Representative	Date of Appointment	Alternate(s)	Date of Appointment	Attaché
S.E. Bernardino Hugo SAGUIER Embajador, Representante Permanente	October 13, 2009	Mr. Francisco María BARREIRO PERROTTA Minister Counselor, Alternate Representative	March 9, 2009
		Mr. Juan Miguel GONZALEZ BIBOLINI Minister, Alternate Representative
		Ms. Carla POLETTI SERAFINI Second Secretary, Alternate Representative	October 29, 2004
		Mr. Oscar Augusto BAEZ GALEANO Second Secretary, Alternate Representative	February 5, 2009
Address: 2022 Connecticut Ave. N.W.  Washington, D.C. 20008 Phone: (202) 232-8020 | (202) 232-8021 | (202) 232-8022 Fax: (202) 232-8023 E-mail: paraguay@oas.org; paraguayoea@comcast.net Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Closed: Saturday

President:
His Excellency Fernando A. LUGO MENDEZ

Vicepresident (Vice Presidente):
Mr. Federico FRANCO

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (Ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería):
Mr. Enzo CARDOZO JIMENEZ

Minister of Public Works and Communications (Ministro de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones):
Mr. Efraín ALEGRE

Minister of Education and Culture (Ministro de Educación y Cultura):
Mr. Luís Alberto RIART MONTANER

Minister of Finance (Ministro de Hacienda):
Mr. Dionisio BORDA

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores):
Mr. Héctor LACOGNATA

Minister of Industry and Commerce (Ministro de Industria y Comercio):
Mr. Francisco José RIVAS ALMADA

Minister of Interior (Ministro del Interior):
Mr. Rafael FILIZZOLA

Minister of Justice and Labor (Ministro de Justicia y Trabajo):
Mr. Humberto BLASCO

Minister of Defense (Ministro de Defensa Nacional):
Mr. Luís BAREIRO SPAINI

Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare (Ministro de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social):
Mrs. Esperanza MARTINEZ

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States:
Bernardino Hugo SAGUIER

Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States:
James SPALDING

Office Information
Ronalth Iván Ochaeta Argueta Representative
Address: Avenida España Nº 2028 casi Brasilia Edificio Urano, Piso 4 – B Casilla de Correo 774 Asunción, Paraguay Phone(s): (595 21) 20-2185 | (595 21) 21-3976 | (595 21) 21-3700 Fax: (595 21) 21-3660 Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm E-mail: OASParaguay@oas.org

Capital: Asuncion

National Holiday: May 14

Date of Entry into the Inter-American System : 1889

Website: http://www.mre.gov.py