Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfreðo strosˈner]; November 3, 1912 – August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the second longest in modern Latin American history behind only Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Stroessner's rule is ranked 17th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state.In 1954, he ousted Federico Chávez, becoming president after winning an election in which he was the sole candidate. An arch-anti-communist, Stroessner had the backing of the United States for most of his time in power. The constitution was modified in 1967 and 1977 after his six consecutive elections to the presidency. In 1988, he won an unprecedented eighth term on a majority, according to official figures, of between 90 and 98 percent of the registered vote.Stroessner provided refuge for Argentina's Juan Perón and Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle (later assassinated in Paraguay). Stroessner was ousted from power in 1989 in a military coup led by General Andrés Rodríguez and forced into exile in Brazil, where he spent the last 17 years of his life. Following a bout of pneumonia, he tried to return to his homeland to die, but was rejected by the government. He died in Brasília on August 16, 2006, of complications from a hernia operation."@en }
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- Alfredo_Stroessner abstract "Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfreðo strosˈner]; November 3, 1912 – August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the second longest in modern Latin American history behind only Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Stroessner's rule is ranked 17th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state.In 1954, he ousted Federico Chávez, becoming president after winning an election in which he was the sole candidate. An arch-anti-communist, Stroessner had the backing of the United States for most of his time in power. The constitution was modified in 1967 and 1977 after his six consecutive elections to the presidency. In 1988, he won an unprecedented eighth term on a majority, according to official figures, of between 90 and 98 percent of the registered vote.Stroessner provided refuge for Argentina's Juan Perón and Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle (later assassinated in Paraguay). Stroessner was ousted from power in 1989 in a military coup led by General Andrés Rodríguez and forced into exile in Brazil, where he spent the last 17 years of his life. Following a bout of pneumonia, he tried to return to his homeland to die, but was rejected by the government. He died in Brasília on August 16, 2006, of complications from a hernia operation.".
- Q152534 abstract "Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfreðo strosˈner]; November 3, 1912 – August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the second longest in modern Latin American history behind only Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Stroessner's rule is ranked 17th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state.In 1954, he ousted Federico Chávez, becoming president after winning an election in which he was the sole candidate. An arch-anti-communist, Stroessner had the backing of the United States for most of his time in power. The constitution was modified in 1967 and 1977 after his six consecutive elections to the presidency. In 1988, he won an unprecedented eighth term on a majority, according to official figures, of between 90 and 98 percent of the registered vote.Stroessner provided refuge for Argentina's Juan Perón and Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle (later assassinated in Paraguay). Stroessner was ousted from power in 1989 in a military coup led by General Andrés Rodríguez and forced into exile in Brazil, where he spent the last 17 years of his life. Following a bout of pneumonia, he tried to return to his homeland to die, but was rejected by the government. He died in Brasília on August 16, 2006, of complications from a hernia operation.".