List of heads of state of Panama

This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903. Since 1904 the head of state of Panama has been the President of Panama.

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other affiliations

Status

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	President Template:Small	Term of office			Title
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 1	File:Herrtoma.jpg	Tomás de Herrera Template:Small	18 November 1840	8 June 1841	Template:Ayd	Superior Chief of State
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | (1)			8 June 1841	31 December 1841	Template:Ayd	President

Republic of Panama (1903–present)

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

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:Demetrio H. Brid.jpg	Demetrio H. Brid Template:Small	3 November 1903	4 November 1903	Template:Ayd	PC

Members of the Provisional Government Junta (1903–1904)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	File:Jose-Agustin-Arango.jpg	José Agustín Arango Template:Small	4 November 1903	20 February 1904	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 5	File:Tomás Arias p319.jpg	Tomás Arias Template:Small				Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6	File:FBoyd4.jpg	Federico Boyd Template:Small				PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7	File:Manuel Espinosa Batista, prócer de Panamá.jpg	Manuel Espinosa Batista Template:Small	9 November 1903	7 December 1903	Template:Ayd	PLN

Presidents of Panama (1904–present)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	President Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political Party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:Portrait of Manuel Amador Guerrero.jpg	Manuel Amador Guerrero Template:Small	1904	20 February 1904	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Ayd	PC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:Jose Domingo de Obaldía.jpg	José Domingo de Obaldía Template:Small	—	24 June 1907<ref name="archive.org" />	27 December 1907<ref name="archive.org" />	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (1)	File:Portrait of Manuel Amador Guerrero.jpg	Manuel Amador Guerrero Template:Small	—	29 December 1907<ref name="archive.org" />	1 October 1908	Template:Ayd	PC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (2)	File:Jose Domingo de Obaldía.jpg	José Domingo de Obaldía Template:Small	1908	1 October 1908	1 March 1910Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Carlos Antonio Mendoza.jpg	Carlos Antonio Mendoza Template:Small	—	1 March 1910	1 October 1910	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:FBoyd4.jpg	Federico Boyd Template:Small	—	1 October 1910	5 October 1910	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Pabloarosemena.jpg	Pablo Arosemena Template:Small	—	5 October 1910	1 October 1912	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:Belisario Porras Barahona.jpg	Belisario Porras Barahona Template:Small	1912	1 October 1912	1 October 1916	Template:Age in years years	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	File:RMvaldes7.jpg	Ramón Maximiliano Valdés Template:Small	1916	1 October 1916	3 June 1918Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:8CiroU.jpg	Ciro Luis Urriola Template:Small	—	3 June 1918	1 October 1918	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Pedro Antonio Díaz.jpg	Pedro Antonio Díaz Template:Small	—	1 October 1918	12 October 1918	Template:Ayd	PC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (3)	File:Belisario Porras Barahona.jpg	Belisario Porras Barahona Template:Small	1918	12 October 1918	30 January 1920	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre.jpg	Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre Template:Small	—	30 January 1920	1 October 1920	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (3)	File:Belisario Porras Barahona.jpg	Belisario Porras Barahona Template:Small	1920	1 October 1920	1 October 1924	Template:Age in years years	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	File:Rodolfo Chiari.jpg	Rodolfo Chiari Template:Small	1924	1 October 1924	1 October 1928	Template:Age in years years	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6	File:El Ingeniero Don Florencio Harmodio Arosemena.jpg	Florencio Harmodio Arosemena Template:Small	1928	1 October 1928	3 January 1931 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| —	File:Harmodio Arias Madrid.png	Harmodio Arias Madrid Template:Small	—	3 January 1931	16 January 1931	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7	File:Ricardo J. Alfaro.jpg	Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované Template:Small	—	16 January 1931	5 June 1932	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8	File:Harmodio Arias Madrid.png	Harmodio Arias Madrid Template:Small	1932	5 June 1932	1 October 1936	Template:Ayd	PNR
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 9	File:Juan Demóstenes Arosemena.jpg	Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Template:Small	1936	1 October 1936	16 December 1939Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Ezequiel Fernández Jaén.jpg	Ezequiel Fernández Template:Small	—	16 December 1939	18 December 1939	Template:Ayd	PNR
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Augusto Samuel Boyd.jpg	Augusto Samuel Boyd Template:Small	—	18 December 1939	1 October 1940	Template:Ayd	PNR
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 10	File:Arnulfo Arias Madrid - 1950.jpg	Arnulfo Arias Template:Small	1940	1 October 1940	9 October 1941 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PNR
