Ricardo Manuel Arias Espinosa (5 April 191215 March 1993) was the 29th

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. Born in

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from a prominent Panamanian political family, Arias studied at universities in the

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and

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. He became Second Vice President of Panama in 1952, and served as president from March 29, 1955 to October 1, 1956. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP). He was President of the National Assembly from 1956 to 1957.PALABRAS LLANAS - 50 años de visión y Compromiso (1906-2006)
/ref> He later served as the Panamanian Ambassador to the United States during the 1960s and in the Board of Directors of numerous companies in Panama. He died in 1993 in

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. His son,

Ricardo Alberto Arias Ricardo Alberto Arias (born September 11, 1940, Panama City, Panama) was the Panamanian Ambassador to the United Nations, serving from 2004 to 2009. He is also a founding member and partner of Galindo, Arias and Lopez law firm, and is a member of ...

, has been minister of foreign affairs and the Panamanian ambassador to the

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