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Juan Carlos Varela

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Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [xwaŋ ˈkaɾlos βaˈɾela roˈðɾiɣes]; born 13 December 1961) is a Panamanian businessman and former politician who served as the 37th president of Panama from 2014 to 2019. Varela previously was the vice president of Panama from 2009 to 2014 and Minister of Foreign Relations from 2009 to 2011 under President Ricardo Martinelli. He led the Panameñistas, the third-largest political party in Panama, from 2006 to 2016. Varela won the 2014 presidential election with over 39% of the vote against the Cambio Democrático Party led by his former political partner Martinelli, whose candidate was José Domingo Arias. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Carlos Varela is the 13,022nd most popular politician (up from 13,298th in 2024), the 17th most popular biography from Panama (up from 18th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Panamanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Carlos Varela ranks 13,022 out of 19,576. Before him are Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Æthelheard of Wessex, Nikolai Podvoisky, Guaram I of Iberia, Haakon the Young, and Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia. After him are Carlos Prío Socarrás, Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Juan Mora Fernández, Saadet I Giray, Emil Welti, and George Simion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Juan Carlos Varela ranks 199. Before him are Konrad Krajewski, Li Ning, Đuro Macut, Isaiah Washington, A. C. Green, and Bernard Cazeneuve. After him are John Stamos, Ian Wright, Júlio César, Holt McCallany, Dizzy Reed, and Rambo Amadeus.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Juan Carlos Varela ranks 17 out of 71. Before him are Mireya Moscoso (1946), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), Alexis Texas (1985), Guillermo Endara (1936), and Ricardo Maduro (1946). After him are Jordana Brewster (1980), Jorge Dely Valdés (1967), Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946), Martín Torrijos (1963), Adelaide Lambert (1907), and José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Panama

Among politicians born in Panama, Juan Carlos Varela ranks 9. Before him are Omar Torrijos (1929), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), Guillermo Endara (1936), and Ricardo Maduro (1946). After him are Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946), Martín Torrijos (1963), José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908), Eric Arturo Delvalle (1937), Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino (1938), and Jorge Illueca (1918).

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