Parliament (National Congress) is bicameral and is located in Ascunción.
The Chamber of Deputies has 80 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote. The Senate also has 80 members, who are elected to five-year terms by popular vote.
Presidents
????-???? José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
1843-1862 Carlos Antonio López
1862-1870 Brig. Francisco Solono López
1870-1874 Cirilio Antonio Rivarola
1874-1877 Juan B. Gill
1877-1878 Higinio Uriarte
1878-1880 Cándido Bareiro
1880-1882 Adolfo Saguier
1882-1886 Barnardino Caballero
1886-1890 Gen. Patricio Escobar
1890-1894 Juan B. González
1894-1894 Marcos Morínigo
1894-1898 Juan B. Egusquiza
1898-1902 Emilio Aceval
1902-1902 Héctor Carvallo
1902-1904 Col. Juan Antonio Escurra
1904-1905 Juan Bautista Gaona
1905-1906 Cecilio Báez
1906-1908 Gen. Benigno Ferreira
1908-1910 Emiliano González Navarro
1910-1911 Manuel Gondra
1911-1911 Col. Albino Jara
1911-1911 Pedro Peña
1911-1912 Emiliano González Navarro
1912-1916 Eduardo Schaerer
1916-1919 Manuel Franco
1919-1920 José Montero
1920-1921 Manuel Gondra
1921-1923 Eusebio Ayala
1923-1924 Eligio Ayala
1924-1924 Luis Alberto Riart
1924-1928 Eligio Ayala
1928-1932 José Patricio Guggiari
1932-1936 Eusebio Ayala
1936-1940 Col. Rafael Franco
1940-1948 Gen. Higinio Morínigo Martínez
1948-1948 Juan Manuel Frutos Escurra (provisional)
1948-1949 Juan Natalicio González Paredes
1949-1949 Raimundo Rolón Villasanti
1949-1949 Felipe Benigno Molas López
1949-1954 Federico Chaves Careaga
1954-1954 Tomás Romero Pereira
1954-1989 Gen. Alfredo Stroesser Matiauda
1989-1993 Gen. Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti
1993-1998 Juan Carlos María Wasmosy Monti
1998-1999 Raúl Alberto Cubas Grau
1999-2003 Luis Ángel González Macchi
2003-2008 Nicanor Duarte Frutos
2008 now Fernando Lugo
