Paraguayan lawyer and diplomatIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Loizaga and the second or maternal family name is Caballero.

Eladio Loizaga Caballero (born 17 March 1949) is a Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Honours
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

Loizaga studied law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, 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. In 1989-1992 he served as Cabinet Head of Staff for Gral. Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti. He also served as legislator and Paraguayan Representative to the United Nations and WTO.

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

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 hectars of land handed to him in this manner despite not possessing the proper papers and *le do*ents. He has been accused of being a prominent figure behind Operation Condor, a US backed anticommunist campaign of political suppression and state terror.

Honours

• 2017: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

See also

• List of foreign ministers in 2017

References

External links

• "CV of Eladio Loizaga". MRE - Paraguay. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. (in Spanish)