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Alfredo Stroessner

1912 - 2006

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Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician, and dictator who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow from power on 3 February 1989. His dictatorship is commonly referred inside Paraguay as El Stronato. Stroessner led a coup d'état on 4 May 1954 with the support of the army and the Colorado Party, with which he was affiliated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfredo Stroessner has received more than 1,208,129 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Alfredo Stroessner is the 1,175th most popular politician (down from 1,067th in 2019), the most popular biography from Paraguay and the most popular Paraguayan Politician.

Alfredo Stroessner was a dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He is most famous for his rule of terror and repression.

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  • 61

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  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1,175 out of 19,576. Before him are Sandra Mason, Michael VII Doukas, Al-Mu'tasim, Basil I, Alauddin Khalji, and Frederick II of Denmark. After him are Hua Guofeng, Pauline Bonaparte, Ghazan, Fuxi, Chun Doo-hwan, and Michel Aoun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 15. Before him are Jackson Pollock, Michelangelo Antonioni, János Kádár, Millvina Dean, Raoul Wallenberg, and Jorge Amado. After him are John Cage, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Heinrich Harrer, Clara Petacci, Carlo Ponti, and Chuck Jones. Among people deceased in 2006, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 13. Before him are Milton Friedman, Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, Syd Barrett, and Oriana Fallaci. After him are Saparmurat Niyazov, Owen Chamberlain, Heinrich Harrer, György Ligeti, Mako, and Anna Politkovskaya.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1 out of 203. After him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Agustín Barrios (1885), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Arsenio Erico (1915), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), and Eusebio Ayala (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1. After him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), Eusebio Ayala (1875), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Bernardino Caballero (1839), and Federico Chávez (1882).

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