Bernardino Caballero

President of Paraguay

20 May 1839 Ybycuí, Paraguay

26 February 1912(1912-02-26) (72) Asunción, Paraguay

4 September 1880 – 25 November 1886

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Bernardino Caballero" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2017 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) "General Bernardino Caballero" redirects here. For the city, see General Bernardino Caballero, Paraguay. Juan Bernardino Caballero de Añasco y Melgarejo (20 May 1839, Ybycuí, Paraguay – 26 February 1912, Asunción) was a Paraguayan War veteran, the President of Paraguay from 1880 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party. He was the leading political figure in Paraguay from early-post-war period until the Liberal revolution of 1904.