What is Omar Torrijos?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = '''Maximum Leader''' |name = <center>Omar Torrijos</center> |image = Omar Torrijos 1977.jpg |imagesize = 200px | office = [[List of heads of state of Panama|Maximum Leader of<br /> the Panamanian Revolution]] | term_start = 1972 | term_end = July 31, 1981 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = ''Position abolished'' |office2 = [[Military of Panama|Military Leader of Panama]] |president2 = [[José María Pinilla]] (1968–69)<br>[[Demetrio Lakas Bahas]] (1969–78)<br>[[Aristides Royo]] (1978–82) |term_start2 = October 11, 1968 |term_end2 = July 31, 1981 |predecessor2 = [[Arnulfo Arias]] (President) |successor2 = [[Florencio Flores Aguilar]] |birth_name=Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera |birth_date = February 13, 1929 |birth_place = [[Santiago, Panama]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1981|7|31|1929|2|13}} |death_place = near [[Penonomé, Coclé|Penonomé]], [[Panama]] |party = [[Democratic Revolutionary Party]] <small>(1979–1981)</small> }} '''Omar Efrain Torrijos Herrera''' (Feb 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was leader of [[Panama]] from 1968 to 1981, when he died in a plane crash. He is more commonly known as '''Omar Torrijos'''. Torrijos was the Commander of the [[Military of Panama]]. Even though Panama had a [[President]], Torrijos was the leader. He is best known for making a [[treaty]] to give Panama full control of the [[Panama Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |title= PANAMA LEADER KILLED IN CRASH IN BAD WEATHER |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/02/obituaries/panama-leader-killed-in-crash-in-bad-weather.html |publisher= New York Times |access-date= 22 September 2016 |date=2 August 1981}}</ref> His son [[Martín Torrijos]] was elected president and served from 2004 to 2009. == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrijos, Omar}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:1981 deaths]] [[Category:Anti-communists]] [[Category:Aviation deaths]] [[Category:Heads of state]] [[Category:Former dictators]] [[Ca