José Isabel Blandón | |
Office1: | Mayor of Panama City |
Term Start1: | 1 July 2014 |
Term End1: | 1 July 2019 |
Term Start2: | 1994 |
Term End2: | 2010 |
Birth Name: | José Isabel Blandón Figueroa |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1967 |
Birth Place: | Chitré, Panama |
Party: | Panameñista Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Panama |
Occupation: | Lawyer • Politician |
Predecessor1: | Roxana Méndez |
Successor1: | José Luis Fábrega |
Spouse: | Yamileth Araúz de Blandón |
Children: | 4 |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
Parents: | José Isabel Blandón Castillo (father) |
José Isabel Blandón Figueroa (born 7 July 1967) is a Panamanian politician, and a member of the National Assembly for the Panameñista Party (previously named Arnulfista Party) between 1994 and 2010.[1] [2] From 2011 to 2014 he was in opposition to the government of Ricardo Martinelli, and in 2013 was chosen as the Panameñista Party candidate for Mayor of Panama City,[3] winning the party primary election with 97% of the vote.[4] The son of José Isabel Blandón Castillo, his disapproval of his father's position as a top aide to Manuel Noriega helped push his father to defecting in the late 1980s.[5]