Tomás Altamirano Mantovani

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Altamirano and the second or maternal family name is Mantovani.

Tomás Altamirano Mantovani (c. 1960 – February 28, 2009) was a Panamanian politician and National Assembly deputy.

Background and public life

He was considered a prominent member of Panama's ruling political party, the Democratic Revolutionary Party.^[1]

Altamirano was the son of former Panamanian Vice President Tomas Altamirano Duque.^[1] He served as the head of the National Assembly of Panama's Canal Affairs Commission.^[1]

Death

Tomás Altamirano was killed on February 28, 2009, when a vehicle in which he was a passenger overturned on a Panamanian highway.^[1] He was 49 years old.^[1] Altamirano's bodyguard and another passenger were hospitalized in the accident.^[1]

Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro were flown to the scene of the accident by helicopter.^[1] Torrijos was described as "visibly upset."^[1]