Carlos Filizzola

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Filizzola and the second or maternal family name is Pallarés.
Carlos Filizzola
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Official portrait, 2003
Senator of Paraguay
In office
15 June 2012 – 30 June 2023
In office
30 June 2003 – 26 August 2011
Interior Minister of Paraguay
In office
26 August 2011[1] – 15 June 2012[2]
Preceded byFederico Acuña[1]
Succeeded byRubén Candia Amarilla
President of the Senate of Paraguay
In office
1 July 2005 – 30 June 2006
Preceded byMiguel Carrizosa
Succeeded byEnrique González Quintana
Mayor of Asunción
In office
26 June 1991 – 17 December 1996
Preceded byJosé Luis Alder
Succeeded byMartin Burt
Personal details
Born
Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés

24 July 1959
Asunción, Paraguay
Political partyParty for a Country of Solidarity (since 2000)
Other political
affiliations		Guasú Front (since 2010)

National Encounter Party
(1996-2000)

Asunción for Everyone
(1991-1996)
Children3
Parents
  • Francisco Filizzola
  • Alba Pallarés
RelativesRafael Filizzola (cousin)
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Asunción
Occupation
  • Medical doctor
  • union leader
  • politician
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Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés (born 24 July 1959) is a Paraguayan physician, labor unionist and politician who served as mayor of Asunción from 1991 to 1996, being the first one to be democratically elected.[3] He later served four terms as senator, from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2012 to 2023, having been appointed Minister of the Interior in the meantime, under the presidency of Fernando Lugo.[3][2][4] He was also the President of the Senate from 2005 to 2006 and the running mate of Domingo Laíno in the 1998 presidential election.[5][3]

Born into a wealthy family with links to Alfredo Stroessner, Filizzola came to oppose the dictatorship, first as a student leader and later through unions, organizing protests such as the Clinicazo of 1986.

A self-described socialist, Filizzola was one of the main faces of the Paraguayan left during his political career.[6][7] He was president of the National Encounter Party from 1996 to 1999, a big tent party where he had his own leftist faction.[3] In 2000 that faction broke off, founding Filizzola's very own Party for a Country of Solidarity.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference appointed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b (in Spanish) Última Hora, 15 June 2012, Lugo destituye al ministro Carlos Filizzola y al comandante Paulino Rojas
  3. ^ a b c d e (in Spanish) Senate of Paraguay, Senador Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés
  4. ^ (in Spanish) La Nación, 16 June 2012, Rubén Candia Amarilla es el nuevo ministro del InteriorArchived 2012-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Expresidentes del Senado". 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Socialista acusa a Filizzola de traidor - Política - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  7. ^ "Filizzola instó a tener visión socialista - Política - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-23.