Arnulfo Arias

Arnulfo Arias
Arnulfo Arias in 1968
21st, 31st, and 43rd President of Panama
In office
1 October 1940 – 9 October 1941
DeputyPresidential designates
José Pezet Arosemena
Ernesto Jaén Guardia
Aníbal Ríos Delgado
Preceded byAugusto Samuel Boyd
Succeeded byRicardo de la Guardia
In office
24 November 1949 – 9 May 1951
Vice PresidentAlcibíades Arosemena
José Ramón Guizado
Preceded byRoberto F. Chiari
Succeeded byAlcibíades Arosemena
In office
1 October 1968 – 11 October 1968
Vice PresidentRaúl Arango
José Dominador Bazán
Preceded byMarco Aurelio Robles Méndez
Succeeded byJosé María Pinilla Fábrega
Personal details
Born
Arnulfo Arias Madrid

(1901-08-15)15 August 1901
Penonomé, Panama Department, Colombia
Died10 August 1988(1988-08-10) (aged 86)
Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Political partyPanameñista Party
Spouses
Ana Matilde Linares
(m. 1927; died 1955)
(m. 1964)

Arnulfo Arias Madrid (15 August 1901 – 10 August 1988) was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 days in October 1968.

Throughout his adult life, he warned about the increasing influence of the military in Panamanian politics and vowed to reduce that. In turn, he was denied his presidential electoral success in 1948 by the military. He was removed from his duly-elected presidency thrice in military coups.