Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Roberto Chiari

[[missing key: filterpanel.close-label]]
Refine Results
Subjects
People
Classification
Medium
Date
to
Curated Collections
Artifact Collections
Roberto ChiariPanama, 1905 - 1981

Minister of Health and Public Works (1941-1945)

Vice President of Panama (1948)

President of Panama (1949)

Presidential Candidate (1952)

President of Panama (1960-1964)

Chiari was one of Domingo Arosemena’s vice presidents in 1948, serving briefly as the acting president of Panama in 1949. Chiari was unable to win the presidency in 1952 but was successful with his campaign in 1960. During his administration, Roberto Chiari spoke extensively with President Lyndon B. Johnson over the flag riots in Panama, eventually breaking diplomatic ties with the United States in 1964.

Sort:
/ 1
Filters
1 to 1 of 1
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Panama
1970.2.102 (X)
ca. February 1964
Log In
/ 1