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Raúl Arango Navarro (1908 – 1984) was a politician from
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who was
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and chief commander of the fire department of Panama.


Biography

Arango was born on 19 August 1908. He studied at the National Institute, and graduated from the
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. He started working in the fire department of Panama at the age of 17, and rose to the rank of commander in April 1950. Arango also worked as minister and ambassador of Panama, and deputy in the National Assembly of Panama (1948-52). He presented law in February 1949 on retirement and bonuses for members of the fire department. He was associated to National Liberal Party. He was Second
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in
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administration from 1964 to 1968, and concurrently served as ambassador to Spain. In the 1968 elections, he joined the successful ticket of
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as First
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. However, he was ousted after about 10 days in office in a military coup against
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on 11 October 1968. He died on 7 August 1984.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arango, Raul 1908 births 1984 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Panama) Vice presidents of Panama Ambassadors of Panama to Spain Firefighters