predecessor successor birth_place term order birth_date article_title name
florencio flores manuel noriega panama 3 mar 1982 - 12 aug 1983 military leader of panama 1933 rubén darío paredes
 rubén darío
rubén darío paredes

rubén darío paredes del río -lrb- 1933 -rrb- was a panamanian army officer and the military ruler of panama from 1982 to 1983 .
colonel paredes came to power following the coup against colonel florencio flores .
paredes ' tenure was from march 1982 to august 1983 .
paredes was promoted to the rank of general on march 3 .
paredes retired from the panamanian national guard after making a deal with manuel noriega that would make paredes president .
however , after his resignation , noriega reneged on the deal and had him arrested .
paredes is retired and lives in panama city , panama .
his uncle , rigoberto paredes , was a member of the national assembly in the 1980s and was alleged to be one of norriega 's closest allies .
rigoberto hosted a talk radio show on radio bb in panama city .
rigoberto paredes died in 2007 .
