In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lugo and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
Fernando Lugo[a]
Lugo in 2009
48th President of Paraguay
In office 15 August 2008 – 22 June 2012
Vice President
Federico Franco
Preceded by
Nicanor Duarte
Succeeded by
Federico Franco
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
In office 29 October 2011 – 22 June 2012
Preceded by
Bharrat Jagdeo
Succeeded by
Ollanta Humala
President of the Senate of Paraguay
In office 30 June 2017 – 30 June 2018
Preceded by
Robert Acevedo
Succeeded by
Silvio Ovelar
Senator of Paraguay
In office 30 June 2013 – 30 June 2023
Personal details
Born
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez
(1951-05-30) 30 May 1951 (age 72) San Solano, Paraguay
Political party
Frente Guasú (since 2010)
Other political affiliations
Christian Democratic Party (2007–2010) Patriotic Alliance for Change (2007–2010)
Alma mater
Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion Pontifical Gregorian University
Signature
Bishop of San Pedro
Church
Roman Catholic Church
Diocese
Diocese of San Pedro
In office
5 March 1994 – 11 January 2005
Predecessor
Oscar Páez Garcete
Successor
Adalberto Martínez Flores
Orders
Ordination
15 August 1977
Consecration
17 April 1994 by Jose Sebastian Laboa
Laicized
30 June 2008
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (Spanish pronunciation:[feɾˈnandoaɾˈmindoˈluɣoˈmendes]; born 30 May 1951) is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008, an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.[1]
In 2012, he was removed from office through an impeachment process that neighboring countries deemed a coup d'état.[2] He was elected to the Senate of Paraguay in the 2013 and 2018 general elections but failed to win reelection in the 2023 Paraguayan general election.[3]
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^"The red bishop in Paraguay".
^Orsi, Peter (24 June 2012). "Does Paraguay risk pariah status with president's ouster?". Associated Press.
^"Elecciones 2023 marcan la debacle de la izquierda y fin de la era Lugo". Ultima Hora (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 1 May 2023.
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