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Manuel Noriega

1934 - 2017

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Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( mahn-WEL NOR-ee-AY-gə, Spanish: [maˈnwel noˈɾjeɣa]; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an unelected military dictator through puppet presidents. Amassing a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations by the Panamanian military, Noriega had longstanding ties with American intelligence agencies before the U.S. invasion of Panama removed him from power. Born in Panama City to a poor pardo family, Noriega studied at the Chorrillos Military School in Lima and at the School of the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Noriega is the 1,507th most popular politician (up from 1,573rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Panama (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Politician.

Manuel Noriega was a Panamanian military dictator and drug trafficker who was overthrown in 1989 by a United States invasion.

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Among politicians, Manuel Noriega ranks 1,507 out of 19,576. Before him are John IV of Portugal, Eleftherios Venizelos, Constantine VI, Mausolus, Ladislaus I of Hungary, and Alexei Rykov. After him are Fritz Sauckel, Ælfweard of Wessex, Pelagius of Asturias, John McCain, Stjepan Mesić, and Childebert I.

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Among people born in 1934, Manuel Noriega ranks 25. Before him are Judi Dench, Jane Goodall, Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, Tarcisio Bertone, and William F. Sharpe. After him are Stjepan Mesić, Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Roman Herzog, Tom Baker, and Paul Ekman. Among people deceased in 2017, Manuel Noriega ranks 20. Before him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Salvatore Riina, Ali Abdullah Saleh, David Rockefeller, Chuck Berry, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. After him are Hans Georg Dehmelt, John Hurt, Hugh Hefner, Mireille Darc, Jerry Lewis, and Glen Campbell.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Manuel Noriega ranks 1 out of 71. After him are John McCain (1936), Carlos Fuentes (1928), Omar Torrijos (1929), Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Roberto Durán (1951), Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), and Billy Cobham (1944).

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Among politicians born in Panama, Manuel Noriega ranks 1. After him are John McCain (1936), Omar Torrijos (1929), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), Guillermo Endara (1936), Ricardo Maduro (1946), Juan Carlos Varela (1963), Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946), Martín Torrijos (1963), and José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908).

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