Marco Aurelio Robles | |
Order: | President of Panama |
Term Start: | 1 October 1964 |
Term End: | 1 October 1968 |
Vicepresident: | Max Delvalle Raúl Arango |
Predecessor: | Roberto Chiari |
Successor: | Arnulfo Arias |
Birth Name: | Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1905 |
Birth Place: | Aguadulce, Panama |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida, United States |
Profession: | Politician |
Party: | National Liberal Party |
Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez (8 November 1905, in Aguadulce - 14 April 1990, in Miami) was President of Panama from October 1, 1964 to September 30, 1968.[1] He studied at the University of Panama and at the Sorbonne.[2] Before his presidency, he served on diplomatic missions in France and United Kingdom and also as Minister of Justice (1960–1964).
Robles was the cousin of his predecessor, Roberto Francisco Chiari.[3]
On April 16, 1990, he died in Miami from a long illness.[4]
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