Patrick Kemper

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Patrick Kemper
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Kemper in 2023
Senator of Paraguay
Assumed office
30 June 2018
Children4
Parents
  • Félix Kemper
  • Helga Thiede
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician
Website patrickkemper.com.py

Patrick Paul Kemper Thiede (born 29 March 1981) is a Paraguayan businessman and politician who has served as senator since 2018. [1] Since 2024, Kemper is a member of the Colorado Party, he previously represented the Hagamos Political Party, which he founded in 2016. [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Personal life

Patrick Paul Kemper Thiede was born in Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná, on 29 March 1981, to Félix Kemper and Helga Thiede. [5]

On 23 July 2011 he married María Sabrina Castorino Montanaro, with whom he has four children. [6]

Education

In high school he was elected president of his class at the Goethe School, and later during his university studies he was first elected treasurer and a year later elected vice-president of the Student Government at the American University, culminating his studies at the aforementioned university, [7] obtaining a degree in Business Administration and Management.

He also completed a Master's Degree in Financial Management at the University of Barcelona / EAE Business School, a Master's Degree in Strategic Governance and Political Communication at the George Washington University in Washington, DC He also completed the "Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action Program" in 2020, "Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreements Across Boundaries Program" in 2021 and "Senior Manager in Government" in 2022 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, obtaining the "Executive Certificate in Public Leadership" awarded by the Harvard Kennedy School.

Political career

He was appointed advisor to the Municipal Board of Asuncion, Paraguay.

He is the founder of the Hagamos political party, [8] and was its president, having been elected as candidate for senator of the nation at the age of 36 in the Primary elections of the mentioned party, assuming the position at the age of 37. [9] [10] [11] He was elected in 2023 with the least number of votes (7,315), being able to join Congress due to the more than 100,000 votes that Senator Kattya González from the same party list attained.

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References

  1. ↑ ""Este tipo de compras se presta para la sospecha", dice Patrick Kemper sobre licitación de Petropar". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. ↑ "Alianza entre PEN, Hagamos y Despertar insiste en unificar listas para el Senado". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Kemper: "La directora de Registros Públicos está al frente para defender un esquema de corrupción"". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Tras ser reelecto como opositor, el senador Patrick Kemper retorna al Partido Colorado" [After being re-elected as a member of the opposition, Senator Patrick Kemper returns to the Colorado Party]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ↑ "Conoce a tu Candidato - Justicia Electoral". candidaturas.tsje.gov.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Castorino Montanaro-Kemper Thiede - Sociales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  7. ↑ "Plantean proyecto que agilizará expedición de títulos universitarios". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  8. ↑ "Partido Hagamos conforma Tribunal de Conducta y TEI con miras a posibles alianzas para el 2023". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  9. ↑ "Senador Kemper pedirá aclarar motivos de visita de legisladores venezolanos". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  10. ↑ "Kemper asegura que los jóvenes serán mayoría en intendencias y concejalías en las próximas municipales". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  11. ↑ "Kemper denuncia que "lentitud antipatriótica" de Catastro y Registros Públicos perjudica la economía". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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