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president of Paraguay
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Also known as: Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez
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Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez
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May 30, 1951, San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay (age 73)
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bishop (1994-2007)
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Fernando Lugo (born May 30, 1951, San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay) is a former Roman Catholic bishop who became president of Paraguay (2008–12). His inauguration ended the conservative Colorado Party’s 62-year hold on power. Lugo was the nephew of Epifanio Méndez Fleitas, a Colorado Party leader who was forced into exile in 1956, during Gen. Alfredo Stroessner’s 35-year dictatorship (1954–89). After briefly working as a primary-school teacher, in 1970 Lugo began a novitiate with the Divine Word Missionaries. In 1977 he earned a degree in religious studies from the Catholic University in Asunción and was ordained a priest. He worked ...(100 of 659 words)

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