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Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an unelected military dictator through puppet presidents. Amassing a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations by the Panamanian military, Noriega had longstanding ties with American intelligence agencies before the United States invasion of Panama removed him from power.

Omar Torrijos
Panamanian dictator who ruled Panama 1968–1981 (1929–1981)
Rubén Darío Paredes
Military tyrant leader of Panama
Esteban Huertas
Panamanian militiary commander (1869–1943)
Florencio Flores Aguilar
Panamanian army officer