1993 Paraguayan general election
Election of Juan Carlos Wasmosy as President of Paraguay
General elections were held in Paraguay on 9 May 1993. They featured the first free presidential elections in the country's 182-year history, (or second, depending on the source ), and the first with no military candidates since 1928. They were also the first regular elections since the adoption of a new constitution the previous summer. The presidential election was the first regular presidential election since the overthrow of longtime leader Alfredo Stroessner in 1989. The 1989 coup's leader, Andrés Rodríguez, became provisional president before winning a special election for the remainder of Stroessner's eighth term.
Rodríguez had promised not to run for a full term. He would have been prevented from doing so by the new constitution, which limited the president to a single five-year term. The term limit applied even if a president had only served a partial term.
Juan Carlos Wasmosy of the Colorado Party won the presidential election with 41.8 percent of the vote. He took office on 15 August, becoming the first civilian to hold the post in 39 years.
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