Panama

 

 

    Adopted 1904

 

1501                      Annexed by Spain

03 Nov 1698 - 11 Apr 1700 New Caledonia (New Scotland) founded by Scotland then abandond

28 Nov 1821               Part of New Genanda (Columbia from 1861)

18 Nov 1840 - 31 Dec 1841 Secession from Colombia, State of Panama

03 Nov 1903 -             Independence, Republic of Panama

04 Nov 1903 - 21 Jan 1914 US Occupation

21 Jan 1914 - 25 Jul 1939 US Protectorate

20 Dec 1989 - 31 Jan 1990 US Occupation

 

De facto Military rulers

12 Oct 1968 - 19 Dec 1969 José Maria Pinilla Fábrega ............................. 1919-1979

11 Oct 1968 - 31 Jul 1981 Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera ........................... 1929-1981

03 Mar 1982 - 12 Aug 1983 Rubén Darío Paredes del Río ............................ 1933-

12 Aug 1983 - 30 Dec 1989 Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ..................... 1936-

 

Presidents

18 Nov 1840 - 31 Dec 1841 Tomás José Ramón del Carman de Herrera y Pérez Dávila

03 Nov      - 04 Nov 1903 Demetrio Honorato Brid Lasso ........................... 1859-1917

04 Nov 1903 - 20 Feb 1904 José Augustín Arango Remón ............................. 1841-1909

20 Feb 1904 - 01 Oct 1908 Manuel Amador Guerrero

01 Oct 1908 - 01 Mar 1910 José Domingo de Obaldía Gallegos

01 Mar      - 01 Oct 1910 Carlos Antonio Mendoza Soto

01 Oct      - 05 Oct 1910 Federico August Boyd López

05 Oct 1910 - 01 Oct 1912 Pablo Arosemena Alba

01 Oct 1912 - 01 Oct 1916 Belisario Porras Barahona (1st Time)

01 Oct 1916 - 03 Jun 1918 Ramon Maximiliano del la Concepción Valdés Arce

03 Jun      - 01 Oct 1918 Ciro Luis Urriola Garrés

01 Oct      - 12 Oct 1918 Pedro Antonio Díaz de Obaldía

12 Oct 1918 - 01 Oct 1924 Belisario Porras Barahona (2nd Time)

01 Oct 1924 - 01 Oct 1928 Rodolfo Enrique Chiari Robles

01 Oct 1928 - 02 Jan 1931 Florencio Harmondo Arosemena Guillén

16 Jan 1931 - 01 Oct 1932 Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované

01 Oct 1932 - 01 Oct 1936 Harmondi Arias Madrid

01 Oct 1936 - 16 Dec 1939 Juan Demóstenes Arosemena

18 Dec 1939 - 01 Oct 1940 Augusto Samuel Boyd Briceño

01 Oct 1940 - 09 Oct 1941 Arnulf Arias Madrid .................................... 1901-1988

09 Oct 1941 - 15 Jun 1945 Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango

15 Jun 1945 - 01 Oct 1948 Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin

01 Oct 1948 - 23 Aug 1949 Domingo Díaz Arosemena

23 Aug      - 20 Nov 1949 Daniel Chanis Pinzón

20 Nov      - 25 Nov 1949 Roberto Francisco Chiaris Remón (1st Time)

25 Nov 1949 - 09 May 1951 Arnulf Arias Madrid (2nd Time)

09 May 1951 - 01 Oct 1952 Alcibíades Arosemena Quinzada

01 Oct 1952 - 02 Jan 1955 José Antonio Remón Cantera

02 Jan      - 29 Mar 1955 José Ramon Guizado Valdés

29 Mar 1955 - 01 Oct 1956 Ricardo Manuel Arias Espinosa

01 Oct 1956 - 01 Oct 1960 Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro

01 Oct 1960 - 01 Oct 1964 Roberto Francisco Chiaris Remón (2nd Time)

