What is Ricardo Martinelli?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ricardo Martinelli |office = [[List of heads of state of Panama|36th President of Panama]] |honorific-suffix = [[Order of Prince Henry|GColIH]] |image = Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Ricardo_Martinelli_(8410953465).jpg |predecessor = [[Martín Torrijos]] |successor = [[Juan Carlos Varela]] |vicepresident = [[Juan Carlos Varela]] (2009-2014) |party = [[Democratic Change (Panama)|Democratic Change]] |birth_name=Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|11}} |birth_place = [[Panama City]], [[Panama]] |spouse = [[Marta Linares de Martinelli|Marta Linares]] {{small|(1978–present)}} |alma_mater = [[University of Arkansas|University of Arkansas, Fayetteville]] |blank1 = Religion |data1 = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] |term_start = July 1, 2009 |term_end = July 1, 2014 }} '''Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Prince Henry|GColIH]]}} (born March 11, 1952) is a [[Panama]]nian [[politician]] and [[businessman]]. He was the 36th [[President of Panama]] from 2009 to 2014. In May 2017, [[Interpol]] issued a warrant for his arrest due to [[spying]] on journalists in Panama. He is also suspected of embezzlement on a $45 million contract to purchase food for schools. Martinelli was arrested on June 12, 2017 to face extradition to Panama. He was extradited to Panama on June 11, 2018 to face the wiretapping charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2017/05/24/america/1495586248_972850.html|title=La Interpol pide la captura de Ricardo Martinelli por un caso de espionaje|language=Spanish|date=24 May 2017|publisher=El País}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinelli, Ricardo}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Panama]] {{bio-stub}}