Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés (born 24 July 1959, in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...

) is a

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an politician. He has been a member of the

Senate of Paraguay The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (''Cámara de Senadores''), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The Paraguayan bicameral legislature, which included the Sena ...

since 2003, and the President of the political party

Party for a Country of Solidarity The Party for a Country of Solidarity ( es, Partido País Solidario, PPS) is a political party in Paraguay. It was formed in 2000 when a faction of the National Encounter Party led by Carlos Filizzola broke away to create a new party. History ...

since its creation in 2000. He was Interior Minister in the government of

Fernando Lugo Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (; born 30 May 1951) is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Dioce ...

, resigning on 15 June 2012 following violent clashes during an eviction of landless farmers occupying land. '' Última Hora'', 15 June 2012
Lugo destituye al ministro Carlos Filizzola y al comandante Paulino Rojas
/ref> Filizzola graduated from medicine from the

Universidad Nacional de Asunción The Universidad Nacional de Asunción or Mbo'ehaovusu Tetãgua Paraguaygua, abbreviated UNA, anglicized as, The National University of Asuncion, is a public university founded in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Founded in 1889, it is the oldest and most ...

in 1985.

Senador Carlos Alberto Filizzola Pallarés
/ref> From 1989 to 1991 he was Assistant Secretary General of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (the main trade union federation of Paraguay). In 1991 he was the first democratically elected ''Intendente'' (mayor) of Asunción, governing from June 1991 to December 1996. Filizzola was President of the

National Encounter Party The National Encounter Party ( es, Partido Encuentro Nacional, PEN) is a political party in Paraguay. History The National Encounter Movement was established on 26 October 1991. Prior to the 1993 elections the National Encounter Party was esta ...

from April 1996 to March 1999. In 1996 he founded the Movimiento Participación Amplia, Integración Solidaridad (PAIS) faction within the party; in 2000, he led the faction out of National Encounter and founded

. In the 1998 presidential election he was the vice presidential candidate of Domingo Laíno of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. Filizzola was President of the Senate of Paraguay from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. Filizzola is the cousin of

Rafael Filizzola Rafael Augusto Filizzola Serra (born 16 February 1968 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan politician. He served as the Paraguayan interior minister under President Fernando Lugo from 2008 to 2011.Varios Autores, ''El Estado Del Mundo 2010'', Ediciones A ...

, also a Paraguayan politician. '' Última Hora'', 26 August 2011
Rafael Filizzola dice que su primo conspiró para su caída
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1959 births Living people People from Asunción Paraguayan people of Italian descent National Encounter Party politicians Party for a Country of Solidarity politicians Interior Ministers of Paraguay Members of the Senate of Paraguay Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay Paraguayan physicians Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni {{Paraguay-med-bio-stub