{{Short description|Panamanian military officer}} {{family name hatnote|Justine|Fernández|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Marcos Justine | image = | caption = | order2 = Chief of the General Staff | term2 = April 1987 - 20 December 1989 | president2 = Manuel Noriega | predecessor2 = Roberto Díaz Herrera | successor2 = ''Office abolished'' | allegiance = {{PAN}} | branch = Panama Defense Forces | service_years = | rank = 20px Colonel | unit = | commands = Panama Defense Forces | battles = Invasion of Panama | awards = | birth_name = Marcos Justine Fernández | birth_date = 1934 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|2017|06|06|df=y}} (aged 83) | death_place = Panama City, Panama | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Chorrillos Military School<br />School of the Americas }}
'''Marcos Justine Fernández''' (1934 – 7 June 2017) was a Panamanian military officer who was the last Chief of the General Staff of the Panama Defense Forces under dictator Manuel Noriega before its dismantling following the United States invasion of Panama in 1989.
Before his time in the Defense Forces, he was the head of National Police of Panama City and head of the Veraguas police zone.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.critica.com.pa/nacional/muere-marcos-justine-la-misma-edad-que-su-general-477296|language=es|publisher=critica.com|title=Marcos Justine dies, at the same age as his general|accessdate=12 August 2021}}</ref>
Following the invasion Justine was arrested and accused of embezzling $20 million from the National Bank of Panama during the dictatorship. He received a presidential pardon in 1996 and was released.
He suffered pneumonia and died on 6 June 2017 aged 83 at the Hospital Nacional in Panama City.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.prensa.com/politica/Fallece-excoronel-Marco-Justine_0_4774022662.html|title=Former Colonel Marcos Justine passes away|language=es|publisher=La Prensa|author=Jose Gonzalez Pinilla|date=7 June 2017|accessdate=12 August 2021}}</ref>
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