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{{Short description|Second-highest political position in the Government of Panama}}
{{Infobox political post
| post                    = Vice President
| native_name              = Vicepresidente de Panamá
| body                    = the<br />Republic of Panama
| insignia                = Coat of arms of Panama.svg
| insigniasize            = 125px
| insigniacaption         = [[Seal of the Republic of Panama|Vice Presidential seal]]
| flag                    = Presidential Flag of Panama.svg{{!}}border
| flagsize                = 120px
| flagcaption             = [[Flag of the Republic of Panama|Vice Presidential standard]]
| image                   =
| imagesize               = 
| incumbent               = Vacant
| incumbentsince          = 1 July 2024
| style                   = Mr. Vice President<br /><small>(Informal)</small><br />[[The Honorable]]<br /><small>(Formal)</small><br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br /><small>(Diplomatic, outside Panama)</small> 
| member_of               = 
| department              = 
| residence               = 
| seat                    = [[Panama City]], [[Panama]]
| appointer               = 
| termlength              = 5 years
| termlength_qualified    = renewable once, non-consecutively 
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Panama]]
| formation               = September 1904
| inaugural               = [[Pablo Arosemena]], [[José Domingo de Obaldia]] and [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
| succession              = 
| salary                  =   
| website                 = [http://www.presidencia.gob.pa/ Presidencia de la República]
}}

{{Politics 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riveboca.com/ediciones.asp?iProd=5&iCat=11&hierarchy=0|title=Changes in legislation}}</ref>

Before 1945 there were positions of presidential designates elected by the [[National Assembly (Panama)|National Assembly]] for a two-year term.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web| url=https://www.constitucion.gob.pa/tmp/file/53/La-reeleccion-del-presidente-de-la-republica-en-panama-RPP-12.pdf | title=La Reelección del presidente de la República en Panamá | language=fr | access-date=2023-12-29}}</ref> The positions of presidential designates were replaced in 1945 by two vice presidents.

