# Alfredo Stroessner - President of Paraguay

URL: https://allhistories.com/paraguay/rulers/alfredo-stroessner
Term: 1954–1989
Born-Died: 1912-11-03 - 2006-08-16
Dynasty: Stronato
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner

General Alfredo Stroessner ruled Paraguay for nearly 35 years, relying on the army and the Colorado Party and winning eight controlled elections under a near-permanent state of siege. His regime, marked by repression and the Itaipú dam project, ended with the coup of February 1989.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Tomás Romero Pereira](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/rulers/tomas-romero-pereira)
- Next in list: [Andrés Rodríguez](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/rulers/andres-rodriguez)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1954 - [Grupo Arte Nuevo formed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1954-grupo-arte-nuevo-formed)
- 1954 - [Stroessner's coup d'état](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1954-stroessner-s-coup-d-etat)
- 1954 - [Stroessner elected unopposed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1954-stroessner-elected-unopposed)
- 1954 - [Stroessner inaugurated as president](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1954-stroessner-inaugurated-as-president)
- 1955 - [Perón takes refuge in Asunción](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1955-peron-takes-refuge-in-asuncion)
- 1957 - [Founding of Puerto Presidente Stroessner](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1957-founding-of-puerto-presidente-stroessner)
- 1958 - [Stroessner re-elected unopposed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1958-stroessner-re-elected-unopposed)
- 1959 - [End of the 1959 'democratic spring'](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1959-end-of-the-1959-democratic-spring)
- 1959 - [14 de Mayo guerrilla incursion](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1959-14-de-mayo-guerrilla-incursion)
- 1960 - [FULNA communist insurgency crushed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1960-fulna-communist-insurgency-crushed)
- 1963 - [Controlled opposition enters the 1963 election](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1963-controlled-opposition-enters-the-1963-election)
- 1965 - [Friendship Bridge opens to Brazil](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1965-friendship-bridge-opens-to-brazil)
- 1966 - [Police chief Ynsfrán dismissed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1966-police-chief-ynsfran-dismissed)
- 1967 - [Constitution of 1967 promulgated](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1967-constitution-of-1967-promulgated)
- 1970 - [Brazilian settlers colonise the eastern frontier](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1970-brazilian-settlers-colonise-the-eastern-frontier)
- 1972 - [Death of José Asunción Flores](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1972-death-of-jose-asuncion-flores)
- 1973 - [Itaipú Treaty signed with Brazil](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1973-itaipu-treaty-signed-with-brazil)
- 1973 - [Yacyretá Treaty signed with Argentina](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1973-yacyreta-treaty-signed-with-argentina)
- 1974 - [Roa Bastos publishes I the Supreme](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1974-roa-bastos-publishes-i-the-supreme)
- 1974 - [International outcry over the Aché](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1974-international-outcry-over-the-ache)
- 1975 - [Paraguay joins Operation Condor](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1975-paraguay-joins-operation-condor)
- 1976 - [Repression of the Ligas Agrarias](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1976-repression-of-the-ligas-agrarias)
- 1977 - [Term limits removed for Stroessner](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1977-term-limits-removed-for-stroessner)
- 1980 - [Somoza assassinated in Asunción](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1980-somoza-assassinated-in-asuncion)
- 1982 - [Guaíra Falls drowned by Itaipú reservoir](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1982-guaira-falls-drowned-by-itaipu-reservoir)
- 1984 - [ABC Color newspaper closed](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1984-abc-color-newspaper-closed)
- 1984 - [Itaipú begins generating electricity](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1984-itaipu-begins-generating-electricity)
- 1987 - [State of siege finally lifted](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1987-state-of-siege-finally-lifted)
- 1988 - [Stroessner's eighth term](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1988-stroessner-s-eighth-term)
- 1988 - [John Paul II canonises Roque González](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1988-john-paul-ii-canonises-roque-gonzalez)
- 1989 - [Roa Bastos wins the Cervantes Prize](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1989-roa-bastos-wins-the-cervantes-prize)
- 1989 - [Coup ends Stroessner's dictatorship](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1989-coup-ends-stroessner-s-dictatorship)
- 1989 - [1989 general election](https://allhistories.com/paraguay/timeline/1989-1989-general-election)