Francisco Antonio RodrÃguez Poveda (born 24 November 1938 in
Herrera Province
Herrera () is a province in Panama. Named after General Tomás Herrera, the province was founded on January 18, 1915 from a division of the Los Santos province. The capital city of Herrera is Chitré, which is located near the province's coast ...
) was provisional
President of Panama
This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903.
Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841)
Republic of Panama (1 ...
in 1989.
Provisional President of Panama
RodrÃguez became provisional President of Panama on 1 September 1989 following resignation of
Manuel SolÃs Palma.
[ He stood down on 20 December 1989 following the ]United States invasion of Panama
The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, lasted over a month between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijosâ ...
and the arrest of de facto leader Manuel Antonio Noriega.[ He was one of a series of Noriega's puppet rulers, nicknamed the "Kleenex presidents" in Panama due to their "disposability".
]
Later life
In 1994, he was pardoned by President Guillermo Endara
Guillermo David Endara Galimany (May 12, 1936 – September 28, 2009) was a Panamanian politician who served as the President of Panama from 1989 to 1994. Raised in a family allied to Panameñista Party founder Arnulfo Arias, Endara attended ...
for any crimes committed during the Noriega years.Democratic Revolutionary Party
The Democratic Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Democrático, PRD) is a political party in Panama founded in 1979 by General Omar Torrijos. It is generally described as being positioned on the centre-left.
History
Since its creat ...
(PRD).
See also
* Manuel Noriega#De facto rule of Panama
References
1938 births
Living people
Presidents of Panama
Democratic Revolutionary Party politicians
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