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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 statesman who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989. 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 1,128,940 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfredo Stroessner is the 1,069th most popular politician (up from 1,153rd 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1,069 out of 15,577. Before him are Adolphe Thiers, Himiko, Yulia Tymoshenko, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Ariq Böke, and Dionysius I of Syracuse. After him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Shaka, Habib Bourguiba, Emperor Kōmei, Nabopolassar, and Eric XIV of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 16. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni, Heinrich Harrer, John Cage, Carlo Ponti, Clara Petacci, and János Kádár. After him are Raoul Wallenberg, Jorge Amado, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Chuck Jones, Adolf Galland, and Millvina Dean. Among people deceased in 2006, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 13. Before him are Naguib Mahfouz, Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, James Brown, Desmond Doss, and Heinrich Harrer. After him are Philippe Noiret, Oriana Fallaci, Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, Owen Chamberlain, and Joseph Barbera.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner ranks 1 out of 167. After him are Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Agustín Barrios (1885), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Arsenio Erico (1915), Horacio Cartes (1956), and José Félix Estigarribia (1888).

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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), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Federico Chávez (1882), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), and Bernardino Caballero (1839).

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