Francisco de Vargas
{{Short description|Paraguayan lawyer and politician}}
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Francisco José de Vargas Benítez (born 22 October 1970{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpresidente.com/articulo/1521-curriculum-de-los-ministros-del-gabinete-.html |title=CV of the ministers |date=12 August 2013 |publisher=HCPresidente.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814223433/http://www.hcpresidente.com/articulo/1521-curriculum-de-los-ministros-del-gabinete-.html |archivedate=2013-08-14 }} {{in lang|es}}) is a Paraguayan lawyer and politician.
Biography
De Vargas studied law at the Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción; he specialized in Criminal Law.
A man with strong ties to the Authentic Radical Liberal Party of former President Federico Franco, he worked combatting illegal drug trade.{{cite web |url=http://www.americaeconomia.com/politica-sociedad/politica/horacio-cartes-apuesta-por-un-gabinete-de-tecnicos-en-paraguay |title=Technocrat cabinet in Paraguay |date=14 August 2013 |publisher=América Economía |access-date=21 August 2013 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818232341/http://www.americaeconomia.com/politica-sociedad/politica/horacio-cartes-apuesta-por-un-gabinete-de-tecnicos-en-paraguay |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|es}}
On 15 August 2013 he was sworn in as Interior Minister of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes.{{cite web |url=http://www.informador.com.mx/internacional/2013/478855/6/cartes-jura-a-los-11-ministros-de-su-gabinete.htm |title=Cartes' new ministers sworn in |accessdate=20 August 2013 |publisher=Informador.com.mx |archive-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406105908/http://www.informador.com.mx/internacional/2013/478855/6/cartes-jura-a-los-11-ministros-de-su-gabinete.htm |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción alumni
Category:20th-century Paraguayan lawyers
Category:Criminal defense lawyers
Category:Authentic Radical Liberal Party politicians
Category:Interior ministers of Paraguay
Category:21st-century Paraguayan lawyers
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