Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiaudawas a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the longest in modern Latin American history. Stroessner's rule is ranked 20th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state...
NationalityParaguayan
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth3 November 1912
CountryParaguay
Alfredo Stroessner quotes about
I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.
A lot of people have asked for interviews, but we have said no. This is a special case. But we are in political asylum. We have to be careful.
The state of siege was necessary. There was subversion in Latin America. It was more of a preventive measure. It wasn't used much.
We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay.
There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay.