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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. Martinelli was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2024 for embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. He was accused of using public money to buy several Panamanian media outlets in 2010, when he was president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Martinelli has received more than 326,488 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Ricardo Martinelli is the 10,079th most popular politician (up from 10,375th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Panama and the 6th most popular Panamanian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 10,079 out of 19,576Before him are Steve Bannon, Pietro Loredan, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, James Forrestal, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus. After him are Archidamus IV, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Albert Apponyi, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Joan I, Countess of Burgundy, and Michał Rola-Żymierski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 182Before him are Krystyna Janda, Michael Cunningham, Vasco Rossi, Freddy Maertens, Harold Faltermeyer, and Vinnie Vincent. After him are David Byrne, Rishi Kapoor, Wim Rijsbergen, Jacques Santini, Peter Haber, and Annette O'Toole.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 13 out of 71Before him are Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Billy Cobham (1944), Diego de Almagro II (1520), and Mireya Moscoso (1946). After him are Guillermo Endara (1936), Alexis Texas (1985), Jordana Brewster (1980), Ricardo Maduro (1946), Juan Carlos Varela (1963), and Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946).

Among POLITICIANS In Panama

Among politicians born in Panama, Ricardo Martinelli ranks 6Before him are John McCain (1936), Manuel Noriega (1934), Omar Torrijos (1929), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), and Mireya Moscoso (1946). After him are Guillermo Endara (1936), Ricardo Maduro (1946), Juan Carlos Varela (1963), Ernesto Pérez Balladares (1946), Eric Arturo Delvalle (1937), and Martín Torrijos (1963).