Francisco Solano López

@Former President of Paraguay, Birthday and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Francisco Solano Lopez was the president of Paraguay from 1862 to 1870 Paraguayan Leaders Political Leaders Presidents Leo Celebrities Francisco Solano Lopez was the president of Paraguay from 1862 to 1870; he is widely held responsible for instigating the ‘War of the Triple Alliance’. Born to a politically active family, he had a pampered childhood and was appointed a Brigadier General at the age of 18. Upon the death of his father—the first President of Paraguay—he seized control of the country and quickly established his own supremacy with the help of the army. During his initial years as the president, he continued his father's domestic policies but was later overwhelmed with foreign affairs. He became entangled in a civil war raging in Uruguay, which involved the two South American giants, Brazil and Argentina. He allowed himself to be drawn into the boundary disputes and as a result of complicated diplomatic intrigues, found himself at war with both countries. Meanwhile, the Uruguayan government was toppled and the new government shifted its allegiance to Brazil. This new development resulted in the alliance of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay against Paraguay in 1865 which led to the ‘War of the Triple Alliance’, also known as the Paraguayan War. Paraguay faced heavy losses and massive destruction in the war which went on for several years, and Lopez was killed at the hands of Brazilian soldiers. Despite his over-ambitious and aggressive nature, he is celebrated as Paraguay’s leading hero, a true patriot who fought with utmost bravery until his last breath to protect his country

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Birthday: July 24, 1827 Died on: March 1, 1870 Nationality: Paraguayan Famous: Former President of Paraguay, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Spouses: Eliza Lynch Known as: Francisco Solano Lopez Birth Place: Asunción Information Detail Birthday July 24, 1827 Died on March 1, 1870 Nationality Paraguayan Famous Former President of Paraguay, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents Spouses Eliza Lynch Known as Francisco Solano Lopez Birth Place Asunción Religion Catholicism Gender Male Father Carlos Antonio López Sun Sign Leo Born in Asunción Famous as Former President of Paraguay Died at Age 42

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During the time he spent in Paris, Francisco Solano Lopez fell in love with an Irish woman, Elisa Alicia Lynch, who later became his mistress. Famous by the name of ‘La Lynch’, she bore him five sons, although the two never married. Unsplash Personal Life

Lynch had an influential personality and helped him in carrying out important political decisions regarding Paraguay. She buried Francisco Solano Lopez with her own hands after he was killed in battle in 1870 and died penniless after some years in Europe. Unsplash Personal Life

Francisco Solano Lopez is regarded as a patriot who fought till his last breath for Paraguay. He is often portrayed as a tragic figure caught in a web of Argentine and Brazilian duplicity. He is much respected for standing against his enemies heroically for five horrific war years until he was killed and Paraguay was finally defeated. Unsplash Personal Life

Francisco Solano López was born on July 24, 1827, in Manorá, a barrio of Asunción, Paraguay, to Carlos Antonio Lopez, who later became the first President of Paraguay in 1841. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1844, his father commissioned him as a Brigadier General in the Paraguayan Army when he was just 18. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1853, Francisco Solano Lopez was posted in Europe as the officiating minister to Great Britain, France, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the Crimean War, he served as a foreign military observer in Europe, spending most of his time in Paris where he purchased large quantities of arms and military supplies on behalf of the Paraguayan military. Unsplash Career

In 1855, he returned from Europe and was appointed as the Minister of War in his father's government. Two years later, he was elevated to the post of Vice President. Unsplash Career

In 1862, after his father's death, he was unanimously declared as the President of Paraguay for a term of ten years. As president, he opted to continue most of the economic protectionism and developmental policies adopted by his father. Unsplash Career

His ambition was to represent Paraguay as a dependable “third force” in the ongoing political and military rivalry between Argentina and Brazil. To succeed in this conquest, he formed an alliance with the President of Uruguay, Bernardo Berro. Unsplash Career

Subsequently, he began a massive expansion and reorganization of his military. Under his reign, Paraguayan military grew to become the best-trained and most well-equipped force in the region. Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	July 24, 1827
Died on	March 1, 1870
Nationality	Paraguayan
Famous	Former President of Paraguay, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
Spouses	Eliza Lynch
Known as	Francisco Solano Lopez
Birth Place	Asunción
Religion	Catholicism
Gender	Male
Father	Carlos Antonio López
Sun Sign	Leo
Born in	Asunción
Famous as	Former President of Paraguay
Died at Age	42

Francisco Solano López

Paraguayan

Jul 24, 1827

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Asunción