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Oscar Denis Sánchez
Vice President of Paraguay
In office
28 June 2012 – 15 August 2013
PresidentFederico Franco
Preceded byFederico Franco
Succeeded byJuan Afara
Personal details
Born (1946-10-02) October 2, 1946 (age 78)
Concepción, Paraguay
Political partyAuthentic Radical Liberal Party

Oscar Denis Sánchez (born 2 October 1946, in Concepción) is a Paraguayan politician and former Vice President. He was elected in June 2012.[1] Upon his election he was Senator in the Senate of Paraguay.

Information

Previously he was the governor of Concepción Department 1993–1998 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies 1998–2003. He is a chemist by profession.[1]

2020 kidnapping

Denis was kidnapped along with one of his employees, on 9 September 2020 near Concepción, not far from the site where the Paraguayan army had dismantled a Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) training area a week before. On 11 September, it was officially revealed that this organization was responsible for the abductions.[2] As of May 2022, Denis remains in captivity.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b S.A, Grupo JBB Servicios (9 September 2020). "Perfil de Óscar Denis, exvicepresidente desaparecido presumiblemente en manos del EPP". Trece (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  2. ^ Filas, Cecilia (11 September 2020). "Paraguay: el gobierno confirmó que el grupo EPP está detrás del secuestro del ex vicepresidente Denis" [Paraguay: the government confirmed that the EPP group is behind the kidnapping of former Vice President Denis]. El Cronista (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Óscar Denis: Former Paraguay VP's family marks his 600 days in captivity". BBC News. 3 May 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Paraguay
2012–2013
Succeeded by