Pedro Peña (politician)

Pedro Pablo Peña Cañete (29 June 1864 – 29 July 1943)^{[citation needed]} was a Paraguayan politician who served as the 24th president of Paraguay from February 28, 1912 to March 22, 1912, during the First Paraguayan Civil War. He was a member of the Colorado Party.^[1]

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

Pedro Pablo Peña
24th President of Paraguay
In office 28 February 1912 – 22 March 1912
Vice President	Vacant
Preceded by	Liberato Marcial Rojas
Succeeded by	Emiliano González Navero
Personal details
Born	Pedro Pablo Peña Cañete 29 June 1864 Asunción, Paraguay
Died	29 July 1943(1943-07-29) (aged 79) Asunción, Paraguay
Political party	Colorado Party
Spouse	Carmen del Molino Torres Jovellanos
Children	6
Alma mater	Universidad Nacional de Asunción
Occupation	Doctor, Diplomat, Politician

Before his brief presidency, Peña was secretary at the Paraguayan Legation in Argentina, dean of the Faculty of Medicine and later president of his alma mater, the National University of Asunción, Paraguayan minister to Brazil (1901–1902 and 1903–1905), minister of foreign affairs (1902–1903) and Paraguayan minister to Chile, Bolivia, and Peru (1905–1908). During and after his tenure, he was president of the executive committee of the Colorado Party from 1912 to 1916, and again from 1921 to 1923.