Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (November 3, 1912 – August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan Army officer who served as dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule, marked by an uninterrupted period of repression in his country, is the longest in modern South American history.
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3 November 1912 Encarnación, Paraguay
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Died |
16 August 2006 (aged 93) Brasília, Brazil
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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