Jorge Illueca | |
Order1: | President of the United Nations General Assembly |
Term Start1: | 1983 |
Term End1: | 1984 |
Predecessor1: | Imre Hollai |
Successor1: | Paul J. F. Lusaka |
Office2: | President of Panama |
Vicepresident2: | Carlos Ozores (1984) |
Term Start2: | February 13, 1984 |
Term End2: | October 11, 1984 |
Predecessor2: | Ricardo de la Espriella |
Successor2: | Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino |
Office3: | Vice President of Panama |
Term Start3: | 1982 |
Term End3: | 1984 |
Predecessor3: | Ricardo de la Espriella |
Successor3: | Carlos Ozores |
Birth Name: | Jorge Enrique Illueca Sibauste |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1918 |
Birth Place: | Panama City, Panama |
Death Place: | Panama City, Panama |
Alma Mater: | University of Panama Harvard University University of Chicago |
Jorge Enrique Illueca Sibauste (September 17, 1918[1] – May 3, 2012) was a Panamanian politician and diplomat who served as President of Panama in 1984.[2]
Illueca was born in Panama City, Panama. He attended the University of Panama, Harvard University and the University of Chicago (Doctor of Law, 1955). He became one of the most important lawyers in his country, taught as a professor at the University of Panama, and by the 1970s had begun his diplomatic career, at first working at the United Nations on international law issues. He served as Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations from 1976 to 1981, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama from 1981 to 1983. In 1982 he was elected Vice President of Panama, and served as President for a few months in 1984 following the president's resignation until new elections in which he did not run. Also during this time, he was president of the UN General Assembly from 1983 to 1984. He served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague from 1974 to 1990 and as a member of the United Nations International Law Commission three times (1982–1986, 1987–1991 and 1997–2001). He continued to work for the United Nations, particularly on environmental issues.
He was known to be an outspoken opponent of the US Army's School of the Americas, which he called "the biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.”
His first daughter, Irene, had one son (Daniel King) through her first marriage. She remarried and later adopted 2 of her grandchildren (Christian and Skyla). His eldest son Jorge Jr had 3 children from his first marriage (David, Jorge Jr Jr and Angelica). And later on five more came along from his second marriage (Helena, Emilia, Cecilia, Christa, and Eliza).[3]