According to the [[Constitution of Panama|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'').<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=28 July 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolour=#cccccc
! Term !! President !! First designate !! Second designate !! Third designate !! Notes !! Image
|- 
|| 1904–1906
|| [[Manuel Amador Guerrero]]
|| [[Pablo Arosemena]]
|| [[José Domingo de Obaldia]]
|| [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
|| <ref name="auto"/>
|| [[File:Pabloarosemena.jpg|100px]]
|- 
|| 1906–1908
|| [[Manuel Amador Guerrero]]
|| [[José Domingo de Obaldia]]
|| [[Federico Boyd]]
|| [[Rafael Aizpuru]]
|| <ref name="auto"/><ref name="panamaamerica1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa:80/content/vicepresidentes-sin-rastros-en-la-historia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407190518/http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa:80/content/vicepresidentes-sin-rastros-en-la-historia|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2018|title=Vicepresidentes: Sin rastros en la historia|date=17 April 1999|website=Panamá América}}</ref>
|| [[File:José Domingo de Obaldía cph.3b17472.jpg|100px]]
|- 
|| 1908–1909
|| [[José Domingo de Obaldía]]
|| [[José Agustín Arango]]
|| [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
|| [[Juan M. Lambert]]
|| <ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=July 28, 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|| [[File:Jose-Agustin-Arango.jpg|100px]]
|- 
|| 1909–1910
|| [[José Domingo de Obaldía]]
|| [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
|| [[Juan M. Lambert]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/> Mendoza succeeded to the presidency
|| [[File:Carlos Antonio Mendoza.jpg|100px]]
|- 
|| 1910
|| [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
|| [[Juan M. Lambert]]
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1910
|| [[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]
|| [[Pablo Arosemena]]
|| [[Federico Boyd]]
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| <ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto1"/> Arosemena succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1910–1912
|| [[Pablo Arosemena]]
|| [[Federico Boyd]]
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1912–1914
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| [[Ramón Maximiliano Valdés]]
|| [[Aristides Arjona]]
|| <ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ&q=1912-14:+|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=28 July 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|- 
|| 1914–1916
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Ramón Maximiliano Valdés]]
|| [[Manuel Quintero]]
|| [[Ciro Urriola]]
|| <ref name="auto2"/>
|- 
|| 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alonso-roy.com/pn/pn-25.html|title=Política Nacional - Alonso-Roy.COM|website=www.alonso-roy.com}}</ref>
|- 
|| 1918–1919
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Pedro Antonio Díaz]]
|| [[Ernesto Lefevre]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1919–1920
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Ernesto Lefevre]]
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/> Lefevre succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1920–1922
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Federico Boyd]]
|| [[Guillermo Andreve]]
|| [[Julio Fábrega]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1922–1924
|| [[Belisario Porras]]
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| [[Ignacio Quinzada]]
|| [[Nicanor A. De Obarrio]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1924–1926
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| [[Enrique Adolfo Jiménez]]
|| [[Carlos Laureano López]]
|| [[Enrique Linares]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1926–1928
|| [[Rodolfo Chiari]]
|| [[Tomás Gabriel Duque]]
|| [[Carlos Laureano López]]
|| [[Enrique Linares]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/><ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1928–1930
|| [[Florencio Harmodio Arosemena]]
|| [[Ricardo Alfaro]]
|| [[Carlos Laureano López]]
|| [[Eduardo Chiari]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1930–1931
|| [[Florencio Harmodio Arosemena]]
|| [[Tomás Gabriel Duque]]
|| [[Carlos Laureano López]]
|| [[Enrique Linares]]
|| <ref name="auto5">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEBnBAAAQBAJ|title=Panamá. Historia contemporánea (1808-2013)|first=Varios|last=Autores|date=5 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España|isbn=9788430617036|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|- 
|| 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]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1934–1936
|| [[Harmodio Arias Madrid]]
|| [[Enrique Adolfo Jiménez]]
|| [[Ricado A. Morales]]
|| [[Miguel Ángel Grimaldo]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1936–1938
|| [[Juan Demóstenes Arosemena]]
|| [[Augusto Samuel Boyd]]
|| [[Héctor Valdés]]
|| [[Ezequiel Fernández (Panamanian politician)|Ezequiel Fernández]]
|| <ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ&q=1936-|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=28 July 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|- 
|| 1938–1939
|| [[Juan Demóstenes Arosemena]]
|| [[Augusto Samuel Boyd]]
|| [[Ezequiel Fernández (Panamanian politician)|Ezequiel Fernández]]
|| [[Jacinto López y León]]
|| <ref name="auto4"/><ref name="panamaamerica1"/> Boyd succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1939–1940
|| [[Augusto Samuel Boyd]]
|| [[Ezequiel Fernández (Panamanian politician)|Ezequiel Fernández]]
|| [[Jacinto López y León]]
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1940–1941
|| [[Arnulfo Arias]]
|| [[José Pezet|José Pezet Arosemena]] 
|| [[Ernesto Jaén Guardia]] (resigned on 9 October 1941)
|| [[Aníbal Ríos|Aníbal Ríos Delgado]]
|| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ&q=1940-|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=28 July 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|- 
|| 1941
|| [[Ricardo de la Guardia]]
|| [[José Pezet|José Pezet Arosemena]] (resigned on 11 October 1941)
|| [[Aníbal Ríos|Aníbal Ríos Delgado]] 
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1941
|| [[Ricardo de la Guardia]]
|| [[Aníbal Ríos|Aníbal Ríos Delgado]] (resigned on 13 December 1941)
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1941–1945
|| [[Ricardo de la Guardia]]
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1"/>
|- 
|| 1945
|| [[Ricardo de la Guardia]]
|| [[Jeptha Duncan|Jeptha Brawner Duncan Guillén-Arosemena]]
|| [[Miguel Ángel Grimaldo]]
|| [[Alcibíades Arosemena]]
|| <ref name="rbcvicepresreview">{{cite web |title=Legislación Economía (ISSN 1726-0485 EDICIÓN AGOSTO 2019) |url=https://www.rbc.com.pa/images/banners/RBC/REVISTA/THUMBNAILREVISTAHOME/INGLESaugust2019/LEGISLACIONYECONOMIAAUGUST.pdf |website=Rivera, Bolivar, Castanedas Attorneys at Law}}</ref>
|}

==Vice presidents (1945–2009)==

The 1946 constitution introduced two vice presidents instead of three.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto"/> 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.

