José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia

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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia was a Paraguayan lawyer, statesman, and dictator who ruled the country in isolation for decades after independence, shaping its early national identity through authoritarian and autarkic policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paraguayan politician
dictator
head of state
human
lawyer
statesman
alsoKnownAs Dr. Francia
El Supremo
José Gaspar de Francia
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship Paraguay
dateOfBirth 1766-01-06
dateOfDeath 1840-09-20
educatedAt National University of Córdoba
era early 19th century
fieldOfWork law
politics
hasGender male
implementedPolicy confiscation of property of Spanish-born elites
restriction of foreign travel and immigration
state control of foreign trade
strengthening of state control over the Church in Paraguay
influenced early national identity of Paraguay
languageSpoken Guaraní
Spanish
name José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia self-link
notableFor centralizing political power in Paraguay after independence
establishing an isolationist regime in Paraguay
ruling Paraguay as an autarkic state
occupation dictator
lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 1840
officeStartTime 1814
participatedIn Paraguayan independence process
placeOfBirth Asunción
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
placeOfDeath Asunción
Paraguay
politicalIdeology autarky
authoritarianism
isolationism
positionHeld Consul of Paraguay
Supreme Dictator of Paraguay
member of the governing junta of Paraguay
precededBy Paraguayan governing junta
regionGoverned Paraguay
religion Roman Catholicism
succeededBy Carlos Antonio López

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Paraguayan independence movement participant José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia name José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia self-link