Posted on Mon, Nov. 9, 2009
Manuel Solis, 91, who served briefly as Panama's president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday at his home in Panama City.
Mr. Solis was education minister during the military regime dominated by Noriega and then was named acting president in February 1988 after President Eric Arturo Del Valle was fired.
Mitchell Doens, the secretary-general of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, said that Mr. Solis fought for Panama's sovereignty and led the movement in the 1940s against the U.S. military presence.
His term as president ended with the 1989 U.S. invasion that ousted Noriega. - AP
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