Editing Politics of Paraguay (section)

==Executive branch==

{{Office-table}}
|[[President of Paraguay|President]]
|[[Santiago Peña]]
|[[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]
|15 August 2023
|}
[[File:PalacioLopez.jpg|thumb|[[Palacio de los López]]]]
The president, popularly elected for one 5-year term with no chance of re-elections, appoints a cabinet. The president nominates the Council of Ministers. The presidential elections of 2008 were won by [[Fernando Lugo]], a [[Bishop (Catholicism)|Roman Catholic bishop]] whose ministerial duties have been suspended on his request by the [[Holy See]]. It was the first time in 61 years that the [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]] lost a presidential election in Paraguay, and only a second time that a leftist served as president after [[February Revolution (Paraguay)|1936–37]], and the first time one was ever freely elected. In 2013, Lugo was removed from office through the process of [[Impeachment of Fernando Lugo|impeachment]]. This action was widely hailed as a coup d'état by heads of state throughout Latin America,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-25 |title=Paraguay likely to return long-dominant conservative party after brush with leftist bishop |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/paraguay-likely-to-return-long-dominant-conservative-party-after-brush-with-leftist-bishop/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Does Paraguay risk pariah status with president's ouster? |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2012/0624/Does-Paraguay-risk-pariah-status-with-president-s-ouster |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}</ref> with leaders from nations such as Argentina and Ecuador announcing they would refuse to recognize his successor as the legitimate President of Paraguay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-26 |title=Argentina "no convalidará el golpe en Paraguay" mientras que Brasil sugirió que quedaría fuera de la Unasur y el Mercosur - lanacion.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626230154/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1484357-unasur-y-mercosur-tomaria-medidas-severas-ante-la-remocion-de-lugo |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> 

In May 2023, [[Santiago Peña]] of the long-ruling Colorado Party, won the presidential [[2023 Paraguayan general election|election]] to succeed [[Mario Abdo Benítez|Mario Abdo]] as the next [[President of Paraguay]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Amid protests, authorities uphold legitimacy of Paraguay election |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/3/amid-protests-authorities-uphold-legitimacy-of-paraguay-election |work=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>  On 15 August 2023, Santiago Peña was sworn in as Paraguay's new president.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desantis |first1=Daniela |last2=Elliott |first2=Lucinda |last3=Elliott |first3=Lucinda |title=Paraguay's President Pena sworn in, Taiwan VP in attendance |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-paraguayan-president-santiago-pena-sworn-2023-08-15/ |work=Reuters |date=16 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

The workplace of the [[President of Paraguay]] is the [[Palacio de los López]], in [[Asunción]]. The Presidential Residence is [[Mburuvichá Roga]], also in Asunción. Once presidents leave office, they are granted by the Constitution the speaking-but-non-voting position of [[Senator for life]].

===Office of the First Lady===
In [[Paraguay]], the post of the [[First Lady of Paraguay]] is official.{{cn|date=September 2022}}