Manuel Noriega
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Panamanian head of state
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritarian ruler who amassed a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations, Noriega had longstanding ties with the United States intelligence agencies before the U.S. invasion of Panama removed him from power.