Carlos Antonio López

For other people also named Antonio Lopez, see Antonio Lopez (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Ynsfrán.
Carlos Antonio López
Portrait, c. 1861
1st President of Paraguay
In office
13 March 1844 – 10 September 1862
Vice PresidentMariano González (1845–1846)
Francisco Solano López (1862)
Preceded byhimself as Consul
Succeeded byFrancisco Solano López
Consul of Paraguay
In office
12 March 1841 – 13 March 1844
Preceded byMariano Roque Alonso
Succeeded byhimself as President
Personal details
Born(1792-11-04)4 November 1792
Asunción, Intendancy of Paraguay, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Spanish Empire
Died10 September 1862(1862-09-10) (aged 69)
Asunción, Paraguay
PartyNone
SpouseJuana Pabla Carrillo
ChildrenFrancisco
Venancio
Benigno
Rafaela
Inocencia
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Carlos Antonio López Ynsfrán (4 November 1792 – 10 September 1862) was leader of Paraguay from 1841 to 1862. Under his presidency, he undertook a process of economic and political modernization for Paraguay, and ended the isolationist policies of Paraguay dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.

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