Bernardino González Ruiz

Bernardino Gonzáles Ruíz
President of Panama
In office
March 17, 1963[1] – March 23, 1963[2]
Personal details
Born January 11, 1911
Las Tablas, Los Santos, Panama
Died March 15, 2012 (aged 101)
Panama City, Panama

Bernardino González Ruíz (January 11, 1911[3] – March 15, 2012[4][5]) was a Panamanian politician and physician. He served as the President of Panama for six days from March 17 to March 23, 1963.[1][2] He was also the founder of the Democratic Action Party, a conservative Panamanian political party.

Life and career

Gonzalez was born in the city of Las Tablas, Los Santos, Panama, on January 11, 1911.[1][2]

González, who was serving as Minister of State, served as acting President of Panama whilst President Roberto Chiari and Bernardino's brother Sergio, who was First Vice-President, were both out of the country.[6] He was sworn into office on March 17, 1963, at 9:00 a.m.[1] The oath of office was administrated by Julio Mercado in the Yellow Room (Salón Amarillo) of the Palacio de las Garzas.[1] The ceremony was attended by members of the Panamanian cabinet and members of the legislature and the judiciary.[1] González appointed Ricardo E. Chiari as Foreign Minister and Don Nicanor Villalaz as the Minister of Labor, Social Welfare and Public Health.[1] His mandate as President lasted just six days and he left office on March 23, 1963.[1][2]

Gonzalez served as Panama's Envoy to the United Kingdom.[2] He also served as the President of the National Assembly of Panama for Chiriquí Province and Los Santos Province.[2] Additionally, Gonzalez returned to the federal cabinet, holding the portfolio as Minister of Labor, Health and Welfare.[2] Later in life, Gonzalez became the honorary chairman of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement, a center-right political party.[1]

González Ruíz died on March 15, 2012, at the age of 101 years, 64 days.[1] He had not suffered from any known illnesses at the time.[1] González Ruíz was the last surviving Panamanian President from the era prior to the 1968 military coup, which began a military dictatorship lasting from 1968 to 1989.[1][7]

The government of Panama declared three days of national mourning until March 19, 2012.[2] All flags were ordered to fly at half-mast for the three-day period.[2] González's funeral was held on March 17, 2012, at the Church of San Lucas at Colegio San Agustín in Costa del Este, Panama.[2][7] His burial was held later in the day from the Iglesia de Santa Librada in Las Tablas, Los Santos.[7] From 4 January 2010, when former Suriname President Johan Ferrier died until his own death, González Ruiz was the world's oldest living former head of state.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Serracín, Yuliza (2012-03-15). "Fallece Bernardino González Ruíz a los 101 años". La Estrella de Panamá. Archived from link dead 15 May 2014 the original Check |url= value (help) on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Fallece Bernardino González Ruiz, quien fue presidente por 6 días". Telemetro. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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  4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125597448
  5. ↑ http://m.prensa.com/redaccion_de_prensa-com/Murio-Bernardino-Gonzalez-Ruiz-expresidente_0_3342415747.html
  6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125597448
  7. 1 2 3 "Muere ex presidente Bernardino González Ruíz". TVN (Panama). 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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