Manuel Noriega

Panamanian head of state (1934-2017)

Person Human Q192667

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Facts

29 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: February 11, 1934, February 11, 1936, February 11, 1938^[9]^[10]
Date of death: May 29, 2017
Place of birth: Panama City
Place of death: Hospital Santo Tomas
Country of citizenship: Panama^[11]
Occupation: politician, military personnel, drug lord, military engineer
Educated at: Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Chorrillos Military School^[12]^[13]
Religion or worldview: Catholicism^[15]
Member of political party: Democratic Revolutionary Party^[17]
Award received: Commander of the Legion of Honour^[14]
Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish, English^[32]^[33]
Birth name: Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno^[34]
Convicted of: drug trafficking, homicide, money laundering, crime against humanity^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Date of burial or cremation: May 30, 2017^[40]
Described by source: SourceWatch List of Dictators^[27]
Family name: Noriega^[22]
Given name: Manuel, Antonio^[23]^[24]
Manner of death: natural causes^[26]
Medical condition: smallpox^[25]
Military, police or special rank: general, soldier^[18]^[19]
Name in native language: Manuel Noriega^[35]

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Number of children: +3^[37]
Participated in conflict: United States invasion of Panama^[21]
Place of detention: La Santé Prison^[39]
Second family name in Spanish name: Delgado^[36]
Start of work period: 1967^[38]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 59

ISNI: 0000000084381808
VIAF cluster ID: 33536677
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n88014308
GND ID: 118947001
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 278485
BBC Things ID: 9cd51fbf-7f2d-4ab5-86d5-1dd00b4625c2
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12161867k
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: noriega-morena-manuel-antonio
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11220570
DDB person (GND) ID: 118947001
De Agostini ID: Noriega,+Manuel+Antonio
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118947001

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Dodis ID: P54758
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Manuel-Noriega
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: manuel-antonio-noriega
FAST ID: 237878
Find a Grave memorial ID: 179852848
France 24 topic ID (French): manuel-noriega
Freebase ID: /m/0jdjj
GTAA ID: 137431
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: manuel-antonio-noriega-morena
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0255692
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Manuel_Antonio_Noriega_Moreno, Manuel_Noriega
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 5211103, 2672195
Harper's tag: manuel-antonio-noriega
ICPSR Personal Names Authority List ID: 13950
IMDb ID: nm0635342
IdRef ID: 030143837
IxTheo authority ID: 695603620
J9U entity ID: 987007434292605171
Kinobox person ID: 892414
Krugosvet article (archived): istoriya/NOREGA_MANUEL.html
Lex ID: Manuel_Noriega
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 04441/eu_n_1020/n1020
Munzinger person ID: 00000018556
NDL Authority ID: 00621219
NE.se ID: manuel-noriega
NL CR AUT ID: js20101025002
NLP ID: a0000003697149
NNDB people ID: 019/000023947
Namuwiki ID: 마누엘 노리에가
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810636193205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 075161141
Obálky knih ID: js20101025002
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3948246
Parsifal cluster ID: 67351
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 57692
Prabook ID: 1457992
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 54602
SNK ID: 147496
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID: vtls011031312
TMDB person ID: 6089739
Treccani ID: noriega-morena-manuel-antonio
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID: noriega-morena-manuel-antonio
UK Parliament thesaurus ID: 524451
WikiTree person ID: Noriega_Moreno-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJh8RKvyJYbvwTBQGWyrv3
Yale LUX ID: person/bdee17b5-0687-4b55-aa00-66fbbd3cca87
ČSFD person ID: 880376

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🔗 Connections

Convicted of 4

crime against humanity, homicide, money laundering, drug trafficking

Occupation 4

politician, military personnel, drug lord, military engineer

Educated at 2

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Chorrillos Military School

Given name 2

Antonio, Manuel

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Spanish

Military, police or special rank 2

soldier, general

Award received 1

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Cause of death 1

cerebral hemorrhage

Country of citizenship 1

Panama

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Medical condition 1

smallpox

Member of political party 1

Democratic Revolutionary Party

Participated in conflict 1

United States invasion of Panama

Place of birth 1

Panama City

Place of detention 1

La Santé Prison

Religion or worldview 1

Catholicism

Second family name in Spanish name 1

Delgado

Sex or gender 1

male

← Killed by 1

Hugo Spadafora

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Summary

Manuel Noriega was born on February 11, 1934^[1], in Panama City^[2]. He died on May 29, 2017^[3], in Hospital Santo Tomas^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5], military personnel^[6], drug lord^[7], and military engineer^[8].

