List of heads of state of Panama
Presidents of Panama (1904–present)

List of heads of state of Panama

Section Title: Presidents of Panama (1904–present)
Table Section Text: None

No.	President (Birth–Death)	Term of Office	Political Affiliation	Election	Notes

8	Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833–1909)	-	20 February 1904	23 June 1907	Conservative Party	1904

9	José Domingo de Obaldía (1845–1910)	-	24 June 1907	27 December 1907	National Liberal Party	—

10	Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833–1909)	-	29 December 1907	1 October 1908	Conservative Party	—

11	José Domingo de Obaldía (1845–1910)	-	1 October 1908	1 March 1910	National Liberal Party	1908	Died in office.

12	Carlos Antonio Mendoza (1856–1916)	-	1 March 1910	1 October 1910	National Liberal Party	—	Acting President.

13	Federico Boyd (1851–1924)	-	1 October 1910	5 October 1910	National Liberal Party	—	Acting President.

14	Pablo Arosemena (1836–1920)	-	5 October 1910	1 October 1912	National Liberal Party	—	Acting President.

15	Belisario Porras Barahona (1856–1942)	-	1 October 1912	1 October 1916	National Liberal Party	1912	First tenure.

16	Ramón Maximiliano Valdés (1867–1918)	-	1 October 1916	3 June 1918	National Liberal Party	1916	Died in office.

17	Ciro Luis Urriola (1863–1922)	-	3 June 1918	1 October 1918	National Liberal Party	—	Acting President.

18	Pedro Antonio Díaz (1852–1919)	-	1 October 1918	12 October 1918	Conservative Party	—	Acting President.

19	Belisario Porras Barahona (1856–1942)	-	12 October 1918	30 January 1920	National Liberal Party	1918	Second tenure.

20	Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre (1876–1922)	-	30 January 1920	1 October 1920	National Liberal Party	—	Acting President.

21	Belisario Porras Barahona (1856–1942)	-	1 October 1920	1 October 1924	National Liberal Party	1920	Third tenure.

22	Rodolfo Chiari (1869–1937)	-	1 October 1924	1 October 1928	National Liberal Party	1924

23	Florencio Harmodio Arosemena (1872–1945)	-	1 October 1928	3 January 1931	National Liberal Party	1928	Deposed in a coup d'état.

24	Harmodio Arias Madrid (1886–1963)	-	3 January 1931	16 January 1931	Independent	—	Acting President.

25	Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované (1882–1971)	-	16 January 1931	5 June 1932	National Liberal Party	—

26	Harmodio Arias Madrid (1886–1963)	-	5 June 1932	1 October 1936	National Revolutionary Party	1932

27	Juan Demóstenes Arosemena (1879–1939)	-	1 October 1936	16 December 1939	National Liberal Party	1936	Died in office.

28	Ezequiel Fernández (1886–1946)	-	16 December 1939	18 December 1939	National Revolutionary Party	—	Acting President.

29	Augusto Samuel Boyd (1879–1957)	-	18 December 1939	1 October 1940	National Revolutionary Party	—	Acting President.

30	Arnulfo Arias (1901–1988)	-	1 October 1940	9 October 1941	National Revolutionary Party	1940	First tenure. Deposed in a coup d'état.

31	Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango (1899–1969)	-	9 October 1941	15 June 1945	Independent	—

32	Enrique Adolfo Jiménez (1888–1970)	-	15 June 1945	7 August 1948	National Liberal Party	1945	Provisional President.

33	Domingo Díaz Arosemena (1875–1949)	-	7 August 1948	28 July 1949	National Liberal Party	1948	Resigned after a heart attack, and died less than a month later.

34	Daniel Chanis Pinzón (1892–1961)	-	28 July 1949	20 November 1949	National Liberal Party	—

35	Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón (1905–1981)	-	20 November 1949	24 November 1949	National Liberal Party	—	First tenure.

36	Arnulfo Arias (1901–1988)	-	24 November 1949	9 May 1951	Panameñista Party	—	Second tenure.

37	Alcibíades Arosemena (1883–1958)	-	9 May 1951	1 October 1952	Authentic Revolutionary Party	—

38	José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908–1955)	-	1 October 1952	2 January 1955	National Patriotic Coalition	1952	Assassinated.

39	José Ramón Guizado (1899–1964)	-	2 January 1955	29 March 1955	National Patriotic Coalition	—

40	Ricardo Arias (1912–1993)	-	29 March 1955	1 October 1956	National Patriotic Coalition	—

41	Ernesto de la Guardia (1904–1983)	-	1 October 1956	1 October 1960	National Patriotic Coalition	1956

42	Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón (1905–1981)	-	1 October 1960	1 October 1964	National Liberal Party	1960	Second tenure.

43	Marco Aurelio Robles (1908–1990)	-	1 October 1964	1 October 1968	National Liberal Party	1964

44	Arnulfo Arias (1901–1988)	-	1 October 1968	11 October 1968	Panameñista Party	1968	Third tenure. Deposed in a coup d'état.

45	José María Pinilla Fábrega (1919–1979)	-	12 October 1968	18 December 1969	National Guard	—	Chairman of the Provisional Junta.

46	Colonel Bolívar Urrutia Parrilla (1918–2005)	-	President.

47	Demetrio B. Lakas (1925–1999)	-	19 December 1969	11 October 1978	Independent	1972	Chairman of the Provisional Junta to 11 October 1972.

48	Aristides Royo (born 1940)	-	11 October 1978	31 July 1982	Democratic Revolutionary Party	1978

49	Ricardo de la Espriella (born 1934)	-	31 July 1982	13 February 1984	Democratic Revolutionary Party	—

50	Jorge Illueca (1918–2012)	-	13 February 1984	11 October 1984	Independent	—

51	Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino (born 1938)	-	11 October 1984	28 September 1985	Democratic Revolutionary Party	1984

52	Eric Arturo Delvalle (1937–2015)	-	28 September 1985	26 February 1988	Republican Party	—	Acting President.

53	Manuel Solís Palma (1917–2009)	-	26 February 1988	1 September 1989	Democratic Revolutionary Party	—	Acting President.

54	Francisco Rodríguez (born 1938)	-	1 September 1989	20 December 1989	Democratic Revolutionary Party	—	Provisional President. Deposed in the US invasion.

55	Guillermo Endara (1936–2009)	-	20 December 1989	1 September 1994	Panameñista Party	1989

56	Ernesto Pérez Balladares (born 1946)	-	1 September 1994	1 September 1999	Democratic Revolutionary Party	1994

57	Mireya Moscoso (born 1946)	-	1 September 1999	1 September 2004	Panameñista Party	1999	Widow of Arnulfo Arias.

58	Martín Torrijos (born 1963)	-	1 September 2004	1 July 2009	Democratic Revolutionary Party	2004	Son of Omar Torrijos.

59	Ricardo Martinelli (born 1951)	-	1 July 2009	1 July 2014	Democratic Change	2009

60	Juan Carlos Varela (born 1963)	-	1 July 2014	Incumbent (Term ends on 1 July 2019)	Panameñista Party	2014

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