Rubén De León Sánchez (born 1965 [1] ) is a Panamanian politician of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) who served as the President of the National Assembly of Panama from 1 July 2015 until 1 July 2017.
De León gained an economics degree at University in Veraguas Province. [1] He served as the regional director of the Housing Ministry in this province from 1994 to 1998 and was elected to the National Assembly for the same province in 1999. [1]
In the Assembly, he served as the leader of the PRD Assembly group for the 2013-2014 legislative session. [2] On 1 July 2015, he was elected president of the National Assembly, gaining the support of the Panameñista Party and Democratic Change, in addition to deputies from his own party. [3]
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