Pedro Alliana

Hércules Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez is a Paraguayan politician who is the 31st and current vice president of Paraguay since 2023. A former National Deputy of Paraguay from 2013 to 2023, he previously served as president of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay from 2019 to 2022, president of the Colorado Party from 2015 to 2023, and governor of the Ñeembucú department from 2008 to 2013.

Early life

Alliana was born in the city of Pilar, located in Ñeembucú department on 19 February 1974. His parents, Maria Nidia Rodriguez and Hector Ruben Alliana Baez, were both departmental councilors of Ñeembucú. He has two brothers; Ana Lucia Alliana Rodriguez and Rodolfo Alliana Rodriguez. He attended primary school at the Cristo Rey Subsidized School and secondary school at the Santo Tomas Italian National College. During his adolescence years he played basketball, and participated in national tournaments. In 1991, he was part of the Paraguay national basketball team.

Alliana ran for the Colorado Party as a candidate for mayor of Pilar in 2006. He lost the mayoral election, and instead ran for the governorship of Ñeembucú in 2008. He managed to win the election, becoming governor of Ñeembucú. In 2013 he managed to win a seat in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of the Department of Ñeembucú.
Alliana was elected president of the Colorado Party on 25 July 2015. After the 2018 general elections, he was re-elected Deputy for the period 2018-2023. He was elected as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and served three terms from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2022.

Alliana is married to Fabiana Maria Souto and has four children.
In December 2018, Alliana was diagnosed with leukemia, and traveled to Brazil to undergo chemotherapy at the Hospital Sírio-Libanês. Alliana later recalled that during treatment he entered into cardiac arrest once, which kept him in an intensive care unit for eight days. He returned to Paraguay in March 2019, stating that he was "cured" of the disease.