Mina feliciangeli horacio cartes biography

President of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cartes and the second or maternal family name is Jara.

Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (Spanish pronunciation:[oˈɾasjomaˈnwelˈkaɾtesˈxaɾa]; 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 mil