Rafael Filizzola

{{short description|Paraguayan politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rafael Filizzola

| image = Retrato oficial de Rafael Filizzola 2023 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2023

| term_start = 30 June 2023

| term_end =

| birth_date = 16 February 1968

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

| party = Democratic Progressive Party

| office = Senator of Paraguay

| office2 = Interior Minister of Paraguay

| termstart2 = August 15 2008

| termend2 = 16 June 2011

| successor2 = Federico Acuña

| predecessor2 = Libio Florentín

| president2 = Fernando Lugo

| office3 = National Deputy of Paraguay
from Asunción

| termstart3 = 30 June 1998

| termend3 = 30 June 2008

| birth_name = Rafael Augusto Filizzola Serra

| spouse = {{Marriage|Desirée Masi|1996}}

| children = 2

}}

Rafael Augusto Filizzola Serra (born 16 February 1968) is a Paraguayan politician, currently serving as senator since 2023.

He previously served as the Paraguayan interior minister under President Fernando Lugo, from 2008 to 2011.Varios Autores, El Estado Del Mundo 2010, Ediciones Akal, 2009, p. 525 [https://books.google.com/books?id=bIK11xb7VR4C&dq=%22Rafael+Filizzola%22&pg=PA525] He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay from 1998 to 2008, and elected to the Senate of Paraguay in 2008, although he was not sworn in, having resigned his seat in order to become interior minister.{{in lang|es}} amambaynoticias.com, 3 July 2011, [http://www.amambaynoticias.com/2584-v-Politica-u-.html Rafael Filizzola ratifica que es]

In 2007, Filizzola and his wife, Desirée Masi, founded their own political party, the Democratic Progressive Party.

In 2009, he accused Federico Acuña (who in 2011 would become his successor), of turning a blind eye to corruption during Acuña's period in office in 2008 as National Police Chief.{{in lang|es}} Diario ABC Color, 17 June 2011, [http://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/federico-acuna-fue-comandante-de-la-policia-pero-destituido-por-irregularidades-271953.html Federico Acuña fue comandante de la Policía, pero destituido por irregularidades]

Filizzola is the cousin of Carlos Filizzola, also a Paraguayan politician.{{in lang|es}} Última Hora, 26 August 2011, [http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/457731-Rafael-Filizzola-dice-que-su-primo-conspiro-para-su-caida Rafael Filizzola dice que su primo conspiró para su caída]