Mariano Roque Alonzo

Mariano Roque Alonso Romero was a Paraguayan militia officer. Amid political turmoil following the September 1840 death of supreme dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia Alonso intervened to take power from an ineffective triumvirate that had itself taken power from a military junta. Alonso ruled as general commander of arms from 9 February until 12 March when a Congress was called that declared him joint consul with Carlos Antonio López. Alonso left much of the work of government to López and retired in 1844 when López was appointed president for ten years.