Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla Explained

Bolivar Urrutia Parrilla
Office:President of Panama
Term Start:11 October 1968
Term End:18 December 1969
Predecessor:Arnulfo Arias Madrid
Successor:Demetrio Basilio Lakas
Birth Date:1 December 1918
Birth Place:Las Tablas, Panama
Death Place:Panama

Colonel Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla (1 December 1918 – 2 June 2005[1])[2] was a Panamanian soldier and former President of Panama along with José María Pinilla Fábrega from 1968 to 1969.

Biography

Urrutia was a Panamanian soldier who commanded, alongside José María Pinilla, the military junta which overthrew elect president Arnulfo Arias on October 11, 1968. After the coup de etat, Urrutia and Pinilla took on together the charge of President of Panama. They governed together until the military junta was replaced by a civil junta on December 16, 1969, with president Demetrio Basilio Lakas.[3] He died on June 2, 2005, at the age of 86.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recordatorio El coronel sí tiene quien lo recuerde | La Prensa Panamá. June 11, 2005. www.prensa.com. September 2, 2021.
  2. Web site: Recordatorio: El coronel sí tiene quien lo recuerde - Actualícese con la Prensa Web . mensual.prensa.com . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20130411171039/http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2005/06/11/hoy/panorama/245397.html . 11 April 2013 . dead.
  3. Web site: los coroneles José M. Pinilla y Bolívar Urrutia al frente de la Junta Provisional de Gobierno. . www.critica.com.pa . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20130416160908/http://www.critica.com.pa/archivo/101198/opiayer.html . 16 April 2013 . dead.