Gabriel Lewis Galindo

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Person.png Gabriel Lewis Galindo   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(banker, diplomat, deep state operative)
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BornFebruary 24, 1929
DiedDecember 19, 1996
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
NationalityPanamanian

Employment.png Panama/Ambassador/United States

In office
May 6, 1977 - May 16, 1977
Appointed byDemetrio Basilio Lakas

Gabriel Lewis Galindo was a Panamanian businessman and diplomat.

He was a foreign policy expert who, as Panama's ambassador to the United States during the 1970s, was instrumental in helping the US government reach agreement and ratify the treaties that executed the transfer of sovereignty of the Panama Canal. to Panama in the year 2000.

He was part of one of the wealthiest families in Panama, he had business interests that included a bank and a brewery. But when General Omar Torrijos came to power in a coup in 1968, he was one of the few elite figures to immediately support the new populist government, and quickly became a friend and confidant of General Torrijos.[1]


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