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 11	File:Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia.jpg	Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango Template:Small	—	9 October 1941	15 June 1945	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:Dres. Jurado, Jiménez y Alfaro (cropped).jpg	Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Template:Small	1945	15 June 1945	7 August 1948	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 12	File:Domingo Díaz Arosemena.jpg	Domingo Díaz Arosemena Template:Small	1948	7 August 1948	28 July 1949 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 13	File:No image.png	Daniel Chanis Pinzón Template:Small	—	28 July 1949	20 November 1949	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 14	File:Roberto F. Chiari.jpg	Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón Template:Small	—	20 November 1949	24 November 1949	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (10)	File:Arnulfo Arias Madrid - 1950.jpg	Arnulfo Arias Template:Small	—	24 November 1949	9 May 1951	Template:Ayd	PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 15	File:No image.png	Alcibíades Arosemena Template:Small	—	9 May 1951	1 October 1952	Template:Ayd	PPA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 16	File:Estatua de José Antonio Remón Cantera - Sede de la Policía Nacional de Panamá (2012).jpg	José Antonio Remón Cantera Template:Small	1952	1 October 1952	2 January 1955 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	CPN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 17	File:No image.png	José Ramón Guizado Template:Small	—	2 January 1955	29 March 1955	Template:Ayd	CPN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 18	File:Ricardo Arias Espinosa.jpg	Ricardo Arias Template:Small	—	29 March 1955	1 October 1956	Template:Ayd	CPN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 19	File:No image.png	Ernesto de la Guardia Template:Small	1956	1 October 1956	1 October 1960	Template:Age in years years	CPN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (14)	File:Roberto F. Chiari 1962.jpg	Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón Template:Small	1960	1 October 1960	17 March 1963	Template:Ayd	PLN
—	File:No image.png	Bernardino González Ruiz Template:Small	—	17 March 1963	23 March 1963	Template:Ayd	PAD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (14)	File:Roberto F. Chiari 1962.jpg	Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón Template:Small	—	23 March 1963	1 October 1964	Template:Ayd	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 20	File:No image.png	Marco Aurelio Robles Template:Small	1964	1 October 1964	1 October 1968	Template:Age in years years	PLN
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (10)	File:A. Arias President of Panama (cropped).jpg	Arnulfo Arias Template:Small	1968	1 October 1968	11 October 1968 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| —	File:No image.png	José María Pinilla Fábrega Template:Small	—	12 October 1968	18 December 1969	Template:Ayd	National Guard
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 21	File:No image.png	Template:Small Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla Template:Small	—	12 October 1968	18 December 1969	Template:Ayd	National Guard
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| —	File:President Demetrio Lakas (cropped).jpg	Demetrio B. Lakas Template:Small	—	19 December 1969	11 October 1972	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 22			1972	11 October 1972	11 October 1978	Template:Age in years years
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 23	File:Aristides Royo (6713987733) (cropped).jpg	Aristides Royo Template:Small	1978	11 October 1978	31 July 1982	Template:Ayd	Independent Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; |			—				PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 24	File:De-la-espriella-crop.jpg	Ricardo de la Espriella Template:Small	—	31 July 1982	13 February 1984	Template:Ayd	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 25	File:Jorge Enrique Illueca Sibauste, presidente de Panamá.png	Jorge Illueca Template:Small	—	13 February 1984	11 October 1984	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 26	File:Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino.jpg	Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino Template:Small	1984	11 October 1984	28 September 1985	Template:Ayd	PRD
—	File:Eric Arturo Delvalle.png	Eric Arturo Delvalle Template:Small	—	28 September 1985	26 February 1988	Template:Ayd	PR
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:No image.png	Manuel Solís Palma Template:Small	—	26 February 1988	1 September 1989	Template:Ayd	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	File:No image.png	Francisco Rodríguez Template:Small	—	1 September 1989	20 December 1989 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 27	File:Guillermo Endara 1993.jpg	Guillermo Endara Template:Small	1989	20 December 1989	1 September 1994	Template:Ayd	PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 28	File:Mr. Ernesto Perez Balladares (cropped).jpg	Ernesto Pérez Balladares Template:Small	1994	1 September 1994	1 September 1999	Template:Age in years years	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 29	File:Mireya Moscoso in 2012.jpg	Mireya Moscoso Template:Small	1999	1 September 1999	1 September 2004	Template:Age in years years	PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 30	File:Panama.MartinTorrijos.01.jpg	Martín Torrijos Template:Small	2004	1 September 2004	1 July 2009	Template:Ayd	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 31	File:Ricardo Martinelli Presidente de Panamá.jpg	Ricardo Martinelli Template:Small	2009	1 July 2009	1 July 2014	Template:Age in years years	CD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 32	File:Juan Carlos Varela (2014).jpg	Juan Carlos Varela Template:Small	2014	1 July 2014	1 July 2019	Template:Age in years years	PP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 33	File:Laurentino Cortizo at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	Laurentino Cortizo Template:Small	2019	1 July 2019	1 July 2024	Template:Age in years years	PRD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 34	File:Ceremonia de transmisión de mando de Panama (cropped).jpg	José Raúl Mulino Template:Small	2024	1 July 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	RM

