Fernando Lugo
President-elect of Paraguay
Taking office 15 August 2008
Succeeding	Nicanor Duarte
Born	30 May 1951 (1951-05-30) (age 57) San Solano, Paraguay[1]
Political party	Christian Democratic Party / Patriotic Alliance for Change
Religion	Roman Catholic

Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is a Paraguayan politician who won the April 2008 presidential election and is therefore president-elect of Paraguay. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956 is a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008 Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January San Solano is a small Rural Village located in the San Pedro del Paraná district Itapúa department in Paraguay. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio APC is a Center-left Paraguayan Political alliance consisting of eight opposition Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The 2008 Paraguayan general election was held in Paraguay on April 20, 2008.

A Roman Catholic bishop, he is associated with the Socialist International through the APC-coalition's Revolutionary Febrerista Party. Socialist International is a worldwide organization of socialist ( social democratic and labour) political parties The Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio APC is a Center-left Paraguayan Political alliance consisting of eight opposition He had requested laicization in order to run for office. To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or Priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office However, the Holy See refused the request on the grounds that Bishops could not undergo laicization, and also denied him the requested canonical permission to run for civil elected office. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic ^[2] Subsequently following his declaration of candidacy, the Holy See imposed on him the penalty of suspension from the discharge of the ordained ministry, but did not dismiss him from the clerical state. Clerk, the vocational title commonly refers to a White-collar worker who conducts general office or in some instances sales tasks ^[3]

Contents 1 Early life and history with the Church 2 Presidential candidacy 3 Blog 4 References 5 External links

Early life and history with the Church

Lugo's family was not particularly religious: he never saw his father enter any chapel. But instead, it was a very political one. His uncle Epifanio Méndes Fleitas was a noted Colorado Party dissident and was persecuted and exiled by General Stroessner's regime. The National Republican Association – Colorado Party ( Asociación Nacional Republicana – Partido Colorado, ANR-PC is a Political party in Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner (November 3 1912 Encarnación - August 16 2006 Brasília His father was imprisoned twenty times, and some of his elder siblings were sent to exile too. He received his basic education at a religious school in Encarnación, all the while he worked selling snacks on the streets. Encarnación is a city in southeastern Paraguay. It is situated 235 miles south-east of the capital Asunción on the Paraná River, opposite the Argentine At age 17 or 18, against his father's wishes of him becoming a lawyer, Lugo entered a normal school, and began teaching at a rural community. normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers He was well accepted within this people, who were very religious, but they had no priest. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities He recalls that he was touched by that experience, discovering his vocation, and so he decided to enter a Society of the Divine Word seminary at age 19. A vocation is an occupation for which a person is suited trained or qualified The Divine Word Missionaries, also known as SVDs are members of the Society of the Divine Word (Latin Societas Verbi Divini) Lugo was ordained a priest on August 15, 1977. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays That same year he was sent to Ecuador as a missionary for five years. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. There he had the opportunity to learn about the controversial Liberation theology. Liberation theology is a school of Theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic He returned to Paraguay in 1982, and after a year, the regime's police asked that he be expelled from the country. The Church complied and sent him to Rome for further academic studies. Lugo returned to his homeland in 1987, two years short of the Stroessner dictatorship's ultimate fall. He was ordained Bishop on April 17, 1994, and received the nation's poorest diocese, in the San Pedro department. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Districts The department is divided in 17 districts Antequera Capiibary Choré General Elizardo Aquino ^[4] Following his presidential aspirations, Lugo resigned as ordinary of the Diocese of San Pedro on January 11, 2005. In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Presidential candidacy

