Eduardo Schaerer

Who was Eduardo Schaerer?

Eduardo Schaerer Vera y Aragón was a Paraguayan businessman, publisher, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Republic of Paraguay for the constitutional term 1912–1916. Among the achievements of his government are the creation of rural schools and extension of benefits for war veterans.

Schaerer was succeeded by Dr. Manuel Franco on August 15, 1916. Ex-president Schaerer continued in public service as a senator in 1921 and founded the newspaper La Tribuna in 1925. He was deported in 1931 for involvement in an abortive uprising. He died, age 67, in Argentine exile.

Schaerer was born in Caazapá, on December 2, 1873 to Mr. Otto Santiago Schaerer and Mrs. Elizabeth Vera y Aragon. While his mother was Paraguayan, his father was Swiss, and the special character that distinguished Schaerer was inherited from him. Schaerer was married to Mrs. Silvia Matilde Heiseke and had children with her, one that deserves to be mentioned, was Arturo Schaerer, who led the publication of the significant historical series "A hundred years ago," by Dr. Efrain Cardozo.