Ramón Jiménez-Gaona Arellano (born September 10, 1969) is a retired male

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er from

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

. During the presidency of

Horacio Cartes Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (born 5 July 1956) is a Paraguayan businessman and politician who served as the president of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of the Colorado Party. Cartes owns about two dozen businesses in his Grupo Carte ...

he served as Paraguay's Minister of Public Works.

Sports career

Jiménez-Gaona represented his native country at three consecutive

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(1988, 1992 and 1996).Ramón Jiménez-Gaona
sports-reference.com He twice won the title at the South American Championships (1993 and 1997).

Achievements

Education

Jiménez-Gaona studied Economics at the

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. He started out an enterprise in the Paraguayan forestry sector, an activity in which he became a referent.

Politics

In August 2013, President

appointed Jiménez Gaona to his

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as Minister of Public Works.

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* 1969 births Living people Paraguayan discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Paraguay Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Paraguay Paraguayan people of Basque descent Paraguayan politicians Government ministers of Paraguay Public works ministers University of California, Berkeley alumni Male discus throwers Paraguayan male athletes {{Paraguay-politician-stub