FACTBOX: Panamanian President-elect Ricardo Martinelli

(Reuters) - Supermarket tycoon Ricardo Martinelli swept to victory in Panama's presidential election on Sunday, bucking a trend of left-wing leadership in Latin America.

Here are some facts about Panama's president-elect.

* Martinelli, 57, is the multimillionaire owner of Panama's largest supermarket chain Super 99 and a former government minister of Panama Canal affairs. This was his second run at the presidency. In 2004, the pro-business conservative finished last out of four candidates with 5.3 percent of the vote.

* One of Panama's richest men, with interests in a major Panamanian bank, real estate, hydroelectric energy and sugar, Martinelli's wealth is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. The son of Italian immigrants, the U.S.-educated magnate's fortune is self-made. He was almost ruined by looting of his supermarkets after a 1989 U.S. invasion.

* Martinelli cut his teeth in government as director of Panama's social security service in the mid-1990s in the government of the leftist PRD party, whose candidate he beat on Sunday.

* His self-financed campaign vastly outspent that of PRD candidate Balbina Herrera.

* He is pledging to bring foreign investors into tourism projects, like cruise ports and airports, and direct more government spending to public infrastructure such as a subway in the capital. He promises fiscal discipline and a close relationship with the United States.

* Martinelli, who will take office on July 1, is married with three children.

(Reporting by Sean Mattson and Mica Rosenberg in Panama City, Editing by Stacey Joyce)