Alfredo Stroessner
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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
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