Manuel Antonio Ortiz became President of the Provisional Junta of

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on 20 September 1840 following the death of

José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco () (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of ...

. He was chairman of the Junta until 22 January 1841, when he was overthrown in a coup. Following his deposition,

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established a triumvirate to govern the state.

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