With the election of Fernando Lugo, a former Roman Catholic Bishop called the “Bishop of the Poor,” the 60 year one-party uncontested rule of the Colorado party ended (including a 35 year military dictatorship by Strossner). Fernando Lugo appointed as his cabinet chief Miguel Lopez Perito, a former leader of Paraguay’s anti-Strossner leftist Military Political Organization. Fernando Lugo defeated the outgoing America-aligned President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, who characterized Lugo during the campaign as a radical.