| Post: | Vice President |
| Native Name: | Vicepresidente de Panamá |
| Body: | the Republic of Panama |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Panama.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Vice Presidential seal |
| Flag: | Presidential Flag of Panama.svgborder |
| Flagsize: | 120px |
| Flagcaption: | Vice Presidential standard |
| Incumbent: | Vacant |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2024 |
| Style: | Mr. Vice President (Informal) The Honorable (Formal) His Excellency (Diplomatic, outside Panama) |
| Seat: | Panama City, Panama |
| 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 |
| 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 only one person.[1]
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.
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 | ||
| 1906–1908 | Manuel Amador Guerrero | José Domingo de Obaldia | Federico Boyd | Rafael Aizpuru | [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 | 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 | [6] | |
| 1914–1916 | Belisario Porras | Ramón Maximiliano Valdés | Manuel Quintero | Ciro Urriola | ||
| 1916–1918 | Ramón Maximiliano Valdés | Ciro Urriola | Ramón F. Acevedo | Urriola succeeded to the presidency | ||
| 1918 | Ciro Urriola | Ramón F. Acevedo | 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 | ||
| 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 | [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 | ||
| 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 | [9] | |
| 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 | 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) | 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 | [11] |
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.
Vice presidents have been elected in the same ticket with the President.
| Term | President | Vice President | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2014 | Ricardo Martinelli | ||
| 2014–2019 | Juan Carlos Varela | Isabel Saint Malo | |
| 2019–2024 | Laurentino Cortizo | José Gabriel Carrizo | |
| 2024–present | José Raúl Mulino | Vacant |