# List of ambassadors of Paraguay to the United States

The Paraguayan ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Asunción to the Government of the United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | President of Paraguay | President of the United States | Term end |
| 1876 | | José Machain | Minister Plenipotentiary in special mission | Juan Bautista Gill | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 1877 | | Tomás Benjamín Aceval Marín | Minister Plenipotentiary in special mission, he represented the government of Higinio Uriarte in the Chaco Boreal dispute with Argentina, after the Paraguayan War, to the President of the U.S.A. Rutherford B. Hayes. In his arbitration, Hayes awarded the region to Paraguay. | Higinio Uriarte | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1879 |
| 1892 | | César Gondra | Minister Plenipotentiary in special mission | Juan Gualberto González | Benjamin Harrison | 1893 |
| April 15, 1904 | | | LEGATION OPENED | Juan Bautista Gaona | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| April 15, 1904 | | Cecilio Báez | | Juan Bautista Gaona | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| January 1, 1907 | March 1, 1913 | | LEGATION REMOVED, LEGATION REPLACED | Benigno Ferreira | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| February 18, 1913 | | Héctor Velázquez | | Eduardo Schaerer | Woodrow Wilson | |
| September 23, 1918 | | Manuel Gondra | | Manuel Franco | Woodrow Wilson | |
| July 12, 1920 | | William Wallace White | Consul General in N.Y. in charge of Legation | Manuel Gondra | Woodrow Wilson | |
| January 29, 1925 | | Eusebio Ayala | Paraguayan foreign minister | Luis Alberto Riart | Calvin Coolidge | |
| September 11, 1925 | | Juan Vicente Ramírez | Chargé d'affaires (1887-1977) | Luis Alberto Riart | Calvin Coolidge | |
| April 1, 1929 | | Pablo Max Ynsfrán | Chargé d'affaires | José Patricio Guggiari | Herbert C. Hoover | |
| February 25, 1933 | | William Wallace White | Consul General in N.Y. | Eusebio Ayala | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| April 11, 1933 | | Enrique Bordenave | | Eusebio Ayala | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| April 1, 1926 | | William Wallace White | Consul General in N.Y. Chargé d'affaires of Legation | Luis Alberto Riart | Calvin Coolidge | |
| June 10, 1936 | June 22, 1936 | Alfredo Busk Codas | E.E. and M.P. (Minister resigned on September 4, 1937. His name continued to appear on List with notation of resignation until removal of Legation from January 1938 List) | Rafael Franco | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| January 1, 1938 | May 1, 1938 | | LEGATION REMOVED, LEGATION REPLACED | Félix Paiva | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| May 3, 1938 | May 19, 1938 | José Félix Estigarribia | General | Félix Paiva | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| June 17, 1939 | | Pablo Max Insfran | Chargé d'affaires, YNSFRÁN, Pablo Max, professor, pub- lic official; b. Asunción, June 30, 1894; s. Facundo Ynsfrán and Francisca Gimenes; ed. Escuela de Notariado, 1915–17; School of Fgn. Service, Georgetown Univ., Washington, 1930–31; ra. Carmen | José Félix Estigarribia | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| November 8, 1939 | November 14, 1939 | Horacio Aníbal Fernández | (b. Asunción, April 3, 1905) lawyer, public accountant. President of the Chamber of Deputies and a professor. | José Félix Estigarribia | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| November 28, 1940 | December 19, 1940 | Juan José Soler | | Higinio Morínigo | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| March 31, 1942 | | | LEGATION RAISED TO EMBASSY | Higinio Morínigo | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| March 23, 1942 | March 31, 1942 | Celso Ramon Velázquez | | Higinio Morínigo | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| March 26, 1946 | April 9, 1946 | Juan Bautista Ayala | | Higinio Morínigo | Harry S. Truman | |
| August 21, 1946 | | César Romeo Acosta | Chargé d'affaires | Higinio Morínigo | Harry S. Truman | |
| June 23, 1947 | July 2, 1947 | Guillermo Enciso Velloso | | Higinio Morínigo | Harry S. Truman | |
| April 19, 1948 | April 23, 1948 | Juan Félix Morales | | Juan Natalicio González | Harry S. Truman | |
| January 31, 1949 | April 13, 1949 | | SEVERED RELATIONS, RESUMED RELATIONS | Raimundo Rolón | Harry S. Truman | |
| August 1, 1949 | August 5, 1949 | Luis Óscar Boettner | | Raimundo Rolón | Harry S. Truman | |
| March 17, 1954 | March 26, 1954 | Guillermo Enciso Velloso | | Alfredo Stroessner | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| December 18, 1956 | December 28, 1956 | Osvaldo Chaves | | Alfredo Stroessner | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| July 8, 1958 | July 29, 1958 | Juan Plate | | Alfredo Stroessner | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| March 7, 1968 | March 15, 1968 | Roque Jacinto Avila | | Alfredo Stroessner | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| January 10, 1973 | March 2, 1973 | Miguel Solano Lopez | | Alfredo Stroessner | Richard Nixon | |
| October 18, 1976 | | Juan Alberto Llanes | Chargé d'affaires | Alfredo Stroessner | Gerald Ford | |
| May 10, 1977 | May 16, 1977 | Mario López Escobar | | Alfredo Stroessner | Jimmy Carter | |
| October 15, 1983 | | Juan Carlos A. Hrase Von Bargen | Chargé d'affaires, From 1984-1989 he was ambassador in Tokyo | Alfredo Stroessner | Ronald Reagan | |
| January 17, 1984 | March 13, 1984 | Marcos Martínez Mendieta | | Alfredo Stroessner | Ronald Reagan | |
| April 27, 1992 | May 5, 1992 | Juan Esteban Aquirre Martinez | | Andrés Rodríguez | George H. W. Bush | |
| January 11, 1995 | March 20, 1995 | Jorge G. Prieto Conti | | Juan Carlos Wasmosy | Bill Clinton | |
| August 9, 1999 | August 10, 1999 | Juan Esteban Aguirre Martinez | | Luis Ángel González Macchi | Bill Clinton | |
| August 2, 2000 | September 5, 2000 | Leila Rachid de Cowles | | Luis Ángel González Macchi | Bill Clinton | |
| December 11, 2003 | March 31, 2004 | James Spalding Hellmers | | Nicanor Duarte Frutos | George W. Bush | |
| November 19, 2010 | February 24, 2010 | Rigoberto Gauto Vielman | | Fernando Lugo | Barack Obama | |
| January 9, 2013 | January 14, 2013 | Fernando Antonio Pfannl Caballero | | Horacio Cartes | Barack Obama | |
| September 15, 2014 | September 18, 2014 | Igor Alberto Pangrazio Vera | | Horacio Cartes | Barack Obama | |
| January 21, 2016 | January 28, 2016 | Germán Hugo Rojas Irigoyen | | Horacio Cartes | Barack Obama | |
| January 1, 2019 | January 1, 2019 | Manuel María Cáceres | | Mario Abdo Benítez | Donald Trump | 2023 |
| July 8, 2021 | July 8, 2021 | Jose Antonio dos Santos Bedoya | | Mario Abdo Benítez | Joe Biden | 2023 |
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