# List of presidents of the Senate of Paraguay

The president of the Senate of Paraguay is the presiding officer in the Senate of Paraguay. The president is elected by the Senate of Paraguay for one-year term.

## Presidents 1870 - 1940

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Juan León Corvalán | ? - April 1871 | May 1871 - ? |
| José Mateo Collar | ? - June 1871 | August 1871 |
| Juan León Corvalán | August 1871 | September 1871 - ? |
| Salvador Jovellanos | 8 December 1871 | 18 December 1871 |
| Juan Bautista Gill | 18 December 1871 | 8 March 1872 |
| Juan J. Brizuela | 8 March 1872 | 3 April 1872 |
| Juan A. Roa | 3 April 1872 | 22 May 1872 |
| Miguel Palacios | 22 May 1872 | November 1872 - ? |
| Wenceslao Velilla | ? - April 1873 | November 1875 - ? |
| Higinio Uriarte | ? - February 1876 | April 1877 |
| José Falcón | ? - May 1877 | November 1878 |
| Adolfo Saguier | 25 November 1878 | 8 September 1880 |
| José Toribio Iturburú | ? - April 1881 | July 1881 - ? |
| Eusebio Bedoya | ? - August 1881 | October 1882 |
| Benito Escauriza | October 1882 | November 1882 |
| Juan Antonio Jara | 25 November 1882 | 25 November 1886 |
| José del Rosario Miranda | 25 November 1886 | 25 November 1890 |
| Marcos Morínigo | 25 November 1890 | 9 June 1894 |
| Patricio Escobar | 9 June 1894 | July 1894 |
| Bernardino Caballero | July 1894 | November 1894 |
| Facundo Ynsfrán | 25 November 1894 | 25 November 1898 |
| Andrés Héctor Carvallo | 25 November 1898 | 9 January 1902 |
| Bernardino Caballero / Patricio Escobar | 9 January 1902 | 25 November 1902 |
| Manuel Domínguez | 25 November 1902 | 19 December 1904 |
| G. Benítez | 19 December 1904 | January 1905 - ? |
| Antonio Taboada | ? - April 1905 | April 1905 - ? |
| José Segundo Decoud | ? - May 1905 | November 1905 - ? |
| Juan A. Aponte | ? - December 1905 | December 1905 - ? |
| José Segundo Decoud / Antonio Taboada | ? - April 1906 | November 1906 |
| Emiliano González Navero | 25 November 1906 | 4 July 1908 |
| Víctor M. Soler | ? - January 1909 | February 1909 - ? |
| Héctor Velázquez | ? - April 1909 | April 1909 |
| Víctor M. Soler | April 1909 | May 1909 - ? |
| Juan Bautista Gaona | ? - June 1909 | January 1911 |
| Liberato Marcial Rojas | ? - February 1911 | July 1911 |
| Fernando A. Carreras | July 1911 | October 1911 - ? |
| Daniel Codas | ? - January 1912 | January 1912 - ? |
| Pedro Bobadilla | 15 August 1912 | 15 August 1916 |
| José Pedro Montero | 15 August 1916 | 6 June 1919 |
| Gualberto Cardús Huerta | 6 June 1919 | July 1919 - ? |
| Eduardo Schaerer | ? - August 1919 | January 1920 - ? |
| Gerónimo Zubizarreta | ? - April 1920 | April 1920 - ? |
| Eduardo Schaerer | ? - May 1920 | August 1920 |
| Félix Paiva | 15 August 1920 | 29 October 1921 |
| Emiliano González Navero | ? - May 1922 | August 1922 - ? |
| Belisario Rivarola | ? - October 1923 | December 1923 - ? |
| Emiliano González Navero | ? - May 1924 | August 1924 |
| Manuel Burgos | 15 August 1924 | 15 August 1928 |
| Emiliano González Navero | 15 August 1928 | 25 October 1931 |
| Eusebio Ayala | 25 October 1931 | 28 January 1932 |
| Emiliano González Navero | 28 January 1932 | 15 August 1932 |
| Raúl Casal Ribeiro | 15 August 1932 | 19 February 1936 |
| Justo Prieto | ? - February 1939 | June 1939 - |
| Luis Alberto Riart | 15 August 1939 | 18 February 1940 |

## Presidents after 1968

Below is a list of office-holders from 1968:
| Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| Juan Ramón Chávez | 1 April 1968 | 30 June 1988 | |
| Ezequiel González Alsina | 1 July 1988 | 6 February 1989 | |
| Alberto Nogués | 10 May 1989 | 30 June 1990 | |
| Waldino Ramón Lovera | 1 July 1990 | 30 June 1991 | |
| Gustavo Díaz de Vivar | 1 July 1991 | 30 June 1993 | 2 terms |
| Evelio Fernández Arévalos | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1995 | 2 terms |
| Milciades Rafael Casabianca | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 1996 | |
| Miguel Abdón Saguier | 1 July 1996 | 30 June 1997 | |
| Rodrigo Campos Servera | 1 July 1997 | 30 June 1998 | |
| Luis Ángel González Macchi | 1 July 1998 | 28 March 1999 | |
| Juan Carlos Galaverna Delvalle | 28 March 1999 | 30 June 2000 | |
| Juan Roque Galeano Villalba | 1 July 2000 | 30 June 2002 | 2 terms |
| Juan Carlos Galaverna Delvalle | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | |
| Carlos Mateo Balmelli | 1 July 2003 | 30 June 2004 | |
| Miguel Carrizosa | 1 July 2004 | 30 June 2005 | |
| Carlos Filizzola | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2006 | |
| Enrique González Quintana | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2007 | |
| Miguel Abdón Saguier Carmona | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | |
| Enrique González Quintana | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 | |
| Miguel Garrizosa Galiano | 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | |
| Óscar Alberto González Daher | 1 July 2010 | 30 June 2011 | |
| Jorge Antonio Oviedo Matto | 1 July 2011 | 30 June 2012 | |
| Alfredo Luis Jaeggli Caballero | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2013 | |
| Julio César Velázquez Tillería | 1 July 2013 | 30 June 2014 | |
| Blas Antonio Llano Ramos | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2015 | |
| Mario Abdo Benítez | 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | |
| Roberto Ramón Acevedo Quevedo | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 | |
| Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | |
| Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | |
| Blas Antonio Llano Ramos | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2020 | |
| Óscar Rubén Salomón | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2023 | 3 terms |
| Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez | 1 July 2023 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Basilio Gustavo Núñez Giménez | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | |

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## Website

* The Senate of Paraguay's website