Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner
Republic of Paraguay República del Paraguay | |||||||||
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| 1954–1989 | |||||||||
| Motto: Paz y Justicia (Spanish) Peace and Justice | |||||||||
| Capital | Asunción | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish, Guarani | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary one-party presidential republic under an authoritarian military dictatorship | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1954 | Tomás Romero Pereira | ||||||||
• 1954–1989 | Alfredo Stroessner | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| 4 May 1954 | |||||||||
| 3 February 1989 | |||||||||
| Currency | Guaraní | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PY | ||||||||
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The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as the Stronismo or Stronato, was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which army general Alfredo Stroessner ruled the country as a de facto one-party state under an authoritarian military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.