Vice President of Panama facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vice President of the Republic of Panama
Vice Presidential standard
Vice Presidential seal
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

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.

Before 1945 there were positions of presidential designates elected by the National Assembly for a two-year term. 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).

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

Vice presidents (1945–2009)

The 1946 constitution introduced two vice presidents instead of three. 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.

Vice presidents after 2009

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

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

In Spanish: Anexo:Vicepresidentes de Panamá para niños

• List of current vice presidents