Francisco Oviedo

Francisco Oviedo
Housing Minister of Paraguay
In office 3 October 2000[1] – 6 February 2002[1]
President	Luis González Macchi
Preceded by	Federico Zayas[1]
Succeeded by	James Spalding[1]
Finance Minister of Paraguay
In office 2 October 2000[2] – 6 February 2002
President	Luis González Macchi
Succeeded by	James Spalding
Interior Minister of Paraguay
In office 6 February 2002[3] – 2003
President	Luis González Macchi
Preceded by	Julio César Fanego
Vice President of Paraguay
In office 21 November 2007 – 15 August 2008
President	Nicanor Duarte Frutos
Preceded by	Luis Castiglioni
Succeeded by	Federico Franco
Personal details
Political party	Colorado Party

Francisco Arcidio Oviedo Brítez is a Paraguayan politician from the Colorado Party. He served as 27° Vice President of Paraguay from 21 November 2007 to 15 August 2008.

Political career

From 2000 to 2003 Oviedo held a number of ministerial positions in the cabinet of Luis González Macchi. In 2007 Oviedo was senator in the Paraguayan Senate, and was elected in a special election to succeed Luis Castiglioni as Vice President of the Republic for the remainder of the presidential term to end in August 2008.

Presidential aspiration

After Nicanor Duarte Frutos announced his resignation as President of Paraguay,^[4] which was presented to the Paraguayan Congress on June 23, 2008,^[5] it pointed that Francisco Oviedo, as vicepresident, would succeed him^[6] if the Congress accepted Duarte's resignation. However, after political struggle in the Congress, former President Duarte's resignation was not accepted, and thus Oviedo couldn't swear as president.

References

1. (Spanish) Paraguay Ministry of Housing, Ministerio de Hacienda, p70
2. rulers.org, October 2000
3. February 2002, accessed 29 June 2012
4. (Spanish) Nicanor renunciara mañana from Diario ABC Color.
5. (Spanish) Nicanor entrega hoy su renuncia al cargo from Diario ABC Color.
6. (Spanish) Francisco Oviedo ya esta preparado para ser presidente from Diario ABC Color.