US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION1380

UNCLAS ASUNCION 001380 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR-B, WHA/BSC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PINR, PGOV, PREL, PA 
SUBJECT: PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES 
VICTOR BOGADO BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 
 
 
1.  (SBU) Victor Bogado was elected as a National Deputy as a 
member of the Colorado Party (ANR) during the 2003 general 
elections.  He represents the Central Department, which 
surrounds Asuncion.  In June 2005, his peers elected him 
President of the House of Deputies as the Colorado Party's 
official candidate in a hotly contested election. 
 
2.  (SBU)  Prior to serving as a member of the Chamber of 
Deputies, Bogado spent the majority of his career working in 
the State-run telecommunications industry, where most 
recently (2000-2003) he was the President of the National 
Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL).  He also served as 
President to the Telecommunications Regulatory Body during 
the same period.  He came to CONATEL from National 
Telecommunications Company (ANTELCO) where he served in a 
variety of positions since 1978. 
 
3.  (U)  Bogado earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical 
Engineering from the School of Industrial Engineering in Sao 
Paulo, Brazil in 1991.  He also completed a Master's in 
Political Science in 1993 from the National University of 
Asuncion. 
 
4.  (U)  Victor Bogado was born in Asuncion on September 15, 
1965.  He and his common-law wife, who do not live together, 
have two children.  He is known to be a huge soccer fan and 
played the sport with former President Gonzalez Macchi and 
his inner-circle. 
JOHNSON