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Also Known As Stroessner Matiauda, Alfredo • Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda
Born November 3, 1912 • Encarnación • Paraguay
Died August 16, 2006 (aged 93) • Brasília • Brazil
Title / Office president (1954-1989), Paraguay

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