Pedro Alliana

Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez (born 19 February 1974)[2] is a Paraguayan politician who is the 31st and current vice president of Paraguay since 2023. A former National Deputy of Paraguay from 2013 to 2023, he previously served as president of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay from 2019 to 2022, president of the Colorado Party from 2015 to 2023, and governor of the Ñeembucú department from 2008 to 2013.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alliana and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Pedro Alliana
31st Vice President of Paraguay
Assumed office
15 August 2023
PresidentSantiago Peña
Preceded byHugo Velázquez Moreno
National Deputy of Paraguay
In office
30 June 2013 – 30 June 2023
ConstituencyÑeembucú
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 July 2019 – 1 July 2022
Preceded byMiguel Cuevas Ruíz Díaz
Succeeded byCarlos María López
President of the Colorado Party
In office
25 July 2015 – 10 January 2023
LeaderHoracio Cartes (2015–2018)
Mario Abdo Benítez (2018–2023)
Preceded byLilian Samaniego
Succeeded byHoracio Cartes[1]
Governor of Ñeembucú
In office
15 August 2008 – 29 June 2013
Preceded byJuan Carlos Bottino
Succeeded byCarlos Francisco Silva
Personal details
Born
Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez

(1974-02-19) 19 February 1974
Pilar, Paraguay
Political partyColorado Party
SpouseFabiana Maria Souto
Children4
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Alliana was born in the city of Pilar, located in Ñeembucú department on 19 February 1974. His parents, Maria Nidia Rodriguez and Hector Ruben Alliana Baez, were both departmental councilors of Ñeembucú. He has two brothers; Ana Lucia Alliana Rodriguez and Rodolfo Alliana Rodriguez. He attended primary school at the Cristo Rey Subsidized School and secondary school at the Santo Tomas Italian National College. During his adolescence years he played basketball, and participated in national tournaments. In 1991, he was part of the Paraguay national basketball team.[2]

Political career

Alliana ran for the Colorado Party as a candidate for mayor of Pilar in 2006. He lost the mayoral election, and instead ran for the governorship of Ñeembucú in 2008. He managed to win the election, becoming governor of Ñeembucú. In 2013 he managed to win a seat in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of the Department of Ñeembucú.[3]

Alliana was elected president of the Colorado Party on 25 July 2015. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay from 1 July 2019 to 1 July 2022.[4]

After the 2018 general elections, he was re-elected Deputy for the period 2018-2023. He was subsequently re-elected for a second time on 1 July 2019 as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay.[5]

Personal life

Alliana is married to Fabiana Maria Souto and has four children.[2]

In December 2018, Alliana was diagnosed with leukemia, and traveled to Brazil to undergo chemotherapy at the Hospital Sírio-Libanês.[6] Alliana later recalled that during treatment he entered into cardiac arrest once, which kept him in an intensive care unit for eight days.[6] He returned to Paraguay in March 2019,[6] stating that he was "cured" of the disease.[7]

References
  1. "Con 45,8% de participación colorada, Cartes ganó presidencia de ANR". La Nación (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 19 December 2022.
  2. "Presidente de la ANR" (in Spanish). Colorado Party. Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. "Perfil del nuevo presidente colorado: Pedro Alliana - Nacionales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  4. "Pedro Alliana asume la presidencia de la ANR". ANR (in Spanish). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  5. "Paraguay". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  6. "Pedro Alliana regresa al país tras 92 días de lucha contra la leucemia" [Pedro Alliana returns to the country after 92 days of fighting leukemia]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 26 March 2019.
  7. "Pedro Alliana: "Vine curado de la leucemia"" [Pedro Alliana: "I came back cured of leukemia"]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 26 March 2019.
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