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Marshal
José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde (born
February 21,
1888;
Caraguatay – died
September 7,
1940;
Altos) was a decorated
Paraguayan
war hero and
President of Paraguay for the
Liberal party. Educated as an
agronomist, he joined the national Army in
1910 and spent time in
Chile and in Saint Cyr's military academy in
France for additional training. He commanded the First Infantry division during the
Chaco War and was promoted successively to
brigadier,
division general, and
commander-in-chief of the armed forces. In 1935, he made a victorious return to Asuncion as "Hero of the Chaco War" and was awarded a lifetime pension of 1,000 gold pesos a month. He was dismissed from the position of armed forces chief after President
Eusebio Ayala was overthrown in the
Febrerista revolution by Rafael Franco, but served as Paraguay's minister to the United States.
Estigarribia was elected President for a four-year term in
1939, assuming office on
August 15. Six months later (February 19, 1940), Estigarriba dissolved the legislature and suspended the Constitution, declaring that "our nation is on the edge of horrible anarchy." He then pushed through a new Constitution which granted broad powers to the president.
On September 7, 1940, Estigarriba and his wife were on a tour of the Paraguayan interior . On a trip from Altos to his country residence in San Bernardinos, his plane crashed in Agapuey and all on board were killed . Estigarribia was succeeded by
Higinio Morínigo and posthumously promoted to the rank of
marshal.
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