What is Federico Franco?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] |name = Federico Franco |image = Federico Franco Paraguay.jpg |office = 49th [[President of Paraguay]] |vicepresident = [[Óscar Denis]] |term_start = 22 June 2012 |term_end = 15 August 2013 |predecessor = [[Fernando Lugo]] |successor = [[Horacio Cartes]] |office1 = [[Vice President of Paraguay]] |president1 = [[Fernando Lugo]] |term_start1 = 15 August 2008 |term_end1 = 22 June 2012 |predecessor1 = [[Francisco Oviedo]] |successor1 = [[Óscar Denis]] |birthname = Luis Federico Franco Gómez |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|24|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Authentic Radical Liberal Party]] |otherparty = [[Patriotic Alliance for Change]] (2007–10) |alma_mater = [[Universidad Nacional de Asunción|National University of Asuncion]] }} '''Luis Federico Franco Gómez''' (born 24 July 1962) is a [[Paraguay]]an politician. He was [[President of Paraguay]] from June 2012 until August 2013. He is a member of the [[Authentic Radical Liberal Party]] (PLRA). He was elected as [[Vice President of Paraguay]] in the [[Paraguayan general election, 2008|2008 presidential election]] as the running mate of [[Fernando Lugo]]. He started as president in August 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidencia.gov.py/elvicepresidente.htm |title=Profile |publisher=Presidency of Paraguay |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319201454/http://www.presidencia.gov.py/elvicepresidente.htm |archive-date=19 March 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Following [[Impeachment of Fernando Lugo|Lugo's impeachment]] by the Senate on 22 June 2012, he replaced Lugo as President<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18553813|title=Federico Franco|access-date=22 June 2012 | work=BBC News|date=23 June 2012}}</ref> and was president until 15 August 2013, which was the end of period Lugo was elected for.