Vice President of Paraguay is the second highest political position in Paraguay. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected in the same ticket as the president and if the president is unable to continue, the vice president takes over
Vice Presidency was created in the constitution of 1844. Before that time the president appointed the vice president.
| Name | Inaugurated | Left Office | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariano González | 1844 | 1854 | |
| Francisco Solano López | 1854 | 1862 | |
| Domingo Francisco Sánchez | 1862 | 1870 | |
| Cayo Miltos | 1870 | 1871 | |
| Salvador Jovellanos | 1871 | 1871 | |
| Higinio Uriarte | 1874 | 1877 | |
| Adolfo Saguier | 1878 | 1880 | |
| Bernardino Caballero | 1880 | 1881 | |
| Juan Antonio Jara | 1882 | 1886 | |
| José del Rosario Miranda | 1886 | 1890 | |
| Marcos Moríñigo | 1890 | 1894 | |
| Facundo Ynsfrán | 1894 | 1898 | |
| Andrés Héctor Carvallo | 1899 | 1902 | |
| Manuel Domínguez | 1902 | 1904 | |
| Emiliano González Navero | 1906 | 1908 | |
| Juan Bautista Gaona | 1910 | 1911 | |
| Pedro Bobadilla | 1912 | 1916 | |
| José Pedro Montero | 1916 | 1919 | |
| Félix Paiva | 1920 | 1921 | |
| Manuel Burgos | 1924 | 1928 | |
| Emiliano González Navero | 1928 | 1932 | |
| Raúl Casal-Ribeiro | 1932 | 1936 | |
| Luis Alberto Riart | 1939 | 1940 | |
| No Vice President | 1940 | 1993 | |
| Ángel Roberto Seifart | 1993 | 1998 | |
| Luis María Argaña | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Julio César Franco | 2000 | 2002 | |
| Luis Castiglioni | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Francisco Oviedo | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Federico Franco | 2008 | 2012 | |
| Óscar Denis | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Juan Afara | 2013 |
Famous quotes containing the words vice and/or president:
“I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)