Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla (1 December 1918 – 2 June 2005) was a

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

nian soldier and former President of Panama along with José María Pinilla Fábrega from 1968 to 1969.

Biography

Urrutia was a Panamanian soldier who commanded, alongside José María Pinilla, the military junta which overthrew elect president

Arnulfo Arias Arnulfo Arias Madrid (15 August 1901 – 10 August 1988) was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 days in October 1968. Thro ...

on October 11, 1968. After the coup de etat, Urrutia and Pinilla took on together the charge of President of Panama. They governed together until the military junta was replaced by a civil junta on December 16, 1969, with president Demetrio Basilio Lakas. He died on June 2, 2005, at the age of 86.

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1918 births 2005 deaths Presidents of Panama People from Las Tablas, Los Santos Leaders who took power by coup {{Panama-bio-stub