Eduardo Schaerer

Eduardo Schaerer
25th President of Paraguay
In office
15 August 1912 – 15 August 1916
Vice PresidentPedro Bobadilla
Preceded byEmiliano González Navero
Succeeded byManuel Franco
Personal details
Born(1873-12-02)2 December 1873
Caazapá, Caazapá Department, Paraguay
Died12 November 1941(1941-11-12) (aged 67)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
  • Paraguay
  • Switzerland
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse
Maria Mathilda Heisecke
(m. 1895)
Children7, including Arturo

Eduardo Schaerer Vera y Aragón (2 December 1873 – 12 November 1941)[1] was a Swiss-Paraguayan businessman, publisher and politician. He served as President of Paraguay from 1912 to 1916 for the Liberal Party, respectively briefly as the Minister of the Interior from March 22, 1912 to 15 August 1912, before assuming office as president. He previously served as mayor of Asuncion from 1908 to 1911.

After his presidency, he continued to serve in the Senate of Paraguay from 1921 to 1940.[2] He served as the President of the Senate in 1919-1920.[3] Schaerer founded the newspaper La Tribuna in 1925, one of the most important daily newspapers of Paraguay.

  1. ^ "EDUARDO SCHAERER; Paraguay's Former President Dies in Exile at 66". The New York Times. 13 November 1941. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Los suizos que hicieron patria en el Paraguay". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Leyes y Decretos Legislativos" (PDF). csj.gov.py (in Spanish).

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