Person

Ernesto Pérez Balladares

born 1946 · 20th century

Ernesto Pérez Balladares is a Panamanian politician of the Democratic Revolutionary Party who was president of Panama from 1994 to 1999. His election, which returned the party founded by Omar Torrijos to power through a free vote, confirmed the restoration of democracy after the American invasion. His government privatised state enterprises and prepared for the transfer of the Panama Canal.

Ernesto Pérez Balladares
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