Ernesto Pérez Balladares
| Ernesto Pérez Balladares González-Revilla | |
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| President of Panama | |
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In office September 1, 1994 – September 1, 1999 |
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| Vice President | Tomas Altamirano Duque |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Endara |
| Succeeded by | Mireya Moscoso |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 29, 1946 (aged 70) Panama City, Panama |
| Political party | Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) |
| Spouse(s) | Dora Boyd |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania |
Ernesto Pérez Balladares González-Revilla (born June 29, 1946 in Panama City), nicknamed El Toro ("The Bull"), was the President of Panama between 1994 and 1999.
Son of the renown doctor Ernesto Pérez Balladares and of María Enriqueta González Revilla Delgado. His education began in the province of Chiriquí in David where he attended school at San Vicente de Paúl. Upon his graduation, Pérez Balladares would then attend the prestigious institute of the University of Notre Dame the United States where he would receive a bachelor's degree in Finance. Soon after, Pérez Balladares continued his studies and received a master's degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Upon his arrival back to Panamá, his experience and expertise would soon allow him to become the Director of City Bank for Panama and Central America from 1971 to 1975.
Pérez Balladares received master's degrees in Economics the US at the University of Notre Dame and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1971 to 1975, he was the director of City Bank for Panama and Central America. He is married to Dora Boyd de Pérez Balladares.
In 1976 Perez Balladares was appointed by General Omar Torrijos to be Panama's Minister of Estate and Treasury. Soon after in March, 1979 Perez Balladares would become a co-founder of the Revolutionary Democratic Party also known as the PRD. He would then become the General Secretary in 1982.
After distancing himself due to disputes with General Manuel Noriega, Perez Balladares returned to the PRD party in 1991 where he once again regained the position of General Secretary in order to form part of the PRD National Executive Committee.
In the Presidential election of May 8, 1994 representing the PRD party, Perez Balladares won the presidencial race with the 33.3% of the votes, ousting opponents: Mireya Moscoso of the Partido Panameñista 29.4%, Ruben Blades of the Partido Papa Egoró 17.1%, Ruben Dario Carles of the MOLIRENA party 16.1%, Eduardo Vallarino of the 2.4%, Samuel Lewis Galindo of the Partido Solidaridad 1.7% and Jose Salvador Muñoz of the Partido Panameñista Doctrinario with 0.3%.
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