Vice President of Panama

The vice president of Panama is the second-highest political position in the Government of Panama. Since 2009, the position of Vice President has been held by three people.^[1]

Vice President of the Republic of Panama
Vicepresidente de Panamá
Vice Presidential seal
Vice Presidential standard
Incumbent Vacant since 1 July 2024
Style	Mr. Vice President (Informal) The Honorable (Formal) His Excellency (Diplomatic, outside Panama)
Seat	Panama City, Panama
Term length	5 years renewable once, non-consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Panama
Inaugural holder	Pablo Arosemena, José Domingo de Obaldia and Carlos Antonio Mendoza
Formation	September 1904
Website	Presidencia de la República

Before 1945 there were positions of presidential designates elected by the National Assembly for a two-year term.^[2] The positions of presidential designates were replaced in 1945 by two vice presidents.

According to the current constitution, Vice President is elected in the same ticket as the President of Panama.

Presidential designates 1904–1945

Before the 1946 constitution was adopted, there were positions of three presidential designates: first designate (Primer Designado a la Presidencia), second designate (Segundo Designado a la Presidencia) and third designate (Tercer Designado a la Presidencia).^[2][3]

Term	President	First designate	Second designate	Third designate	Notes	Image
1904–1906	Manuel Amador Guerrero	Pablo Arosemena	José Domingo de Obaldia	Carlos Antonio Mendoza	[3]
1906–1908	Manuel Amador Guerrero	José Domingo de Obaldia	Federico Boyd	Rafael Aizpuru	[3][4]
1908–1909	José Domingo de Obaldía	José Agustín Arango	Carlos Antonio Mendoza	Juan M. Lambert	[5]
1909–1910	José Domingo de Obaldía	Carlos Antonio Mendoza	Juan M. Lambert	Vacant	[4] Mendoza succeeded to the presidency
1910	Carlos Antonio Mendoza	Juan M. Lambert	Vacant	Vacant
1910	Carlos Antonio Mendoza	Pablo Arosemena	Federico Boyd	Rodolfo Chiari	[2][5] Arosemena succeeded to the presidency
1910–1912	Pablo Arosemena	Federico Boyd	Rodolfo Chiari	Vacant	[4]
1912–1914	Belisario Porras	Rodolfo Chiari	Ramón Maximiliano Valdés	Aristides Arjona	[6]
1914–1916	Belisario Porras	Ramón Maximiliano Valdés	Manuel Quintero	Ciro Urriola	[6]
1916–1918	Ramón Maximiliano Valdés	Ciro Urriola	Ramón F. Acevedo	Pedro Antonio Díaz	Urriola succeeded to the presidency
1918	Ciro Urriola	Ramón F. Acevedo	Pedro Antonio Díaz	Vacant
1918 (Sep-Oct)	Ciro Urriola	Belisario Porras	Pedro Antonio Díaz	Ernesto Lefevre	Porras succeeded to the presidency[7]
1918–1919	Belisario Porras	Pedro Antonio Díaz	Ernesto Lefevre	Vacant	[4]
1919–1920	Belisario Porras	Ernesto Lefevre	Vacant	Vacant	[4] Lefevre succeeded to the presidency
1920–1922	Belisario Porras	Federico Boyd	Guillermo Andreve	Julio Fábrega	[5]
1922–1924	Belisario Porras	Rodolfo Chiari	Ignacio Quinzada	Nicanor A. De Obarrio	[5]
1924–1926	Rodolfo Chiari	Enrique Adolfo Jiménez	Carlos Laureano López	Enrique Linares	[5]
1926–1928	Rodolfo Chiari	Tomás Gabriel Duque	Carlos Laureano López	Enrique Linares	[5][4]
1928–1930	Florencio Harmodio Arosemena	Ricardo Alfaro	Carlos Laureano López	Eduardo Chiari	[5]
1930–1931	Florencio Harmodio Arosemena	Tomás Gabriel Duque	Carlos Laureano López	Enrique Linares	[8]
1931	Harmodio Arias Madrid	Ricardo Alfaro	Carlos Laureano López	Eduardo Chiari	Alfaro succeeded to the presidency
1931–1932	Ricardo Alfaro	Carlos Laureano López	Eduardo Chiari	Vacant
1932–1934	Harmodio Arias Madrid	Domingo Díaz Arosemena	Carlos W. Muller	José de Obaldía Jované	[5]
1934–1936	Harmodio Arias Madrid	Enrique Adolfo Jiménez	Ricado A. Morales	Miguel Ángel Grimaldo	[5]
1936–1938	Juan Demóstenes Arosemena	Augusto Samuel Boyd	Héctor Valdés	Ezequiel Fernández	[9]
1938–1939	Juan Demóstenes Arosemena	Augusto Samuel Boyd	Ezequiel Fernández	Jacinto López y León	[9][4] Boyd succeeded to the presidency
1939–1940	Augusto Samuel Boyd	Ezequiel Fernández	Jacinto López y León	Vacant
1940–1941	Arnulfo Arias	José Pezet Arosemena	Ernesto Jaén Guardia (resigned on 9 October 1941)	Aníbal Ríos Delgado	[10]
1941	Ricardo de la Guardia	José Pezet Arosemena (resigned on 11 October 1941)	Aníbal Ríos Delgado	Vacant	[4]
1941	Ricardo de la Guardia	Aníbal Ríos Delgado (resigned on 13 December 1941)	Vacant	Vacant	[4]
1941–1945	Ricardo de la Guardia	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant	[4]
1945	Ricardo de la Guardia	Jeptha Brawner Duncan Guillén-Arosemena	Miguel Ángel Grimaldo	Alcibíades Arosemena	[11]

