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06ASUNCION910
2006-09-07 11:27:00
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Embassy Asuncion
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UNCLAS ASUNCION 000910
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR PGOV PA
SUBJECT: PARAGUAY: CABINET MEMBERS
REFTEL: ASUNCION 862
All officials listed below enjoy the rank of Minister and are
regarded as members of the President's cabinet. Those identified as
"senior" members and "private staff/senior advisors to the
President" participate regularly in cabinet meetings with the
President. Directors of Executive Secretariats, while afforded the
rank of Minister, are generally regarded as "second-tier" ministers
and will usually attend only those cabinet meetings convened by the
President relating to their area of responsibilities. The list of
cabinet members below reflects the latest changes President Duarte
made on 8/21 (see reftel).
Nicanor Duarte Frutos President
Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria Vice-President
Private Staff/Senior Advisors to the President
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Carlos Augusto Liseras Osorio Secretary General/
Chief of the
Civilian Cabinet
Carlos Maria Santacruz Sosa Private Secretary to
the President
General Bernardino Soto Estigarribia Chief of the
Military Cabinet to
the President
Carlos Walde Minister, Economic
Advisor
Angel Ramon Sosa Britez Minister,
Legal
Advisor
Oscar German Latorre Canete Minister,
Security
Advisor
Senior Members of Cabinet
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Rogelio Bentez Vargas Minister of
the Interior
Rubn Daro Ramrez Lezcano Minister of Foreign
Relations
Ernst Ferdinand Bergen Schmit Minister of
Finance
Blanca Ovelar de Duarte Minister of
Education and
Culture
Ricardo Garay Arg|ello Minister of
Agriculture and Livestock
Pnfilo Bentez Estigarribi Minister of Public
Works and Communication
Roberto Eudez Gonzlez Segovia Minister of
Defense
Oscar Martnez Doldan Minister of Health
Derlis Alcides Cspedes Aguilera Minister of Justice
and Labor
Jos Mara Ibez Minister of
Industry
and Commerce
Executive Secretariats
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Miguelina Gomez de Martinez Minister and
Executive
Secretary,
Technical
Planning
Secretariat for Economic and Social Development
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Mara Jos Argaa de Mateu Minister, Women's
Secretariat
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Liz Rosanna Crmer Campos Minister,
National
Tourism
Secretariat
Hugo Castor Ibarra Escobar Minister, Anti-Drug
Secretariat (SENAD)
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Judith Andraschko Minister,
Secretariat
for
Social Action
Alfredo Silvio Molinas Maldonado Minister, Executive
Secretariat for the Environment
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Carlos Miguel Goibur Minister, Executive
Secretariat of Public Function
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Victorina Espinola de Ruiz Diaz Minister,
Executive
Secretariat of
Children
Nicasia Maldonado Viuda de Solaeche Minister, Executive
Secretariat for Repatriation and Refugees
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Arstides Gonzlez Minister,
Executive
Secretariat for Nacional Emergencias
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Federico Frutos Minister, General
Sports Directorate
Cason