Luis Alberto Riart

Luis Alberto Riart Vera (21 June 1880 – 1 October 1953) was a Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay from 17 March 1924 to 15 August 1924.

Biography

Between 1906 and 1916 he was President of the Instituto Paraguayo (Paraguayan Institute), Paraguay's foremost intellectual institution at the time. In 1913 he participated in the foundation of the Patriotic Union, of which he was in charge along with Emilio Aceval. He was in charge also of the Instituto de Alta Cultura Paraguayo-Argentino (Institute of Paraguayan-Argentine Culture).

He was Minister of Finance of Paraguay between 1916 and 1917.

In 1913 he was member of the Comisión de Códigos (Code Commission); in 1916 he was Minister of the Interior during the government of Manuel Franco.

Because he had some disagreements with José Pedro Montero, he left public service on August 25, 1919. On April 12, 1923 he was appointed Minister of Finance of Paraguay in the provisional cabinet of Eligio Ayala. Riart retired after the overthrow of the government on 18 February 1940.