Eladio Loizaga Caballero (born 17 March 1949) is a

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an lawyer and diplomat.

Biography

Loizaga studied law at the

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, where he graduated in 1973; he devoted himself to the areas of International Law, Civil Law, International Trade and Intellectual Property. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he was one of the local promoters of the World Anti Communist League. From 1989 to 1992, he served as Cabinet Head of Staff for Gral.

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. He also served as legislator and Paraguayan Representative to the

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and

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. On 15 August 2013, he was sworn in as Foreign Minister of Paraguay in the cabinet of President

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. Loizaga is one of several prominent beneficiaries of ill-gotten lands in Paraguay. These lands were destined for agrarian reform but were illegally handed to loyalists of the Stroessner military dictatorship. He claims ownership of more than 8.000 hectares of land handed to him in this manner despite not possessing the proper papers and title documents. He has been accused of being a prominent figure behind

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, a US-backed anticommunist campaign of political suppression and state terror. Loizaga served as Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the

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for and the

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and the

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Honors

* 2017: Knight Grand Cross in the

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* 1949 births Ministers of foreign affairs of Paraguay Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Living people Paraguayan people of Basque descent Paraguayan diplomats 20th-century Paraguayan lawyers Permanent representatives of Paraguay to the United Nations Permanent representatives of Paraguay to the World Trade Organization Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni {{Paraguay-diplomat-stub