Pedro Peña

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Pedro Pablo Peña Cañete (1864–1943) was provisional President of Paraguay from February 28, 1912 to March 22, 1912. He was a member of the Colorado Party. Before his brief Presidency, doctor Peña was secretary at the Paraguayan Legation in Argentina, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Asuncion, President of the National University of Asuncion, Paraguayan minister to Brazil (1901 – 1902 and 1903 – 1905), minister of Foreign Affairs (1902–1903) and Paraguayan minister to Chile, Bolivia and Peru (1905–1908). During and after his Presidency he was President of the Executive Committee of the Colorado Party from 1912 to 1916, and again from 1921 to 1923.

Preceded by Liberato Marcial Rojas	President of Paraguay 1912	Succeeded by Emiliano González Navero

v t e Heads of state of Paraguay

	Yegros Rodríguez de Francia Yegros Rodríguez de Francia Ortiz Medina Roque Alonzo C.A. López F.S. López Rivarola Machaín Rivarola Jovellanos Gill Uriarte Bareiro Saguier Caballero Escobar J.G. González M. Morínigo Egusquiza Aceval Carvallo Escurra Gaona Báez Ferreira González Navero Gondra Jara Rojas Peña González Navero Schaerer M. Franco Montero Gondra Eusebio Ayala Eligio Ayala Riart Eligio Ayala Guggiari Eusebio Ayala R. Franco Paiva Estigarribia H. Moríñigo Frutos J.N. González Rolón Molas Chávez Romero Stroessner Rodríguez Wasmosy Cubas González Macchi Duarte Lugo Franco Cartes

Italics indicate acting, interim or provisional role.

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Presidents of Paraguay

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Name	Pena, Pedro
Alternative names
Short description	President of Paraguay
Date of birth	1864
Place of birth
Date of death	1943
Place of death

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