José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
President of Paraguay
Died when: 74 years 258 days (896 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [xo'se ?as'pa? ro'ð?i?es ðe 'f?ansia]) (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
His official title was "Supreme and Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay", but he was popularly known as El Supremo.He is considered to be the chief ideologue and political leader of the faction that advocated for the full independence of Paraguay from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and from the Empire of Brazil.
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