Francisco Rodríguez (President of Panama)
{{Short description|Former President of Panama}}
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| name = Francisco Rodríguez
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| order = President of Panama
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| term_start = 1 September 1989
| term_end = 20 December 1989
| vicepresident = Carlos Ozores
| predecessor = Manuel Solís Palma
| successor = Guillermo Endara
| birth_name = Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Poveda
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Herrera, Panama
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| party = Democratic Revolutionary Party
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Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Poveda (born 24 November 1938) is a Panamanian politician who briefly served as the provisional President of Panama in 1989.
Early life
Rodríguez was born in Herrera Province.{{cite news|last=Boyd Marciacq|first=Carmen|title=Los últimos hombres de Noriega: Francisco 'Pancho' Rodríguez|url=http://www.elsiglo.com/siglov2/Imprimir.php?idsec=1&fechaz=&idnews=35380|newspaper=El Siglo|date=16 February 2007|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710185355/http://www.elsiglo.com/siglov2/Imprimir.php?idsec=1&fechaz=&idnews=35380|archivedate=10 July 2011}}
Provisional President of Panama
Rodríguez became provisional President of Panama on 1 September 1989 following the resignation of Manuel Solís Palma. He stood down on 20 December 1989 following the United States invasion of Panama and the arrest of de facto leader Manuel Antonio Noriega. He was one of a series of Noriega's puppet rulers, nicknamed the "Kleenex presidents" in Panama due to their "disposability".{{cite book |title=The History of Panama |author=Robert C. Harding |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=031333322X |page=100 }}
Later life
In 1994, Rodríguez was pardoned by President Guillermo Endara for any crimes committed during the Noriega years.{{cite news |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-32876777/briefs |title=Briefs |agency=Reuters |date=7 June 1994 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |publisher= |accessdate= |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814103336/https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-32876777/briefs |url-status=dead }} Rodríguez belonged to the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD).
See also
- {{section link|Manuel Noriega|De facto ruler of Panama}}
References
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title=President of Panama|
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Category:20th-century presidents of Panama
Category:Democratic Revolutionary Party politicians
Category:People from Herrera Province
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