01 Oct 1964 - 01 Oct 1968 Marco Aurelio Robels Méndez

01 Oct      - 12 Oct 1968 Arnulf Arias Madrid (3rd Time)

19 Dec 1969 - 11 Oct 1978 Demetrio Basilio Lakas Bahas ........................... 1925-1999

11 Oct 1978 - 31 Jul 1982 Aristides Royo Sánchez

31 Jul 1982 - 13 Feb 1984 Ricardo de la Espriella Torel

13 Feb      - 11 Oct 1984 Jorge Enriquez Illueca Sibauste ........................ 1918-2012

11 Oct 1984 - 28 Sep 1985 Nicolás Artido Barletta Vallarino

28 Sep 1985 - 26 Feb 1988 Eric Arturo Delvalle Cohen Henríquez

26 Feb 1988 - 01 Sep 1989 Manuel Solís Palma ..................................... 1917-2009

01 Sep      - 20 Dec 1989 Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Poveda

20 Dec 1989 - 01 Sep 1994 Guillermo David Endara Galimany ........................ 1936-2009

01 Sep 1994 - 01 Sep 1999 Ernesto Pérez Balladares González Revilla

01 Sep 1999 - 01 Sep 2004 Mireya Elisia Moscoso Rodríguez de Arias

01 Sep 2004 - 01 Jul 2009 Martín Ernesto Torrijos Espino

01 Jul 2009 -             Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal .................... 1952-

 

 

Chiefs of Government

11 Oct 1972 - 11 Oct 1978 Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera

15 Dec      - 20 Dec 1989 Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena

 

US Military Commander

20 Dec 1989 - 31 Jan 1990 Carl Stiner

 

18 Nov 1903 - 31 Aug 1979 Canal Zone leased to the US

14 May 1904               Administrered by the Panama Canal Company

01 Sep 1979               US returns Canal zone to Panama

31 Dec 1999               US ceases operation of the Canal

 

Governors (Administrators from 01 Oct 1979)

14 May 1904 - 24 May 1905 George Whitefield Davis

24 May 1905 - 12 Oct 1906 Charles Edward Magoon

12 Oct 1906 - 31 Mar 1907 Richard Reid Rogers

01 Apr 1907 - 04 Dec 1909 Joseph Clay Styles Blackburn

04 Dec 1909 - 08 Aug 1913 Maurice Hudson Thatcher

08 Aug 1913 - 31 Mar 1914 Richard Lee Metcalfe

31 Mar 1914 - 10 Jan 1917 George Washington Goethals

10 Jan 1917 - 27 Mar 1921 Chester Haring

27 Mar 1921 - 15 Oct 1924 Jay Johnson Morrow

16 Oct 1924 - 15 Oct 1928 Meriwether Lewis Walker

16 Oct 1928 - 20 Oct 1932 Harry Burgess

21 Oct 1932 - 26 Aug 1936 Julian Larcombe Schley

27 Aug 1936 - 10 Jul 1940 Clarence Eugene Ridley

11 Jul 1940 - 15 May 1944 Glen Edgar Egerton

16 May 1944 - 19 May 1948 Joseph Cowles Mehaffey

20 May 1948 - 26 May 1952 Francis Cosler Newcomer

27 May 1952 - 27 May 1956 John States Seybold

28 May 1956 - 30 Jun 1960 William Everett Potter

01 Jul 1960 - 31 Jan 1962 William Arnold Carter

01 Feb 1962 - 31 Jan 1967 Robert John Fleming

31 Jan 1967 - 02 Mar 1971 Walter Philip Leber

03 Mar 1971 - 25 Mar 1975 David Stuart Parker

26 Mar 1975 - 30 Sep 1979 Harold R. Parfitt

01 Oct 1979 - 31 Dec 1989 Dennis P. McAuliffe

01 Jan      - 19 Sep 1990 Fernando Manfredo

20 Sep 1990 - 17 Aug 1996 Gilberto Guardia Fabrega

18 Aug 1996 - 31 Dec 1999 Alberto Alemán Zubieta