Omar Torrijos
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Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera 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.
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Omar Torrijos (right) with farmers in the Panamanian countryside. The Torrijos government was well known for its policies of land redistribution.
President Carter shakes hands with General Torrijos of Panama after signing the Panama Canal Treaty.
Omar Torrijos Mausoleum in Amador, Panama City, in the former Canal Zone.Awards 7
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Felipe CalderónAlso won Order of Belize
Julio María SanguinettiAlso won Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero
Alicia AlonsoAlso won Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Georgi ParvanovAlso won Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit
Vera MukhinaAlso won Order of Civil Merit
Augusto Roa BastosAlso won Order of José MartíAbout this person
Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera 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". Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.
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