POLITICIAN

Omar Torrijos

1929 - 1981

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Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was a Panamanian 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Omar Torrijos has received more than 756,424 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Omar Torrijos is the 3,995th most popular politician (up from 4,133rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Panama (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Panamanian Politician.

Omar Torrijos was a Panamanian politician and military officer who served as the president of Panama from 1968 to 1981. He is most famous for negotiating the Torrijos-Carter Treaties with U.S. President Jimmy Carter, which granted Panama control of the Panama Canal in 1979.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omar Torrijos ranks 3,995 out of 19,576. Before him are Boso of Provence, Emperor Jingzong of Liao, Sabuktigin, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Ban Kulin, and Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. After him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Marie Anne de Mailly, Alain Poher, Petru Groza, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Sancho I of León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Omar Torrijos ranks 85. Before him are George Stinney, Hebe Camargo, Yozo Aoki, E. O. Wilson, Gerald Edelman, and Chadli Bendjedid. After him are Francis Gary Powers, Gaston Glock, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Claes Oldenburg, Alfred Moisiu, and Isabel Sarli. Among people deceased in 1981, Omar Torrijos ranks 36. Before him are Abel Gance, Will Durant, Joseph Murphy, Zarah Leander, Mehmet Shehu, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark. After him are David Wechsler, Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, Bill Shankly, and Bill Haley.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Omar Torrijos ranks 4 out of 71. Before him are John McCain (1936), Manuel Noriega (1934), and Carlos Fuentes (1928). After him are Roberto Durán (1951), Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), and Mireya Moscoso (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Panama

Among politicians born in Panama, Omar Torrijos ranks 3. Before him are John McCain (1936), and Manuel Noriega (1934). After him are Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Guillermo Endara (1936), Ricardo Maduro (1946), Juan Carlos Varela (1963), Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946), Eric Arturo Delvalle (1937), and Martín Torrijos (1963).

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