PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES

UNCLAS ASUNCION 001380

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INR-B, WHA/BSC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR PGOV PREL PA
SUBJECT: PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES
VICTOR BOGADO BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION



1. (SBU) Victor Bogado was elected as a National Deputy as a
member of the Colorado Party (ANR) during the 2003 general
elections. He represents the Central Department, which
surrounds Asuncion. In June 2005, his peers elected him
President of the House of Deputies as the Colorado Party's
official candidate in a hotly contested election.


2. (SBU) Prior to serving as a member of the Chamber of
Deputies, Bogado spent the majority of his career working in
the State-run telecommunications industry, where most
recently (2000-2003) he was the President of the National
Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL). He also served as
President to the Telecommunications Regulatory Body during
the same period. He came to CONATEL from National
Telecommunications Company (ANTELCO) where he served in a
variety of positions since 1978.


3. (U) Bogado earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical
Engineering from the School of Industrial Engineering in Sao
Paulo, Brazil in 1991. He also completed a Master's in
Political Science in 1993 from the National University of
Asuncion.


4. (U) Victor Bogado was born in Asuncion on September 15,

1965. He and his common-law wife, who do not live together,
have two children. He is known to be a huge soccer fan and
played the sport with former President Gonzalez Macchi and
his inner-circle.
JOHNSON