Lugo jumped to the national arena by backing peasants' claims for better land distribution. During 2006, wide-spectrum opinion polls published by Diario ABC Color newspaper showed him as a possible choice for the opposition's presidential candidacy. Diario ABC Color is a major Paraguayan Newspaper with offices in the city of Asunción. Known as "the bishop of the poor", Lugo was seen in the subsequent months as the most serious threat to the dominance of the Colorado Party on Paraguayan politics. The National Republican Association – Colorado Party ( Asociación Nacional Republicana – Partido Colorado, ANR-PC is a Political party in Paraguay, Although he has said he finds the presidency of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela interesting, he has also made a point to distance himself from populist leaders in Latin America, focusing more on social inequality in Paraguay. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the

On February 23, 2007, a Prensa Latina article noted that the Paraguayan Interior Ministry offered Lugo protection because of the death threats he has received during the course of his political activities. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Prensa Latina, legal name Agencia de Noticias Latinoamericana S ^[5]

According to a poll released in February 2007, he was the leading contender in the presidential election, with more than 37% of the voters' intention. ^[6] On October 29, 2007, he registered himself into the tiny Christian Democratic Party of Paraguay in order to get his bureaucratic habilitation to run for office. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[7] That party integrated a coalition of more than a dozen opposition parties and social movements, named Patriotic Alliance for Change. The Patriotic Alliance for Change (Alianza Patriótica por el Cambio APC is a Center-left Paraguayan Political alliance consisting of eight opposition Federico Franco, from the center-right Authentic Radical Liberal Party, Paraguay's largest opposition party, was his running mate. The Authentic Radical Liberal Party ( Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico or PLRA) is a liberal party in Paraguay.

Even though on November 16, 2007, the Chairman of the National Republican Party (ANR, Partido Colorado), then-sitting President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, announced that the Colorado Party would not initiate any proceedings to block Lugo's candidacy,^[8] there is a debate going on about its legality, because Article 235 of the Constitution forbids ministers of any religious denomination to hold elective office,^[9] and Pope Benedict XVI rejected Lugo's resignation from the priesthood. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger ^[10]

On April 20, 2008, Lugo won the election by a margin of 10 percentage points, although far short of a majority. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A majority, also known as a simple majority in the US, is a Subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group The Colorado Party candidate, Blanca Ovelar, acknowledged that Lugo had an unassailable lead and conceded the race that same night at about 9 p. Blanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte (born) is a Paraguayan politician and former Minister of Education m. local time. Two hours later, President Duarte acknowledged that the Colorados had lost an election for the first time in 61 years. Lugo will be Paraguay's second leftist president (the first being Rafael Franco, who served from 1936 to 1937), and the first to be freely elected. Rafael Franco Ojeda (1896-1973 was President of Paraguay from February 17 1936 to August 13 1937. Also, it will be the first time in Paraguay's history (the country gained independence in 1811) that a ruling party peacefully surrenders power to an elected member from the opposition. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Since Lugo has no spouse, he recently announced the designation of his elder sister, Mercedes Lugo, as First Lady of Paraguay. First Lady of Paraguay (officially in Spanish Primera Dama de la Nación) is the official post of the spouse (or designated person of the President of Paraguay.

Blog

Lugo began writing a blog on the web site of newspaper ABC Color in March 2007. ^[11]

References

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• (Spanish)Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation
• Fernando Lugo on Catholic Hierarchy
• Feb. 27, 2007 New York Times article on Lugo's possible candidacy
• Feb. 22, 2007 article on Lugo from Worldpress.org
• Dec. 30, 2006 Daily (Maybe) blog on background to Lugo's presidential bid
• Lugo Wins Election at AP
• April 18, 2008 article on Lugo and Paraguay elections from The Christian Science Monitor

Political offices
Preceded by Nicanor Duarte	President of Paraguay Elect 2008 – present	Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Lugo, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Méndez, Fernando Armindo Lugo
SHORT DESCRIPTION	President-elect of Paraguay
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa department
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956 is a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008 Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January San Pedro del Paraná is a Town in the Itapúa department of Paraguay. Districts The department is divided in 30 districts Alto Verá Bella Vista Cambyretá Capitán Meza

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