Mireya Moscoso

About Mireya Moscoso

She was Panama's first female president, serving from 1999 until 2004. Many people in her country were inspired by her story of rising from obscurity to prominence.

Mireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez de Arias is a Panamanian politician who served as President of Panama from 1999 to 2004. She was the country's first female President. Born into a rural family, Moscoso became active during Arnulfo Arias's 1968 presidential campaign, following up on and marrying him as he lived in exile following a military coup. . After her death in 1988, she took control of her coffee business and later her political party, the Arnulfista Party. In the 1994 presidential election, she lost 4% of the vote to Democratic Revolutionary Party candidate Ernesto Pérez Balladares. In the 1999 general election, she beat PRD candidate Martín Torrijos 8% to become Panama's first female president. During her tenure, she presided over the transfer of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama and the economic slowdown caused by the loss of American personnel.

Preceded by	Ernesto Pérez Balladares
Spouse(s)	Arnulfo Arias, Ricardo Gruber
Children	Ricardo Moscoso
Political party	Arnulfista Party
Born	July 1, 1946, Pedasi, Panama
Vice President	Arturo Vallarino (1999–2004), Dominador Baldomero Bazán (1999–2004)
Alma mater	Miami Dade College
Succeeded by	Martín Torrijos

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Trivia

She was in office when Panama seized control of the Panama Canal from the United States in 1999.

Mireya Moscoso before fame

She first entered politics in 1968, marrying three-time president Arnulfo Arias just before he was exiled.

Achievement of Mireya Moscoso

In 1999, she was in office when Panama took sovereignty of the Panama Canal from the US.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Mireya Moscoso family life

She married Richard Gruber, a businessman, and they had a son named Richard; however, the pair divorced in 1997.

Associations of Mireya Moscoso

Up to his death, she was a harsh critic of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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