1888-1940

José Félix Estigarribia

Commander in the Chaco War and president

What it is

He led the Paraguayan army in the Chaco War (1932–1935). He was elected president in 1939 and died in a plane crash in 1940; he was posthumously made a marshal. A town in the Chaco bears his name.

People

Domingo Martínez de Irala Hernandarias (Hernando Arias de Saavedra)San Roque González de Santa Cruz José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia Carlos Antonio López Francisco Solano López Moisés Bertoni Manuel Ortiz Guerrero

Verified · sep 2026

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