Epifanio Méndez Fleitas

Epifanio Méndez Fleitas
President of the Central Bank of Paraguay
In office
5 February 1955  3 January 1956
Preceded byPedro A. Caballero
Succeeded byGustavo Storm
In office
2 November 1952  5 January 1954
Preceded byPedro Juan Mayor
Succeeded byPedro Juan Mayor
Chief of Police of Asunción
In office
19 March 1949  2 November 1952
Personal details
BornApril 7, 1917
San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay
Died22 November 1985(1985-11-22) (aged 68)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationPolitician, banker

Epifanio Méndez Fleitas (7 April 1917 – 22 November 1985) was a Paraguayan politician, musician, writer and poet, and twice the president of Central Bank of Paraguay: from 1952 to 1954 and in 1955. He fled Paraguay during the Alfredo Stroessner years and was the uncle to future President Fernando Lugo. He died in Buenos Aires.