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Omar Torrijos
February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981
Military leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981
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Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was a Panamanian military officer, politician, and revolutionary who was the military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially the president of Panama, but instead held self-imposed and all-encompassing titles including "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution". Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.
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- Birthday · February 13
- Anniversary · July 31
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