Nicanor Duarte

Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956) is a Paraguayan politician. He served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008.

Nicanor Duarte
47th President of Paraguay
In office 15 August 2003 – 15 August 2008
Vice President	Francisco Oviedo
Preceded by	Luis Ángel González Macchi
Succeeded by	Fernando Lugo
Senator of Paraguay
In office 26 August 2008 – 28 August 2008
Preceded by	Jorge Cespedes
Succeeded by	Jorge Cespedes
President of the ANR-Colorado Party
In office 2001–2004
Minister of Education and Culture
In office 1993–1997
Personal details
Born	Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (1956-10-11) 11 October 1956 (age 67) Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
Political party	ANR-PC
Spouse(s)	María Gloria Penayo Solaeche

Nicanor Duarte announced his resignation as president,^[1] in order to assume a position as Senator on 1 July 2008. He presented his resignation on 23 June 2008 to the President of the Congress of Paraguay,^[2] Senator Miguel Abdón Saguier.

References

1. (in Spanish) Nicanor renunciara mañana Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine from Diario ABC Color.
2. (in Spanish) Nicanor entrega hoy su renuncia al cargo^{[permanent dead link]} from Diario ABC Color.

Other websites

• Biography by CIDOB