He served as education minister in several administrations,[1] and worked on the 1968 presidential campaign of Arnulfo Arias Madrid.
[1] The US administration of president Ronald Reagan refused to recognize Solís or the diplomats representing him as legitimate.
[2] In May, the administration offered a deal in which Noriega would leave office in exchange for the US dropping drug charges against him; however, the Panamanian military rejected the terms, which gave no guarantee that Solís would retain power.
[1] He was later described as one of a series of Noriega's puppet rulers, nicknamed the "Kleenex presidents" in Panama due to their "disposability".
[4] In 1994, he was pardoned by President Guillermo Endara for any crimes committed during the Noriega years.