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Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	Other events of 1940; Timeline of Paraguayan history;

Events in the year 1940 in Paraguay.

Incumbents

President of Paraguay: José Félix Estigarribia until September 7, then Higinio Moríñigo
Minister of War and Navy: Higinio Moríñigo until September 7, then Paulino Ántola

February 19 - President Estigarribia dissolves the legislature and suspends the Constitution^[1]
August 4 - Paraguayan constitutional referendum, 1940
September 7 - President Estigarribia and his wife are killed in a plane crash in Agapuey while on a tour of the interior.^[2]

^ "Dictatorship in Paraguay," Oakland Tribune, February 19, 1940, p. 1
^ "Dictator of Paraguay is Killed in Airplane Crash," Oakland Tribune, September 8, 1940, p. 1

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