Omar Torrijos

Military leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981

Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) 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" (Spanish: "Líder Máximo de la Revolución Panameña"). Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.

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