Alicia Pucheta facts for kids
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Alicia Pucheta
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Pucheta in 2018
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| Vice President of Paraguay | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 15 August 2018 |
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| President | Horacio Cartes |
| Preceded by | Juan Afara |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Velázquez |
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| Born |
Alicia Beatriz Pucheta Valoriani
14 January 1950 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Political party | Colorado Party |
| Spouse |
Carlos Alberto Correa Vera
(died 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
Alicia Beatriz Pucheta de Correa (born on January 14, 1950) is a lawyer and politician from Paraguay. She made history by becoming the first woman to serve as the Vice President of Paraguay. She held this important role for about three months in 2018.
Becoming Vice President of Paraguay
In April 2018, the Vice President at the time, Juan Afara, left his position. He wanted to run for a seat in the Senate in the 2018 general election.
Later that month, the President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, chose Alicia Pucheta to take Afara's place as Vice President. Before this, Pucheta was a Justice in the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay, which is one of the highest courts in the country. She resigned from her judge position on April 30, 2018, to take on her new role.
Alicia Pucheta officially became Vice President on May 9, 2018. This was a very important moment because she was the first woman ever to hold the Vice Presidency in Paraguay.
President Cartes had planned to resign from his own position before his term ended on August 15, 2018. If he had done so, Pucheta would have become the first woman President of Paraguay. She also would have been the first woman to become both Vice President and President without being chosen by public vote. However, President Cartes decided not to resign on June 26, 2018, after the Congress did not vote on his resignation. So, Pucheta remained Vice President until the end of the term.
About Her Life
Alicia Pucheta's parents were Justo Pucheta Ortega and Beatriz Valoriani. Her father was also a talented musician. He was part of a musical duo that recorded the first album of Paraguayan music way back in 1926.
After a conflict known as the Chaco War, her father moved to Pilar and worked as a criminal judge. There, he met Pucheta's mother. After they got married, they moved to Asunción, the capital city, where they made their home.
Alicia Pucheta was married to a fellow lawyer, Carlos Alberto Correa Vera. They had two sons. Their son Hugo Armando decided to follow in his parents' footsteps and became a lawyer. Their other son, Luis Arturo, chose a career in medicine. Sadly, Carlos Alberto Correa Vera passed away on June 30, 2016.
See also
In Spanish: Alicia Pucheta para niños
