At age 46 Abdo Benítez became, alongside Nicanor Duarte Frutos, the youngest President of Paraguay since the fall of Stroessner's dictatorship.
Ve věku 46 let se tak Abdo Benítez stal spolu s Nicanorem Duartem Frutosem nejmladším prezidentem Paraguaye od pádu Stroessnerovy diktatury.