{| class="wikitable"
! Term !! President !! First Vice President !! Second Vice President !! Notes
|- 
|| 1945–1948
|| [[Enrique Adolfo Jiménez]]
|| [[Ernesto de la Guardia]]
|| [[Raúl Jiménez (politician)]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
|| 1948–1949
|| [[Domingo Díaz Arosemena]]
|| [[Daniel Chanis]]
|| [[Roberto Chiari]]
|| <ref name="auto1"/> Chanis succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1949
|| [[Daniel Chanis]]
|| [[Roberto Chiari]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" /> Chiari succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1949 (Nov)
|| [[Roberto Chiari]]
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1949–1951
|| [[Arnulfo Arias]]
|| [[Alcibíades Arosemena]]
|| [[José Ramón Guizado]]
|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHYqAAAAYAAJ&q=1949-52|title=La sucesión presidencial en el derecho panameño|first=Fernando Berguido|last=Guizado|date=July 28, 1987|publisher=Editorial la Antigua, Universidad Santa María la Antigua|via=Google Books}}</ref> Arosemena succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1951–1952
|| [[Alcibíades Arosemena]]
|| [[José Ramón Guizado]]
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1952–1955
|| [[José Antonio Remón Cantera]]
|| [[José Ramón Guizado]]
|| [[Ricardo Arias (politician)|Ricardo Arias]]
|| Guizado succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1955
|| [[José Ramón Guizado]]
|| [[Ricardo Arias (politician)|Ricardo Arias]]
|| Vacant
|| Arias succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1955–1956
|| [[Ricardo Arias (politician)|Ricardo Arias]]
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1956–1960
|| [[Ernesto de la Guardia]]
|| [[Temistocles Díaz]]
|| [[Heraclio Barletta]]
|| <ref name="panamaamerica2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/node/61261|title=Vicepresidentes: Sin rastros en la historia|date=April 17, 1999|website=Panamá América}}</ref>
|- 
|| 1960–1964
|| [[Roberto Chiari]]
|| [[Sergio González Ruíz]]
|| [[José Dominador Bazán]]
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" />
|- 
|| 1964–1968
|| [[Marco Aurelio Robles]]
|| [[Max Delvalle|Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro]]
|| [[Raúl Arango|Raúl Arango Navarro]]
|| 
|- 
|| 1968
|| [[Arnulfo Arias]]
|| [[Raúl Arango|Raúl Arango Navarro]]
|| [[José Dominador Bazán]]
|| 
|- 
|| 1968–1972
|| Junta
|| Vacant
|| Vacant
|| 
|- 
|| 1972–1975
|| [[Demetrio B. Lakas]]
|| [[Arturo Sucre|Arturo Sucre Pereira]] (resigned)
|| 
|| 
|- 
|| 1975–1978
|| [[Demetrio B. Lakas]]
|| [[Gerardo González Vernaza]] 
|| 
|| 
|- 
|| 1978–1982
|| [[Aristides Royo]]
|| [[Ricardo de la Espriella]]
|| 
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" /> Espriella succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1982–1984
|| [[Ricardo de la Espriella]]
|| [[Jorge Illueca]]
|| 
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" /><ref name="panamaamerica2"/> Illueca succeeded to the presidency
|- 
|| 1984
|| [[Jorge Illueca]]
|| [[Carlos Ozores|Carlos Ozores Typaldos]]
|| 
|| 
|- 
|| 1984–1985
|| [[Nicolás Ardito Barletta]]
|| [[Eric Arturo Delvalle]]
|| [[Roderick Esquivel]]
|| Delvalle succeeded to the presidency<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="panamaamerica1" />
|- 
|| 1985–1987
|| [[Eric Arturo Delvalle]]
|| [[Roderick Esquivel]]
|| Vacant
|| Left office on 8 September 1987<ref>{{cite web |url=http://infojuridica.procuraduria-admon.gob.pa/Infojuridica/documento?mime_t=&query_doc=select%20doc_fallo%20from%20procadm.t_fallos%20where%20sec_fallo%20=%205666%20&a=5666 |title=Corte Suprema de Justicia | language=es|website=infojuridica.procuraduria-admon.gob.pa |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324201524/http://infojuridica.procuraduria-admon.gob.pa/Infojuridica/documento?mime_t=&query_doc=select%20doc_fallo%20from%20procadm.t_fallos%20where%20sec_fallo%20=%205666%20&a=5666 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|- 
|| 1989
|| [[Francisco Rodríguez (President of Panama)|Francisco Rodríguez]]
|| [[Carlos Ozores|Carlos Ozores Typaldos]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="auto5"/>
|- 
|| 1989–1992
|| [[Guillermo Endara]]
|| [[Ricardo Arias Calderón]]
|| [[Guillermo Ford|Guillermo Ford Boyd]]
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" />
|- 
|| 1992–1994
|| [[Guillermo Endara]]
|| [[Guillermo Ford|Guillermo Ford Boyd]]
|| Vacant
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" />
|- 
|| 1994–1999
|| [[Ernesto Pérez Balladares]]
|| [[Tomás Gabriel Altamirano|Tomás Gabriel Altamirano Duque]]
|| [[Felipe Virzi|Felipe Alejandro Virzi Lopez]]
|| <ref name="panamaamerica1" />
|- 
|| 1999–2004
|| [[Mireya Moscoso]]
|| [[Arturo Vallarino|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.

