Fernando Lugo

Fernando Lugo
Fernando Lugo
	Fernando Lugo in 2008
President of the Senate of Paraguay
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 June 2017
Preceded by	Roberto Ramón
48th President of Paraguay
	In office; 15 August 2008 – 22 June 2012
Vice President	Federico Franco
Preceded by	Nicanor Duarte
Succeeded by	Federico Franco
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
	In office; 29 October 2011 – 22 June 2012
Preceded by	Bharrat Jagdeo
Succeeded by	Ollanta Humala
Senator of Paraguay
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 June 2013
Bishop of San Pedro
	In office; 5 March 1994 – 11 January 2005
Appointed by	Pope John Paul II
Preceded by	Adalberto Martínez Flores
Succeeded by	Oscar Páez Garcete
Personal details
Born	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez; 30 May 1951 (age 72); San Solano, Paraguay
Political party	Patriotic Alliance for Change (2007–2010); Frente Guasú (2010– )
Alma mater	Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion ; Pontifical Gregorian University
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Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando arˈmindo ˈluɣo ˈmendes]; born 30 May 1951) is a Paraguayan politician. He was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. He was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005.

In 2012, he was removed from office through an impeachment process, which some people believed it was a coup d'état.^[1] He was elected to the Senate of Paraguay in the 2013 general elections.^[2]^[3]

In August 2010, Lugo was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He continued his duties as president of Paraguay while undergoing treatment.^[4]