Luis Maria Argaña
Luis Maria del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro (born October 9, 1932 in Asunción ; † March 23, 1999 ibid) was a Paraguayan politician of the Asociación Nacional Republicana - Partido Colorado , who was Foreign Minister between 1989 and 1990 and from 1998 to 1999 Was vice president. His assassination on March 23, 1999 led to the Marzo paraguayo , which resulted in serious riots and street battles between supporters of the government and the opposition.
Life
Argaña, son of the judge, teacher and politician Luis Andrés Argaña and his wife Felicita Ferraro, studied law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) and graduated in 1958. In 1963 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) for the Asociación Nacional Republicana - Partido Colorado and was a member of this for 20 years until 1983. During this time he was a member of the constituent assembly (Convencional constituyente) in 1967 and again in 1977 and as such was one of the leading figures in the adoption of the constitution, which secured power to President Alfredo Stroessner . Due to his loyalty to the dictatorial ruling president, he was the first candidate for his successor. Most recently he was a professor at the UNA and between 1983 and 1988 President of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia) . After falling out of favor with Stroessner in 1988, he fled into exile in Brazil .
After Stroessner was overthrown in a military coup by General Andrés Rodríguez on February 3, 1989 , Argaña took over the post of Foreign Minister (Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores) in the Rodríguez cabinet , which he held until he was replaced by Alexis Frutos Vaesken on July 23, 1990. He was then president of the Partido Colorado for the first time from 1990 to 1991 and became a strong critic of the government and corruption within. He made several speeches, although he could not reach the common people because he did not speak a guaraní . Between 1996 and 1998 he was again president of the Partido Colorado and applied for the nomination as presidential candidate of the Partido Colorado in the 1998 elections, but was defeated by the general and former commander in chief of the Paraguayan armed forces Lino Oviedo . However, he was excluded from running because he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for attempting a coup in 1996. Thereupon Oviedo's confidante Raúl Cubas Grau was the new candidate of the Partido Colorado and won the presidential elections in 1998, while Argaña became vice president (Vicepresidente del Paraguay) and thus deputy of Cubas Grau on August 15, 1998 .
Soon afterwards, President Cubas Grau and Vice-President Argaña fell apart after the President made a decision to release Lino Oviedo. As a result, a case against Cubas for violating the constitution was brought before the National Congress (Congreso Nacional de la República del Paraguay) . Shortly afterwards, on March 23, 1999, he was assassinated by Pablo Vera Esteche, Luis Rojas, Fidencio Vega and Reinaldo Servín when his vehicle was hit by ten bullets in the morning hours in a central district of the capital Asunción. Then the previous President of the Senate (Cámara de Senadores) Luis Ángel González Macchi became the new Vice-President. The resigned Interior Minister Rubén Arias Mendoza was replaced by the brother of the President Carlos Cubas Grau. Argaña's assassination on March 23, 1999, believed to be the backers of General Oviedo and President Cubas Grau, led to the Marzo paraguayo , which resulted in serious unrest and street battles between supporters of the government and the opposition. Parliament removed the president from office and appointed Senate President Luis Ángel González Macchi on March 28, 1999 as his provisional successor. Oviedo fled to Argentina and ex-President Cubas Grau evaded an arrest warrant by fleeing to Brazil .
The airport of Mariscal Estigarribia in Aeropuerto Dr. Renamed Luis Maria Argana Internacional . His son Félix Argaña was a candidate for Vice-President in 2000, while his other son Nelson Argaña was Minister of Defense in the government of President Luis Ángel González Macchi and Member of the South American Common Market Parliament from March 1999 to August 2000, Mercosur .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paraguay: Foreign Ministers
- ↑ Paraguay: March 23, 1999
- ^ Félix Argaña in rulers.org
- ↑ Paraguay: March 23, 1999
- ↑ Paraguay: August 18, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Argaña, Luis Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Argaña Ferraro, Luis Maria del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Paraguayan politician (Asociación Nacional Republicana - Partido Colorado) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asunción |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1999 |
| Place of death | Asunción |