| Ricardo Arias | |
| Order: | President of Panama |
| Term Start: | 29 March 1955 |
| Term End: | 1 October 1956 |
| Predecessor: | José Ramón Guizado |
| Successor: | Ernesto de la Guardia |
| Birth Name: | Ricardo Manuel Arias Espinosa |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Death Place: | Panama City, Panama |
| Nationality: | Panamanian |
| Profession: | Politician, businessman |
| Party: | National Patriotic Coalition |
Ricardo Manuel Arias Espinosa (5 April 191215 March 1993) was the 29th President of Panama.
Born in Washington, D.C., from a prominent Panamanian political family, Arias studied at universities in the United States, Colombia and Chile. He became Second Vice President of Panama in 1952, and served as president from March 29, 1955, to October 1, 1956. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP).
He was President of the National Assembly from 1956 to 1957.[1] He later served as the Panamanian Ambassador to the United States during the 1960s and in the Board of Directors of numerous companies in Panama. He died on March 15, 1993, in Panama City, of cancer.[2]
He had two sons and two daughters.[2] His son, Ricardo Alberto Arias, has been minister of foreign affairs and the Panamanian ambassador to the United Nations.