title: 1940 in Paraguay
text: # 1940 in Paraguay
  
  Events in the year 1940 in Paraguay.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President of Paraguay: José Félix Estigarribia until September 7, then Higinio Moríñigo
  * Minister of War and Navy: Higinio Moríñigo until September 7, then Paulino Ántola
  
  ## Events
  
  * February 19 - President Estigarribia dissolves the legislature and suspends the Constitution
  * August 4 - Paraguayan constitutional referendum, 1940
  * September 7 - President Estigarribia and his wife are killed in a plane crash in Agapuey while on a tour of the interior.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * September 7 - Jose Felix Estigarribia, general and President, plane crash
  