Biografía Ricardo Martinelli |
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Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (Panamá, Panamá; 11 de marzo de 1952) es un político y empresario panameño y actual Presidente de Panamá. Fue candidato presidencial por su partido Cambio Democrático en las elecciones del año 2004, alcanzando el 5,03% de los votos. Se postuló nuevamente como candidato presidencial en las elecciones generales de mayo de 2009, en las que resultó triunfador con el 60,3% de los votos.
Vida política En 1998 funda el partido político Cambio Democrático y formaría parte de la alianza Unión por Panamá junto a los partidos Panameñista y Molirena. La alianza gana en 1999 las elecciones generales con Mireya Moscoso.
En las elecciones generales de 2004 se postula como candidato presidencial por la nómina de su partido Cambio Democrático donde sólo obtuvo el 5,03% de los votos.
Las negociaciones son rotas, y el partido Panameñista decide formar una alianza con el conservador MOLIRENA con miras a las elecciones del mayo del 2009. Varela, pese a éxitos iníciales en las encuestas, cae por debajo 15 % en diciembre, y MOLIRENA abandona la alianza para aliarse con Cambio Democrático.
Liderando las encuestas, en una aguerrida campaña llena de pleitos publicitarios contra otros candidatos y escándalos políticos, donde se pueden mencionar los ligados a David Murcia, el 3 de mayo del 2009 es electo Presidente de la República de Panamá con el 60% de los votos, superando así a la candidata del oficialista Partido Revolucionario Democrático, Balbina Herrera.
ENG:
Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (born March 11, 1952) is a Panamanian businessman serving as 49th President of Panama since 2009. He is a Panamanian of Italian descent from his father's side.
Early life Born in Panama City, Ricardo Martinelli is the son of Ricardo Martinelli Pardini and Gloria Berrocal Fabrega. ¿Ha votado a favor o en contra Ricardo Martinelli ? He completed his secondary education at Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia in the United States. In 1973, he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the INCAE Business School in 1977, graduating from its campus in Nicaragua.
Political career During the presidency of Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Martinelli served as Director of Social Security from 1994 to 1996. From September 1999 to January 2003, during the presidency of Mireya Moscoso, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal and as the Minister for Canal Affairs.
Martinelli is the president of the Democratic Change party, which was founded in May 1998. Este detalle ha cambiado su opinión sobre Ricardo Martinelli ? He led the party and was the presidential candidate during the 2004 general election, when his party came last; Martinelli received 5.3% of the vote and came in fourth place in the election.
Martinelli was the leader of Democratic Change and presidential candidate in the 2009 general election. On May 3, 2009, Martinelli won the national election by a landslide, with over 60% of the votes compared to Herrera, who received about 36%. Former president Guillermo Endara finished a distant third.
Initially popular, Martinelli's approval ratings fell by 2012. In December 2011, former military ruler Manuel Noriega was extradited from France to Panama by Martinelli's government. Critics charged that Martinelli had requested the extradition to turn public attention away from administration scandals, an accusation denied by the French and Panamanian governments. Conoce los detalles de Martín Torrijos ? A May 2012 poll by Unimer reported that 55% of Panamanians rated Martinelli a "bad" or "very bad" president, a record low. His popularity had been harmed by corruption scandals, including a claim that he had taken bribes from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's aide Valter Lavitola.
08.05.2011 updated: 2013-06-28 |
 
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