Military dictators of Panama (1968–1989)

From 1968 to 1989 a military junta exerted a dictatorship over the country and nominated the president, who himself held little power. The following individuals were leaders of the junta.

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Military affiliation	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 1	File:Omar Torrijos 1977.jpg	Template:Small Omar Torrijos Template:Small	11 October 1968	31 July 1981Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	National Guard	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 2	File:No image.png	Template:Small Rubén Darío Paredes Template:Small	3 March 1982	12 August 1983	Template:Ayd	National Guard
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 3	File:Manuel Noriega mugshot cropped.jpg	Template:Small Manuel Noriega Template:Small	12 August 1983	20 December 1989	Template:Ayd	National Guard	Template:Small
Panama Defense Forces Template:Small

Timeline

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 from: 03/11/1903 till: 04/11/1903 color:Conservative text:"Demetrio H. Brid"
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 from: 04/11/1903 till: 20/02/1904 color:NatLiberal   text:"José Agustín Arango"
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 from: 04/11/1903 till: 20/02/1904 color:Independent  text:"Tomás Arias"
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 from: 04/11/1903 till: 20/02/1904 color:NatLiberal
 from: 01/10/1910 till: 05/10/1910 color:NatLiberal   text:"Federico Boyd"
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 from: 09/11/1903 till: 07/12/1903 color:NatLiberal   text:"Manuel Espinosa Batista
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 from: 20/02/1904 till: 23/06/1907 color:Conservative
 from: 27/12/1907 till: 01/10/1908 color:Conservative text:"Manuel Amador Guerrero"
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 from: 23/06/1907 till: 27/12/1907 color:NatLiberal
 from: 01/10/1908 till: 01/03/1910 color:NatLiberal   text:"José Domingo de Obaldía"
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 from: 05/10/1910 till: 01/10/1912 color:NatLiberal   text:"Pablo Arosemena"
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 from: 01/10/1912 till: 01/10/1916 color:NatLiberal
 from: 12/10/1918 till: 30/01/1920 color:NatLiberal
 from: 01/10/1920 till: 01/10/1924 color:NatLiberal   text:"Belisario Porras Barahona"
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 from: 01/10/1916 till: 03/06/1918 color:NatLiberal   text:"Ramón Maximiliano Valdés"
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 from: 03/06/1918 till: 01/10/1918 color:NatLiberal   text:"Ciro Luis Urriola"
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 from: 01/10/1918 till: 12/10/1918 color:Conservative text:"Pedro Antonio Díaz"
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 from: 30/01/1920 till: 01/10/1920 color:NatLiberal   text:"Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre"
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 from: 01/10/1924 till: 01/10/1928 color:NatLiberal   text:"Rodolfo Chiari"
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 from: 01/10/1928 till: 03/01/1931 color:NatLiberal   text:"Florencio Harmodio Arosemena"
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 from: 03/01/1931 till: 16/01/1931 color:Independent
 from: 05/06/1932 till: 01/10/1936 color:NatRev       text:"Harmodio Arias Madrid"
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 from: 16/01/1931 till: 05/06/1932 color:NatLiberal   text:"Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované"
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 from: 01/10/1936 till: 16/12/1939 color:NatLiberal   text:"Juan Demóstenes Arosemena"
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 from: 18/12/1939 till: 18/12/1939 color:NatRev       text:"Ezequiel Fernández"
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 from: 18/12/1939 till: 01/10/1940 color:NatRev       text:"Augusto Samuel Boyd"
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 from: 01/10/1940 till: 09/10/1941 color:NatRev
 from: 24/11/1949 till: 09/05/1951 color:NatRev
 from: 01/10/1968 till: 11/10/1968 color:NatRev       text:"Arnulfo Arias"
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 from: 09/10/1941 till: 15/06/1945 color:Independent  text:"Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango"
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 from: 15/06/1945 till: 07/08/1948 color:NatLiberal   text:"Enrique Adolfo Jiménez"
