Manuel Amador Guerrero
Manuel Amador Guerrero (born June 30, 1833 in Turbaco , Departamento de Bolívar , Republic of New Granada , † May 2, 1909 in Panama City , Panama ) was the first President of Panama.
Guerrero was a member of the Conservative Party, a medical officer in the Panamanian army and in 1903 the leader of the liberation revolution against Colombia. From November 4, 1903 to October 1, 1908 he was President of the new Republic of Panama. His successor as President was José Domingo de Obaldía .
The Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero , the highest distinction to be awarded by Panama, was named after him.
literature
- Gustavo Adolfo Mellander, Nelly Maldonado Mellander, Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years. Editorial Plaza Mayor, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 1999, ISBN 1-56328-155-4 , OCLC 42970390.
- Gustavo Adolfo Mellander: The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years. Interstate Publishers, Danville 1971, OCLC 138568.
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| SURNAME | Guerrero, Manuel Amador |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first president of Panama |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turbaco , Departamento de Bolívar , Republic of New Granada |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1909 |
| Place of death | Panama City , Panama |