President of Panama - Definition and Overview

This page lists presidents of Panama since 1903. See also lists of incumbents.

Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta, 1903-1904

• José Agustín Arango: 3 November 1903 - 20 February 1904

Presidents of Panama, 1904-present

• Manuel Amador Guerrero: 20 February 1904 - 1 October 1908
• José Domingo de Obaldía: 1 October 1908 - 1 March 1910
• Carlos Antonio Mendoza (acting): 1 March - 1 October 1910
• Federico Boyd (acting): 1 - 5 October 1910
• Pablo Arosemena Alba (acting): 5 October 1910 - 1 October 1912
• Belisario Porras Barahona: 1 October 1912 - 1 October 1916
• Ramón Maximiliano Valdés: 1 October 1916 - 3 June 1918
• Ciro Luis Urriola (acting): 3 June - 1 October 1918
• Pedro Antonio Díaz (acting): 1 - 12 October 1918
• Belisario Porras Barahona: 12 October 1918 - 30 January 1920
• Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre (acting): 30 January - 1 October 1920
• Belisario Porras Barahona: 1 October 1920 - 1 October 1924
• Rodolfo Chiari: 1 October 1924 - 1 October 1928
• Florencio Harmodio Arosemena: 1 October 1928 - 3 January 1931
• Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované (acting): 16 January 1931 - 5 June 1932
• Harmodio Arias Madrid: 5 June 1932 - 1 October 1936
• Juan Demóstenes Arosemena: 1 October 1936 - 16 December 1939
• Ezequiel Fernández Jaén (acting): 16 - 18 December 1939
• Augusto Samuel Boyd (acting): 18 December 1939 - 1 October 1940
• Arnulfo Arias Madrid: 1 October 1940 - 9 October 1941
• Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango: 9 October 1941 - 15 June 1945
• Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin (provisional): 15 June 1945 - 7 August 1948
• Domingo Díaz Arosemena: 7 August 1948 - 28 July 1949
• Daniel Chanis Pinzón: 28 July - 20 November 1949
• Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón: 20 - 24 November 1949
• Arnulfo Arias Madrid: 24 November 1949 - 9 May 1951
• Alcibíades Arosemena: 9 May 1951 - 1 October 1952
• José Antonio Remón Cantera: 1 October 1952 - 2 January 1955
• José Ramón Guizado Valdés: 2 January - 29 March 1955
• Ricardo Arias Espinosa: 29 March 1955 - 1 October 1956
• Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro: 1 October 1956 - 1 October 1960
• Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón: 1 October 1960 - 1 October 1964
• Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez: 1 October 1964 - 1 October 1968
• Arnulfo Arias Madrid: 1 - 11 October 1968
• José María Pinilla Fábrega (Chairman Provisional Junta): 12 October 1968 - 18 December 1969
• Demetrio Lakas Bahas: 19 December 1969 - 11 October 1978
• Aristides Royo: 11 October 1978 - 31 July 1982
• Ricardo de la Espriella: 31 July 1982 - 13 February 1984
• Jorge Illueca: 13 February - 11 October 1984
• Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino: 11 October 1984 - 28 September 1985
• Eric Arturo Delvalle: 28 September 1985 - 26 February 1988
• Manuel Solís Palma (acting): 26 February 1988 - 1 September 1989
• Francisco Rodríguez (provisional): 1 September - 20 December 1989
• Guillermo Endara: 20 December 1989 - 1 September 1994
• Ernesto Pérez Balladares: 1 September 1994 - 1 September 1999
• Mireya Moscoso: 1 September 1999 - 1 September 2004
• Martín Torrijos: 1 September 2004 -

Note- General Manuel Noriega is often wrongly credited as being President of Panama from around 1983 to his arrest and capture by US forces in 1989. Though he held much de facto power over Panama during this period, he was never legally president and co-existed with the actual presidents of the time.