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 from: 07/08/1948 till: 28/07/1949 color:NatLiberal   text:"Domingo Díaz Arosemena"
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 from: 28/07/1949 till: 20/11/1949 color:NatLiberal   text:"Daniel Chanis Pinzón"
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 from: 20/11/1949 till: 24/11/1949 color:NatLiberal
 from: 01/10/1960 till: 17/03/1963 color:NatLiberal
 from: 23/03/1963 till: 01/10/1964 color:NatLiberal   text:"Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón"
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 from: 09/05/1951 till: 01/10/1952 color:Authentic    text:"Alcibíades Arosemena"
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 from: 01/10/1952 till: 02/01/1955 color:PatCoalition text:"José Antonio Remón Cantera"
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 from: 02/01/1955 till: 29/03/1955 color:PatCoalition text:"José Ramón Guizado"
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 from: 29/03/1955 till: 01/10/1956 color:PatCoalition text:"Ricardo Arias"
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 from: 01/10/1956 till: 01/10/1960 color:PatCoalition text:"Ernesto de la Guardia"
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 from: 17/03/1963 till: 23/03/1963 color:DemAction    text:"Bernardino González Ruiz"
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 from: 01/10/1964 till: 01/10/1968 color:NatLiberal   text:"Marco Aurelio Robles"
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 from: 12/10/1968 till: 18/12/1969 color:Military     text:"José María Pinilla Fábrega"
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 from: 12/10/1968 till: 18/12/1969 color:Military     text:"Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla"
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 from: 11/10/1968 till: 31/07/1981 color:Military     text:"Omar Torrijos (de facto)"
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 from: 18/12/1969 till: 11/10/1978 color:Independent  text:"Demetrio B. Lakas"
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 from: 11/10/1978 till: 31/07/1982 color:DemRev       text:"Aristides Royo"
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 from: 03/03/1982 till: 12/08/1983 color:Military     text:"Rubén Darío Paredes (de facto)"
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 from: 31/07/1982 till: 13/02/1984 color:DemRev       text:"Ricardo de la Espriella"
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 from: 12/08/1983 till: 20/12/1989 color:Military     text:"Manuel Noriega (de facto)"
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 from: 13/02/1984 till: 11/10/1984 color:Independent  text:"Jorge Illueca"
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 from: 11/10/1984 till: 28/09/1985 color:DemRev       text:"Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino"
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 from: 28/09/1985 till: 26/02/1988 color:Republican   text:"Eric Arturo Delvalle"
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 from: 26/02/1988 till: 01/09/1989 color:DemRev       text:"Manuel Solís Palma"
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 from: 01/09/1989 till: 20/12/1989 color:DemRev       text:"Francisco Rodríguez"
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 from: 20/12/1989 till: 01/09/1994 color:NatRev       text:"Guillermo Endara"
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 from: 01/09/1994 till: 01/09/1999 color:DemRev       text:"Ernesto Pérez Balladares"
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 from: 01/09/1999 till: 01/09/2004 color:NatRev       text:"Mireya Moscoso"
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 from: 01/09/2004 till: 01/07/2009 color:DemRev       text:"Martín Torrijos"
bar:Martinelli
 from: 01/07/2009 till: 01/07/2014 color:DemChange    text:"Ricardo Martinelli"
bar:Varela
 from: 01/07/2014 till: 01/07/2019 color:NatRev       text:"Juan Carlos Varela"
bar:Cortizo
 from: 01/07/2019 till: 01/07/2024 color:DemRev       text:"Laurentino Cortizo"
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 from: 01/07/2024 till: $now       color:Realizing    text:"José Raúl Mulino"

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Latest election

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See also

• Politics of Panama
• List of political parties in Panama
• History of Panama