Back Horacio Cartes Afrikaans Horacio Cartes ALS Horacio Cartes AMI Horacio Cartes AN هوراسيو كارتس Arabic Horacio Cartes AST Horacio Cartes Aymara Арасіа Картэс Byelorussian Орасио Картес Bulgarian হোরাসিও কার্তেস Bengali/Bangla
Horacio Cartes | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Cartes in 2023 | |
| President of the Colorado Party | |
| Assumed office 10 January 2023 | |
| Leader | Mario Abdo Benítez (Jan–Aug 2023) Santiago Peña (Aug 2023–present) |
| Preceded by | Pedro Alliana |
| 50th President of Paraguay | |
| In office 15 August 2013 – 15 August 2018 | |
| Vice President | Juan Afara (Aug 2013–Apr 2018) None (Apr–May 2018) Alicia Pucheta (May–Aug 2018) |
| Preceded by | Federico Franco |
| Succeeded by | Mario Abdo Benítez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara 5 July 1956 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Political party | Colorado (since 2009) |
| Spouse | María Montaña (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Signature |  |
Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈɾasjo maˈnwel ˈkaɾtes ˈxaɾa]; born 5 July 1956)[1] is a Paraguayan politician and businessman who is serving as president of the Colorado Party since 2023, having previously served as president of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018.[2][3]
Cartes owned about two dozen businesses in his Grupo Cartes conglomerate until he left the conglomerate in 2023, including tobacco, soft drinks, meat production,[4] and banking. He was president of Club Libertad football club from 2001 until 2012,[5] and president of the national team inside the Paraguayan Football Association during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4][6] A 2021 affidavit made by Cartes showed that his net worth was $490 million (or ₲3.6 trillion), making him one of Paraguay's most wealthiest people.[7] Cartes's politics and rhetoric led to the creation of a political movement known as Cartismo, of which he is the central figure, which has influenced the direction of the Colorado Party and Paraguayan politics at large.
Between 2022 and 2023, he was classified as "significantly corrupt" and as a result subsequently subjected to economic sanctions by the United States, which accuses him of involvement in transnational crime and terrorist organizations.[8][9]
- ^ (in Portuguese) 18 April 2013, terra.com.br, Horacio Cartes, o multimilionário candidato à presidência do Paraguai
- ^ "Con 45,8% de participación colorada, Cartes ganó presidencia de ANR". La Nación (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 19 December 2022.
- ^ Millionaire businessman wins Paraguay presidency, France 24, 22 April 2013, archived from the original on 6 May 2013
- ^ a b "Horacio Cartes: Millionaire. Criminal. Business titan. Homophobe. The next president of Paraguay?". The Independent. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Cartes seguirá muy cerca". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Santana se nacionalizó paraguayo". adnmundo.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "DDJJ de Cartes revelan aumento de USD 300 millones en su patrimonio". Última Hora (Paraguay). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Blinken, Antony. "Designation of Former Paraguayan President Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara for Involvement in Significant Corruption". United States Department of State. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "US places former Paraguayan president on corruption list". Associated Press. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.