Vice presidents (1945–2009)

The 1946 constitution introduced two vice presidents instead of three.^[2][3] The position of second vice president was abolished in the 1972 constitution and reintroduced with the 1983 constitutional reforms. Vice Presidents were elected in the same ticket with the President.

Term	President	First Vice President	Second Vice President	Notes
1945–1948	Enrique Adolfo Jiménez	Ernesto de la Guardia	Raúl Jiménez (politician)	[5]
1948–1949	Domingo Díaz Arosemena	Daniel Chanis	Roberto Chiari	[5] Chanis succeeded to the presidency
1949	Daniel Chanis	Roberto Chiari	Vacant	[4] Chiari succeeded to the presidency
1949 (Nov)	Roberto Chiari	Vacant	Vacant
1949–1951	Arnulfo Arias	Alcibíades Arosemena	José Ramón Guizado	[12] Arosemena succeeded to the presidency
1951–1952	Alcibíades Arosemena	José Ramón Guizado	Vacant
1952–1955	José Antonio Remón Cantera	José Ramón Guizado	Ricardo Arias	Guizado succeeded to the presidency
1955	José Ramón Guizado	Ricardo Arias	Vacant	Arias succeeded to the presidency
1955–1956	Ricardo Arias	Vacant	Vacant
1956–1960	Ernesto de la Guardia	Temistocles Díaz	Heraclio Barletta	[13]
1960–1964	Roberto Chiari	Sergio González Ruíz	José Dominador Bazán	[4]
1964–1968	Marco Aurelio Robles	Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro	Raúl Arango Navarro
1968	Arnulfo Arias	Raúl Arango Navarro	José Dominador Bazán
1968–1972	Junta	Vacant	Vacant
1972–1975	Demetrio B. Lakas	Arturo Sucre Pereira (resigned)
1975–1978	Demetrio B. Lakas	Gerardo González Vernaza
1978–1982	Aristides Royo	Ricardo de la Espriella		[4] Espriella succeeded to the presidency
1982–1984	Ricardo de la Espriella	Jorge Illueca		[4][13] Illueca succeeded to the presidency
1984	Jorge Illueca	Carlos Ozores Typaldos
1984–1985	Nicolás Ardito Barletta	Eric Arturo Delvalle	Roderick Esquivel	Delvalle succeeded to the presidency[8][4]
1985–1987	Eric Arturo Delvalle	Roderick Esquivel	Vacant	Left office on 8 September 1987[14]
1989	Francisco Rodríguez	Carlos Ozores Typaldos	Vacant	[8]
1989–1992	Guillermo Endara	Ricardo Arias Calderón	Guillermo Ford Boyd	[4]
1992–1994	Guillermo Endara	Guillermo Ford Boyd	Vacant	[4]
1994–1999	Ernesto Pérez Balladares	Tomás Gabriel Altamirano Duque	Felipe Alejandro Virzi Lopez	[4]
1999–2004	Mireya Moscoso	Arturo Ulises Vallarino Bartuano	Dominador Baldomero Bazán
2004–2009	Martín Torrijos	Samuel Lewis Navarro	Rubén Arosemena Valdés

Vice presidents after 2009

Vice presidents have been elected in the same ticket with the President.

Term	President	Vice President
2009–2014	Ricardo Martinelli	Juan Carlos Varela
2014–2019	Juan Carlos Varela	Isabel Saint Malo
2019–2024	Laurentino Cortizo	José Gabriel Carrizo
2024–present	José Raúl Mulino	Vacant

Gallery of former designates and vice presidents

Ex Vice Presidents
José Domingo de Obaldía (National Liberal) 1904–1908	Carlos Antonio Mendoza (National Liberal) 1909–1910	Federico Boyd (National Liberal) 1910	Pablo Arosemena (National Liberal) 1910–1912
Ricardo de la Espriella (Democratic Revolutionary Party) 1978–1982	Samuel Lewis Navarro (Democratic Revolutionary Party) 2004–2009	Juan Carlos Varela (Panameñista Party) 2009–2014	Isabel Saint Malo (Panamá Primero) 2014–2019
José Gabriel Carrizo (Democratic Revolutionary Party) 2019–2024

See also

• List of current vice presidents

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