Bernardino Gonzáles Ruíz | |
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Acting President of Panama | |
In office 17 March 1963 – 23 March 1963 [1] | |
President | Roberto Chiari |
Personal details | |
Born | Las Tablas, Panama | 11 January 1911
Died | 15 March 2012 Panama City, Panama | (aged 101)
Bernardino González Ruíz (11 January 1911 [2] – 15 March 2012 [3]) was a Panamanian politician and physician. He served as the President of Panama for six days from 17 to 23 March 1963. [4] [1] He was also the founder of the Democratic Action Party, a conservative Panamanian political party.
González Ruíz was born in the city of Las Tablas, Los Santos, Panama, on 11 January 1911. [4] [1]
González Ruíz, who was serving as Minister of State, served as acting President of Panama whilst President Roberto Chiari and Bernardino's brother Sergio, who was First Vice-President, were both out of the country. He was sworn into office on 17 March 1963, at 9:00 a.m. [4] The oath of office was administrated by Julio Mercado in the Yellow Room (Salón Amarillo) of the Palacio de las Garzas. [4] The ceremony was attended by members of the Panamanian cabinet and members of the legislature and the judiciary. [4] González appointed Ricardo E. Chiari as Foreign Minister and Don Nicanor Villalaz as the Minister of Labor, Social Welfare and Public Health.[ citation needed] [4] His mandate as President lasted just six days and he left office on 23 March 1963. [4] [1]
González Ruíz served as Panama's Envoy to the United Kingdom. [1] He also served as the President of the National Assembly of Panama for Chiriquí Province and Los Santos Province. [1] Additionally, Gonzalez returned to the federal cabinet, holding the portfolio as Minister of Labor, Health and Welfare. [1] Later in life, Gonzalez became the honorary chairman of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement, a center-right political party. [4]
González Ruíz died on 15 March 2012, at the age of 101 years, 64 days. [4] He had not suffered from any known illnesses at the time. [4] González Ruíz was the last surviving Panamanian President from the era prior to the 1968 military coup, which began a military dictatorship lasting from 1968 to 1989. [4] [5]
The government of Panama declared three days of national mourning until 19 March 2012. [1] All flags were ordered to fly at half-mast for the three-day period. [1] González's funeral was held on 17 March 2012, at the Church of San Lucas at Colegio San Agustín in Costa del Este, Panama. [1] [5] His burial was held later in the day from the Iglesia de Santa Librada in Las Tablas, Los Santos. [5]
Bernardino Gonzáles Ruíz | |
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Acting President of Panama | |
In office 17 March 1963 – 23 March 1963 [1] | |
President | Roberto Chiari |
Personal details | |
Born | Las Tablas, Panama | 11 January 1911
Died | 15 March 2012 Panama City, Panama | (aged 101)
Bernardino González Ruíz (11 January 1911 [2] – 15 March 2012 [3]) was a Panamanian politician and physician. He served as the President of Panama for six days from 17 to 23 March 1963. [4] [1] He was also the founder of the Democratic Action Party, a conservative Panamanian political party.
González Ruíz was born in the city of Las Tablas, Los Santos, Panama, on 11 January 1911. [4] [1]
González Ruíz, who was serving as Minister of State, served as acting President of Panama whilst President Roberto Chiari and Bernardino's brother Sergio, who was First Vice-President, were both out of the country. He was sworn into office on 17 March 1963, at 9:00 a.m. [4] The oath of office was administrated by Julio Mercado in the Yellow Room (Salón Amarillo) of the Palacio de las Garzas. [4] The ceremony was attended by members of the Panamanian cabinet and members of the legislature and the judiciary. [4] González appointed Ricardo E. Chiari as Foreign Minister and Don Nicanor Villalaz as the Minister of Labor, Social Welfare and Public Health.[ citation needed] [4] His mandate as President lasted just six days and he left office on 23 March 1963. [4] [1]
González Ruíz served as Panama's Envoy to the United Kingdom. [1] He also served as the President of the National Assembly of Panama for Chiriquí Province and Los Santos Province. [1] Additionally, Gonzalez returned to the federal cabinet, holding the portfolio as Minister of Labor, Health and Welfare. [1] Later in life, Gonzalez became the honorary chairman of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement, a center-right political party. [4]
González Ruíz died on 15 March 2012, at the age of 101 years, 64 days. [4] He had not suffered from any known illnesses at the time. [4] González Ruíz was the last surviving Panamanian President from the era prior to the 1968 military coup, which began a military dictatorship lasting from 1968 to 1989. [4] [5]
The government of Panama declared three days of national mourning until 19 March 2012. [1] All flags were ordered to fly at half-mast for the three-day period. [1] González's funeral was held on 17 March 2012, at the Church of San Lucas at Colegio San Agustín in Costa del Este, Panama. [1] [5] His burial was held later in the day from the Iglesia de Santa Librada in Las Tablas, Los Santos. [5]