José Ramón Guizado Valdés (13 August 1899 – 2 November 1964) was the 17th President of Panama. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP).
Education
Guizado is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, having earned a Bachelor of Engineering from the university in 1920. Prior to his political career, Guizado made a fortune as a construction engineer.
José became the president after his predecessor, José Antonio Remón Cantera, was assassinated.
Remón Cantera affair
In 1955, during a trial from the National Assembly of Panama, Guizado was charged with the second degree murder of his presidential predecessor, José Antonio Remón Cantera. Cantera was assassinated on January 2, 1955 by machine gun fire at the Juan Franco Racetrack in Panama. Guizado was declared guilty as an accomplice and sentenced to six years and eight months in prison.