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ==

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{| class="toc" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2 width=800px style="float:center; margin: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.5e"
|colspan=9 style="background:#green; color:white; font-size:100%" align=center bgcolor="#4682B4"|'''Ex Vice Presidents'''
|-
|align=center valign=center bgcolor="white"|
|-
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:José Domingo de Obaldía cph.3b17472.jpg|110px]]<br />[[José Domingo de Obaldía]]<br />([[National Liberal Party (Panama)|National Liberal]]) <br />1904–1908
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:Carlos Antonio Mendoza.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Carlos Antonio Mendoza]]<br />([[National Liberal Party (Panama)|National Liberal]]) <br />1909–1910
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:FBoyd4.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Federico Boyd]]<br />([[National Liberal Party (Panama)|National Liberal]]) <br />1910
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:Pabloarosemena.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Pablo Arosemena]]<br />([[National Liberal Party (Panama)|National Liberal]]) <br />1910–1912
|-
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:De-la-espriella-crop.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Ricardo de la Espriella]]<br />([[Democratic Revolutionary Party]]) <br />1978–1982
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:Samuel Lewis Navarro 070216-D-9880W-046 0V536.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Samuel Lewis Navarro]] <br />([[Democratic Revolutionary Party]]) <br />2004–2009
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:Jcvarela.jpg|110px]]<br />[[Juan Carlos Varela]] <br />([[Panameñista Party]]) <br />2009–2014
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:Vicepresidenta y Canciller de Panamá (31089071092) (cropped).jpg|110px]]<br />[[Isabel Saint Malo]] <br />(Panamá Primero) <br />2014–2019
|-
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|[[File:José Gabriel Carrizo (cropped).jpg|110px]]<br />[[José Gabriel Carrizo]] <br />([[Democratic Revolutionary Party]]) <br />2019–2024
|}
</div>

== See also ==
*[[List of current vice presidents]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Panama topics}}
{{Deputy heads of government of North America}}

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