Fernando Lugo
- Born
- Luis Federico Franco Gómez , ( 1962-07-24 ) 24 July 1962 (age 63) , Asunción , Paraguay
- Party
- Authentic Radical Liberal Party
- Other political affiliations
- Patriotic Alliance for Change (2007–10)
- Spouse
- Emilia Alfaro (married 1982)
- Children
- Four
- Alma mater
- National University of Asuncion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Federico
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Paraguay
- Place of birth
- Asunción
- Occupation
- surgeon
- Position held
- President of Paraguay
- Educated at
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción
- Political party
- Partido Liberal Intercontinental del Paraguay (PLIP)
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Federico Franco Paraguay.jpg
- Height
- 1.80
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- date of birth
- 1962-07-24
- Commons category
- Federico Franco
- name in native language
- Luis Federico Franco Gómez
- second family name in Spanish name
- Gómez
- P10632
- Federico Franco
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Encyclopedic overview
Luis Federico Franco Gómez (born 24 July 1962) is a Paraguayan politician who was President of Paraguay from June 2012 until August 2013. A member of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), he was elected as Vice President of Paraguay in the 2008 presidential election as the running mate of Fernando Lugo; he took office in August 2008. Following Lugo's impeachment by the Senate on 22 June 2012, he succeeded Lugo as President to complete the presidential mandate until 15 August 2013.
Franco is a surgeon by profession. He is the brother of Julio César Franco, senator and former chairman of Authentic Radical Liberal Party, and also a former Vice President. Federico Franco is also former chairman of PLRA and was Governor of Central Department from 2003 to 2008.
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