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Ricardo Martinelli

1952 - Today

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Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (born 11 March 1951) is a Panamanian politician and businessman who served as the 36th President of Panama from 2009 to 2014. In 2024, Martinelli was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzlement of public funds and money laundering related to his use of public money to buy several Panamanian media outlets in 2010. He was implicated in several other corruption cases during his presidency (Odebrecht, New Business, Financial Pacific, Blue Apple, among others); as of February 2024, he is facing several trials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ricardo Martinelli is the 8,252nd most popular politician (up from 10,078th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Panama (up from 13th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Panamanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 8,252 out of 19,576. Before him are Tyrimmas of Macedon, George M. Dallas, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Arnaldo Forlani, Dinarchus, and Beatrice of Luxembourg. After him are Vladimir Purishkevich, Spyros Kyprianou, Hōjō Sōun, Ivan Maisky, Victor de Broglie, and Robert Surcouf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 157. Before him are Dirceu, Yuriko Koike, David Icke, Masaki Yokotani, Uljana Semjonova, and Anote Tong. After him are Ludmilla Tourischeva, Amir Peretz, Annie Potts, Alfre Woodard, Joseph W. Tobin, and Nikolai Andrianov.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 9 out of 71. Before him are Carlos Fuentes (1928), Omar Torrijos (1929), Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Roberto Durán (1951), Rubén Blades (1948), and Miguel Bosé (1956). After him are Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), Alexis Texas (1985), and Guillermo Endara (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Panama

Among politicians born in Panama, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 4. Before him are Manuel Noriega (1934), John McCain (1936), and Omar Torrijos (1929). After him are 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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