Pedro Miguel González
Pedro Miguel González | |
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| Born | Pedro Miguel González Pinzón January 1, 1965 (age 60) |
| Nationality | Panamanian |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | political career, Zak Hernández murder allegations |
| Political party | Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) |
| Parent | Gerardo González Vernaza |
Pedro Miguel González Pinzón (born January 1, 1965) is a leading political figure in Panama who was tried and acquitted by a Panamian court of the June 10, 1992, killing of a US Army serviceman, Sgt. Zak Hernández, and the serious wounding of another, Sgt. Ronald T. Marshall.
In addition to serving as a deputy in the National Assembly, where he represented the province of Veraguas for the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), he served as President of the unicameral National Assembly from September 1, 2007, elected by a vote of 50-26 (defeating his rival Wigberto Quintero of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement), until August 31, 2008.