Presidents of Panama (1904-Present)
| # | President | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Amador Guerrero | 20 February 1904 | 1 October 1908 | Conservative Party | |
| 2 | José Domingo de Obaldía | 1 October 1908 | 1 March 1910 | National Liberal Party | |
| Carlos Antonio Mendoza (acting) | 1 March 1910 | 1 October 1910 | National Liberal Party | ||
| Federico Boyd (acting) | 1 October 1910 | 5 October 1910 | National Liberal Party | ||
| Pablo Arosemena (acting) | 5 October 1910 | 1 October 1912 | National Liberal Party | ||
| 3 | Belisario Porras Barahona | 1 October 1912 | 1 October 1916 | National Liberal Party | |
| 4 | Ramón Maximiliano Valdés | 1 October 1916 | 3 June 1918 | National Liberal Party | |
| Ciro Luis Urriola (acting) | 3 June 1918 | 1 October 1918 | National Liberal Party | ||
| Pedro Antonio Díaz (acting) | 1 October 1918 | 12 October 1918 | Conservative Party | ||
| 5 | Belisario Porras Barahona | 12 October 1918 | 30 January 1920 | National Liberal Party | |
| Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre (acting) | 30 January 1920 | 1 October 1920 | National Liberal Party | ||
| 6 | Belisario Porras Barahona | 1 October 1920 | 1 October 1924 | National Liberal Party | |
| 7 | Rodolfo Chiari | 1 October 1924 | 1 October 1928 | National Liberal Party | |
| 8 | Florencio Harmodio Arosemena | 1 October 1928 | 3 January 1931 | National Liberal Party | |
| Harmodio Arias Madrid (acting) | 3 January 1931 | 16 January 1931 | None | ||
| 9 | Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované | 16 January 1931 | 5 June 1932 | National Liberal Party | |
| 10 | Harmodio Arias Madrid | 5 June 1932 | 1 October 1936 | National Revolutionary Party | |
| 11 | Juan Demóstenes Arosemena | 1 October 1936 | 16 December 1939 | National Liberal Party | |
| Ezequiel Fernández (acting) | 16 December 1939 | 18 December 1939 | National Revolutionary Party | ||
| Augusto Samuel Boyd (acting) | 18 December 1939 | 1 October 1940 | National Revolutionary Party | ||
| 12 | Arnulfo Arias | 1 October 1940 | 9 October 1941 | National Revolutionary Party | |
| 13 | Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango | 9 October 1941 | 15 June 1945 | None | |
| Enrique Adolfo Jiménez (provisional) | 15 June 1945 | 7 August 1948 | National Liberal Party | ||
| 14 | Domingo Díaz Arosemena | 7 August 1948 | 28 July 1949 | National Liberal Party | |
| 15 | Daniel Chanis Pinzón | 28 July 1949 | 20 November 1949 | National Liberal Party | |
| 16 | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | 20 November 1949 | 24 November 1949 | National Liberal Party | |
| 17 | Arnulfo Arias | 24 November 1949 | 9 May 1951 | Panameñista Party | |
| 18 | Alcibíades Arosemena | 9 May 1951 | 1 October 1952 | Authentic Revolutionary Party | |
| 19 | José Antonio Remón Cantera | 1 October 1952 | 2 January 1955 | National Patriotic Coalition | |
| 20 | José Ramón Guizado | 2 January 1955 | 29 March 1955 | National Patriotic Coalition | |
| 21 | Ricardo Arias | 29 March 1955 | 1 October 1956 | National Patriotic Coalition | |
| 22 | Ernesto de la Guardia | 1 October 1956 | 1 October 1960 | National Patriotic Coalition | |
| 23 | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón | 1 October 1960 | 1 October 1964 | National Liberal Party | |
| 24 | Marco Aurelio Robles | 1 October 1964 | 1 October 1968 | National Liberal Party | |
| 25 | Arnulfo Arias | 1 October 1968 | 11 October 1968 | Panameñista Party | |
| 26 | José María Pinilla Fábrega | 12 October 1968 | 18 December 1969 | Military | |
| 27 | Demetrio B. Lakas | 19 December 1969 | 11 October 1978 | None | |
| 28 | Aristides Royo | 11 October 1978 | 31 July 1982 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | |
| 29 | Ricardo de la Espriella | 31 July 1982 | 13 February 1984 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | |
| 30 | Jorge Illueca | 13 February 1984 | 11 October 1984 | None | |
| 31 | Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino | 11 October 1984 | 28 September 1985 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | |
| Eric Arturo Delvalle (acting) | 28 September 1985 | 26 February 1988 | Republican Party | ||
| Manuel Solís Palma (acting) | 26 February 1988 | 1 September 1989 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | ||
| Francisco Rodríguez (provisional) | 1 September 1989 | 20 December 1989 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | ||
| 32 | Guillermo Endara | 20 December 1989 | 1 September 1994 | Panameñista Party | |
| 33 | Ernesto Pérez Balladares | 1 September 1994 | 1 September 1999 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | |
| 34 | Mireya Moscoso | 1 September 1999 | 1 September 2004 | Panameñista Party | |
| 35 | Martín Torrijos | 1 September 2004 | 1 July 2009 | Democratic Revolutionary Party | |
| 36 | Ricardo Martinelli | 1 July 2009 | Incumbent | Democratic Change | |
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