List of heads of state of Panama

President of the Republic of Panama
Presidente de la República de Panamá

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Incumbent
Juan Carlos Varela
since 1 July 2014
Residence Palacio de las Garzas
Term length Five years, not eligible for re-election immediately
Inaugural holder Manuel Amador Guerrero
Formation 20 February 1904
Website Presidencia de la República
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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
1 Manuel Amador Guerrero
(1833–1909) 		20 February 1904 1 October 1908 Conservative Party
2 José Domingo de Obaldía
(1845–1910) 		1 October 1908 1 March 1910[1] National Liberal Party
— Carlos Antonio Mendoza
(1856–1916)
Acting President 		1 March 1910 1 October 1910 National Liberal Party
— Federico Boyd
(1851–1924)
Acting President 		1 October 1910 5 October 1910 National Liberal Party
— Pablo Arosemena
(1836–1920)
Acting President 		5 October 1910 1 October 1912 National Liberal Party
3 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942) 		1 October 1912 1 October 1916 National Liberal Party
4 Ramón Maximiliano Valdés
(1867–1918) 		1 October 1916 3 June 1918[1] National Liberal Party
— Ciro Luis Urriola
(1863–1922)
Acting President 		3 June 1918 1 October 1918 National Liberal Party
— Pedro Antonio Díaz
(1852–1919)
Acting President 		1 October 1918 12 October 1918 Conservative Party
5 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942) 		12 October 1918 30 January 1920 National Liberal Party
— Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre
(1876–1922)
Acting President 		30 January 1920 1 October 1920 National Liberal Party
6 Belisario Porras Barahona
(1856–1942) 		1 October 1920 1 October 1924 National Liberal Party
7 Rodolfo Chiari
(1869–1937) 		1 October 1924 1 October 1928 National Liberal Party
8 Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
(1872–1945) 		1 October 1928 3 January 1931 National Liberal Party
— Harmodio Arias Madrid
(1886–1963)
Acting President 		3 January 1931 16 January 1931 Independent
9 Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované
(1882–1971) 		16 January 1931 5 June 1932 National Liberal Party
10 Harmodio Arias Madrid
(1886–1963) 		5 June 1932 1 October 1936 National Revolutionary Party
11 Juan Demóstenes Arosemena
(1879–1939) 		1 October 1936 16 December 1939[1] National Liberal Party
— Ezequiel Fernández
(1886–1946)
Acting President 		16 December 1939 18 December 1939 National Revolutionary Party
— Augusto Samuel Boyd
(1879–1957)
Acting President 		18 December 1939 1 October 1940 National Revolutionary Party
12 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988) 		1 October 1940 9 October 1941 National Revolutionary Party
13 Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango
(1899–1969) 		9 October 1941 15 June 1945 Independent
— Enrique Adolfo Jiménez
(1888–1970)
Provisional President 		15 June 1945 7 August 1948 National Liberal Party
14 Domingo Díaz Arosemena
(1875–1949) 		7 August 1948 28 July 1949[2] National Liberal Party
15 Daniel Chanis Pinzón
(1892–1961) 		28 July 1949 20 November 1949 National Liberal Party
16 Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
(1905–1981) 		20 November 1949 24 November 1949 National Liberal Party
17 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988) 		24 November 1949 9 May 1951 Panameñista Party
18 Alcibíades Arosemena
(1883–1958) 		9 May 1951 1 October 1952 Authentic Revolutionary Party
19 José Antonio Remón Cantera
(1908–1955) 		1 October 1952 2 January 1955[3] National Patriotic Coalition
20 José Ramón Guizado
(1899–1964) 		2 January 1955 29 March 1955 National Patriotic Coalition
21 Ricardo Arias
(1912–1993) 		29 March 1955 1 October 1956 National Patriotic Coalition
22 Ernesto de la Guardia
(1904–1983) 		1 October 1956 1 October 1960 National Patriotic Coalition
23 Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón
(1905–1981) 		1 October 1960 1 October 1964 National Liberal Party
24 Marco Aurelio Robles
(1908–1990) 		1 October 1964 1 October 1968 National Liberal Party
25 Arnulfo Arias
(1901–1988) 		1 October 1968 11 October 1968 Panameñista Party
26 José María Pinilla Fábrega
(1919–1979) 		12 October 1968 18 December 1969 National Guard
Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla
(1918–2005)
27 Demetrio B. Lakas
(1925–1999) 		19 December 1969 11 October 1978 Independent
28 Aristides Royo
(1940–) 		11 October 1978 31 July 1982 Democratic Revolutionary Party
29 Ricardo de la Espriella
(1934–) 		31 July 1982 13 February 1984 Democratic Revolutionary Party
30 Jorge Illueca
(1918–2012) 		13 February 1984 11 October 1984 Independent
31 Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino
(1938–) 		11 October 1984 28 September 1985 Democratic Revolutionary Party
— Eric Arturo Delvalle
(1937–2015)
Acting President 		28 September 1985 26 February 1988 Republican Party
— Manuel Solís Palma
(1917–2009)
Acting President 		26 February 1988 1 September 1989 Democratic Revolutionary Party
— Francisco Rodríguez
(1938–)
Provisional President 		1 September 1989 20 December 1989[4] Democratic Revolutionary Party
32 Guillermo Endara
(1936–2009) 		20 December 1989 1 September 1994 Panameñista Party
33 Ernesto Pérez Balladares
(1946–) 		1 September 1994 1 September 1999 Democratic Revolutionary Party
34 Mireya Moscoso
(1946–) 		1 September 1999 1 September 2004 Panameñista Party
35 Martín Torrijos
(1963–) 		1 September 2004 1 July 2009 Democratic Revolutionary Party
36 Ricardo Martinelli
(1951–) 		1 July 2009 1 July 2014 Democratic Change
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
1 Brigadier-General
Omar Torrijos
(1929–1981)[5] 		11 October 1968 31 July 1981[6] National Guard
2 Colonel
Florencio Flores Aguilar 		31 July 1981 3 March 1982 National Guard
3 Colonel
Rubén Darío Paredes
(1933–) 		3 March 1982 12 August 1983 National Guard
4 General
Manuel Noriega
(1934–) 		12 August 1983 20 December 1989[4] National Guard
(1983)
Panamanian Defense Forces
(1983–1989)

Latest election

Candidate Party Votes %
Juan Carlos VarelaPanameñista Party724,76239.09
José Domingo AriasDemocratic Change581,82831.38
Juan Carlos NavarroDemocratic Revolutionary Party521,84228.14
Genaro LópezBroad Front for Democracy11,1270.60
Juan JovanéIndependent10,8050.58
Esteban RodríguezIndependent2,2400.12
Gerardo BarrosoIndependent1,5980.09
Valid votes1,854,20298.30
Invalid votes17,1620.91
Blank votes14,9440.79
Total votes1,886,308100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,457,40176.76
Source: Election Tribunal (100% of polling stations counted)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Died in office.
  2. ↑ Resigned after a heart attack, and died less than a month later.
  3. ↑ Assassinated.
  4. 1 2 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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