Guillermo David Endara Galimany (born 12 May 1936 in Panama City) was the president of Panama from 1989 to 1994. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. List of the Presidents of Panama (1840-Present This page lists presidents of Panama since both independences in 1840 and in 1903 Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
Endara's middle-class parents had been allies of Authentic Panameñista Party founder Arnulfo Arias, and the family went into exile after Arias was overthrown in a 1941 coup. Panameñista Party ( Partido Panameñista) is a Panamanian Political party. Dr Arnulfo Arias Madrid ( August 15, 1901 in Rio Grande Cocle, Panama &ndash August 10, 1988 in Miami Florida He went to school in Argentina and a military school in Los Angeles, and was later aboe to return and attend the University of Panama Law School, graduating first in his class. He received a subsequent LLM degree from New York University. He returned to Panama in 1963 to practice law, served two terms in the Panamanian National Assembly and taught law at the university. In 1968 Endara served as Arias's minister of planning and economic policy in a renued Arias administration. When Arias was overthrown again in October 1968, Endara went underground, was jailed in 1971, and joined the deposed executive in exile until the ban on Arias was lifted. He remained politically engaged and when Arias died in 1988, Endara became a leading opposition figure.
In the Panamanian presidential election of 1989, Endara ran as the candidate of an alliance of parties opposed to the military dictatorship of Manuel Noriega. A military dictatorship is a Form of government wherein the political power resides with the Military; it is similar but not identical to a Stratocracy, Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11, 1934) He was never officially the President of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" To safeguard against anticipated vote-rigging by Noriega, the alliance organized a count of results from the country's election precincts before they were sent to the district centers. This count showed Endara defeating Carlos Duque, candidate of a pro-Noriega coalition, by a nearly 3-to-1 margin. Noriega had planned to declare Duque the winner regardless of the actual results, but Duque refused to go along. The next day, Endara and one of his running mates, Guillermo Ford, were badly beaten by a detachment of Dignity Battalions. The Dignity Battalions were Paramilitary combatants under the Manuel Noriega Regime in Panama in the 1980s to suppress dissent and terrorize the opposition
The United States overthrew Noriega's regime in Operation Just Cause on December 20, 1989. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, was the Invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989 Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Endara had by this time taken refuge in the Panama Canal Zone, where a judge swore him in as president. The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá was a 553 square mile (1432 km² territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally
Endara is noted for staging a public hunger strike to call attention to poverty and homelessness left in the wake of the the Noriega years and destruction caused by the U. S. invasion. He visited then U. S. President George Bush, pressing for $1 billion in emergency relief aid and cooperative measures to curtail the Panamanian narcotics trade. He restored confidence in the banking industry, reduced unemployment, and struggled to address narcotrafficking and violent crime. His administration has faced criticism as dominated by wealthy businessmen or by initially overshadowing U. S. influence.
In later years, Endara distanced himself from the party on account of differences of opinion with party leader Mireya Moscoso, Arias' widow. Mireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez de Arias (born July 1, 1946) was the President of Panama from 1999 to 2004 representing the Arnulfista He ran in the 2004 Panamanian presidential election as the candidate of the Solidarity Party. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Republic of Panama held a general election on Sunday 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative The Solidarity Party ( Partido Solidaridad) was a Political party in Panama that recently merged with the National Liberal Party ( Partido Nacional Liberal He finished second to Martín Torrijos. Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino (born July 18, 1963, in Chitré, Herrera) is a Panamanian politician and the current President
| Preceded by Francisco Rodríguez |
President of Panama 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Ernesto Pérez Balladares |
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