Arnulfo Arias
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Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid (August 15, 1901 – August 10, 1988) was president of Panama on three occasions: 1940–41, 1949–51, and for two weeks in October 1968. Each of these three presidential mandates ended with his being deposed by military coups.
His nationalist program and ties with fascist states in Europe discomforted the United States. In Germany some friends called him the "Sturmbahnfuhrer der Mittelamerika", for his ideas in line with present European policies in his Panameñism nationalist doctrine and Acción Comunal movement. He also used the swastika and fasces as symbols, in coincidence with European fascists; this movement are proposed your organization by Ramón Mora and Manuel C. Galvez Berrocal. mentioned leader along Roberto Clemente and Homero Ayala (other leaders in the movement) leading to some armed action during attempt at a coup d'état on January 2, 1931, against President Harmodio Arias's government. He tried to implement his nationalist political program during the 1941 administration.
The Arnulfista Party, founded in 1990, was named in homage to him. His widow, Mireya Moscoso, representing that party, was elected president of Panama in 1999.
| Preceded by: Augusto Samuel Boyd | President of Panama October 1, 1940 – October 9, 1941 | Succeeded by: Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango |
| Preceded by: Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | President of Panama November 24, 1949 – May 9, 1951 | Succeeded by: Alcibíades Arosemena |
| Preceded by: Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez | President of Panama October 1, 1968 – October 11, 1968 | Succeeded by: José María Pinilla Fábrega |