FAQs

Where was Manuel Noriega born?

Manuel Noriega was born in Panama City^[2].

Where did Manuel Noriega die?

Manuel Noriega died in Hospital Santo Tomas^[4].

What did Manuel Noriega do for work?

Manuel Noriega worked as a politician^[5], military personnel^[6], drug lord^[7], and military engineer^[8].

Where did Manuel Noriega go to school?

Manuel Noriega was educated at Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation^[12] and Chorrillos Military School^[13].

What awards did Manuel Noriega receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Legion of Honour^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Manuel Noriega — place of birth (P19): Panama City. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Manuel Noriega — place of death (P20): Hospital Santo Tomas. bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Manuel Noriega — sex or gender (P21): male. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2024-04-16. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Manuel Noriega — country of citizenship (P27): Panama. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Manuel Noriega — educated at (P69): Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Manuel Noriega — educated at (P69): Chorrillos Military School. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Manuel Noriega — member of political party (P102): Democratic Revolutionary Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Manuel Noriega — occupation (P106): politician. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2024-04-16. independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Manuel Noriega — occupation (P106): military personnel. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Manuel Noriega — occupation (P106): drug lord. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Manuel Noriega — occupation (P106): military engineer. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Manuel Noriega — religion or worldview (P140): Catholicism. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Manuel Noriega — award received (P166): Commander of the Legion of Honour. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Manuel Noriega — military, police or special rank (P410): general. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Manuel Noriega — military, police or special rank (P410): soldier. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Manuel Noriega — cause of death (P509): cerebral hemorrhage. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Manuel Noriega — date of birth (P569): February 11, 1934. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Manuel Noriega — date of birth (P569): February 11, 1936. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Manuel Noriega — date of birth (P569): February 11, 1938. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Manuel Noriega — date of death (P570): May 29, 2017. La Nación. Retrieved 2017-05-30. lanacion.com.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Manuel Noriega — participated in conflict (P607): United States invasion of Panama. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Manuel Noriega — family name (P734): Noriega. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Manuel Noriega — given name (P735): Manuel. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Manuel Noriega — given name (P735): Antonio. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Manuel Noriega — medical condition (P1050): smallpox. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Manuel Noriega — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Manuel Noriega — described by source (P1343): SourceWatch List of Dictators. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Manuel Noriega — convicted of (P1399): drug trafficking. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Manuel Noriega — convicted of (P1399): homicide. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Manuel Noriega — convicted of (P1399): money laundering. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Manuel Noriega — convicted of (P1399): crime against humanity. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Manuel Noriega — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Spanish. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Manuel Noriega — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Manuel Noriega — birth name (P1477): Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Manuel Noriega — name in native language (P1559): Manuel Noriega. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Manuel Noriega — second family name in Spanish name (P1950): Delgado. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Manuel Noriega — number of children (P1971): 3. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Manuel Noriega — start of work period (P2031): 1967. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Manuel Noriega — place of detention (P2632): La Santé Prison. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Manuel Noriega — date of burial or cremation (P4602): May 30, 2017. business-standard.com. business-standard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → Manuel_Antonio_Noriega_Moreno, Manuel_Noriega

Harper's tag → manuel-antonio-noriega

"Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: SNL ID Manuel_Antonio_Noriega_Moreno deprecated (now SNL Manuel_Noriega), SNL ID Manuel_Noriega, other names, source for place of birth, sourc"
24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → politician, military personnel, drug lord +1

"Added reference: Military, police or special rank: general"
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Occupation → politician, military personnel, drug lord +1

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