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President of the Republic of Panama
Presidente de la República de Panamá
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Presidential Seal
since 1 July 2014
ResidencePalacio de las Garzas
Term lengthFive years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural holderManuel Amador Guerrero
Formation20 February 1904
WebsitePresidencia de la República
Politics of Panama
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

This page lists heads of state of Panama since independence in 1840 and in 1903.

Short-lived first independence (1840–1841)

President of the Municipal Council of Panama and de facto President (1903)

Members of the Provisional Government Junta (1903–1904)

Presidents of Panama (1904–present)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of Office Party
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Manuel Amador Guerrero
(1833–1909)		 20 February 1904 1 October 1908 Conservative Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 José Domingo de Obaldía
(1845–1910)		 1 October 1908 1 March 1910[1] National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Carlos Antonio Mendoza
(1856–1916)
Acting President		 1 March 1910 1 October 1910 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Federico Boyd
(1851–1924)
Acting President		 1 October 1910 5 October 1910 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Pablo Arosemena
(1836–1920)
Acting President		 5 October 1910 1 October 1912 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942)		 1 October 1912 1 October 1916 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Ramón Maximiliano Valdés
(1867–1918)		 1 October 1916 3 June 1918[1] National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Ciro Luis Urriola
(1863–1922)
Acting President		 3 June 1918 1 October 1918 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Pedro Antonio Díaz
(1852–1919)
Acting President		 1 October 1918 12 October 1918 Conservative Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942)		 12 October 1918 30 January 1920 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre
(1876–1922)
Acting President		 30 January 1920 1 October 1920 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942)		 1 October 1920 1 October 1924 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Rodolfo Chiari
(1869–1937)		 1 October 1924 1 October 1928 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
(1872–1945)		 1 October 1928 3 January 1931 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| — Harmodio Arias Madrid
(1886–1963)
Acting President		 3 January 1931 16 January 1931 Independent
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované
(1882–1971)		 16 January 1931 5 June 1932 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Harmodio Arias Madrid
(1886–1963)		 5 June 1932 1 October 1936 National Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 Juan Demóstenes Arosemena
(1879–1939)		 1 October 1936 16 December 1939[1] National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Ezequiel Fernández
(1886–1946)
Acting President		 16 December 1939 18 December 1939 National Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Augusto Samuel Boyd
(1879–1957)
Acting President		 18 December 1939 1 October 1940 National Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 12 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988)		 1 October 1940 9 October 1941 National Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 13 Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango
(1899–1969)		 9 October 1941 15 June 1945 Independent
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Enrique Adolfo Jiménez
(1888–1970)
Provisional President		 15 June 1945 7 August 1948 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 14 Domingo Díaz Arosemena
(1875–1949)		 7 August 1948 28 July 1949[2] National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 15 Daniel Chanis Pinzón
(1892–1961)		 28 July 1949 20 November 1949 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 16 Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
(1905–1981)		 20 November 1949 24 November 1949 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 17 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988)		 24 November 1949 9 May 1951 Panameñista Party
style="background:Template:Authentic Revolutionary Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 18 Alcibíades Arosemena
(1883–1958)		 9 May 1951 1 October 1952 Authentic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:National Patriotic Coalition/meta/color; color:white;"| 19 José Antonio Remón Cantera
(1908–1955)		 1 October 1952 2 January 1955[3] National Patriotic Coalition
style="background:Template:National Patriotic Coalition/meta/color; color:white;"| 20 José Ramón Guizado
(1899–1964)		 2 January 1955 29 March 1955 National Patriotic Coalition
style="background:Template:National Patriotic Coalition/meta/color; color:white;"| 21 Ricardo Arias
(1912–1993)		 29 March 1955 1 October 1956 National Patriotic Coalition
style="background:Template:National Patriotic Coalition/meta/color; color:white;"| 22 Ernesto de la Guardia
(1904–1983)		 1 October 1956 1 October 1960 National Patriotic Coalition
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 23 Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
(1905–1981)		 1 October 1960 1 October 1964 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:National Liberal Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 24 Marco Aurelio Robles
(1908–1990)		 1 October 1964 1 October 1968 National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 25 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988)		 1 October 1968 11 October 1968 Panameñista Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 26 José María Pinilla Fábrega
(1919–1979)		 12 October 1968 18 December 1969 National Guard
Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla
(1918–2005)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 27 Demetrio B. Lakas
(1925–1999)		 19 December 1969 11 October 1978 Independent
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 28 Aristides Royo
(1940–)		 11 October 1978 31 July 1982 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 29 Ricardo de la Espriella
(1934–)		 31 July 1982 13 February 1984 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 30 Jorge Illueca
(1918–2012)		 13 February 1984 11 October 1984 Independent
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 31 Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino
(1938–)		 11 October 1984 28 September 1985 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Republican Party (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| — Eric Arturo Delvalle
(1937–2015)
Acting President		 28 September 1985 26 February 1988 Republican Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Manuel Solís Palma
(1917–2009)
Acting President		 26 February 1988 1 September 1989 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Francisco Rodríguez
(1938–)
Provisional President		 1 September 1989 20 December 1989[4] Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 32 Guillermo Endara
(1936–2009)		 20 December 1989 1 September 1994 Panameñista Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 33 Ernesto Pérez Balladares
(1946–)		 1 September 1994 1 September 1999 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 34 Mireya Moscoso
(1946–)		 1 September 1999 1 September 2004 Panameñista Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Revolutionary Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 35 Martín Torrijos
(1963–)		 1 September 2004 1 July 2009 Democratic Revolutionary Party
style="background:Template:Democratic Change (Panama)/meta/color; color:white;"| 36 Ricardo Martinelli
(1951–)		 1 July 2009 1 July 2014 Democratic Change
style="background:Template:Panameñista Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 37 Juan Carlos Varela
(1963–)		 1 July 2014 Incumbent Panameñista Party

Military (de facto) leaders of Panama (1968–1989)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of Office Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 1 Brigadier-General
Omar Torrijos
(1929–1981)[5]		 11 October 1968 31 July 1981[6] National Guard
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 2 Colonel
Florencio Flores Aguilar		 31 July 1981 3 March 1982 National Guard
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 3 Colonel
Rubén Darío Paredes
(1933–)		 3 March 1982 12 August 1983 National Guard
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 4 General
Manuel Noriega
(1934–)		 12 August 1983 20 December 1989[4] National Guard
(1983)
Panamanian Defense Forces
(1983–1989)

Latest election

Main article: Panamanian general election, 2014
Candidate Party Votes %
Juan Carlos Varela Panameñista Party 724,762 39.09
José Domingo Arias Democratic Change 581,828 31.38
Juan Carlos Navarro Democratic Revolutionary Party 521,842 28.14
Genaro López Broad Front for Democracy 11,127 0.60
Juan Jované Independent 10,805 0.58
Esteban Rodríguez Independent 2,240 0.12
Gerardo Barroso Independent 1,598 0.09
Valid votes 1,854,202 98.30
Invalid votes 17,162 0.91
Blank votes 14,944 0.79
Total votes 1,886,308 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 2,457,401 76.76
Source: Election Tribunal (100% of polling stations counted)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Died in office.
  2. ^ Resigned after a heart attack, and died less than a month later.
  3. ^ Assassinated.
  4. ^ a b Deposed in the United States invasion of Panama.
  5. ^ Styled as Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution from 1972.
  6. ^ Killed in an aircraft crash.
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