The politics of Panama take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic with multi-party system, whereby the President of Panama is both head of state and head of government.
Arnulfo Arias Madrid was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 days in October 1968.
Daniel Chanis Pinzón was Panamanian politician and physician. As First Vice President of Domingo Díaz Arosemena he became President of Panama on July 28, 1949, and served until November 20, 1949, when he was forcibly ousted by police chief José ("Chichi") Remón. He was succeeded by Díaz Arosemena's Second Vice President, Roberto Chiari. He belonged to the Liberal Party.
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati was President of Panama from October 1, 1936, to December 16, 1939. He belonged to the National Liberal Party. His Vice-presidents were the conservative Augusto Samuel Boyd and Ezequiel Fernández Jaén, the maximum leader and founder of the National Revolutionary Party. He died being President of the Republic of Panamá and was briefly succeeded by Ezequiel Fernández Jaén who was his second vice-president while the first one, Augusto Samuel Boyd, left Washington where he was acting as Panamanian ambassador, came to Panamá.
Harmodio Arias Madrid was a Panamanian politician. He served as acting President of Panama in January 1931 and again from 5 June 1932, to 1 October 1936, after winning the 1932 presidential election.
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena Guillén was the 6th President of Panama from October 1, 1928 to January 3, 1931. He belonged to the Liberal Party.
The Panameñista Party is a nationalist political party in Panama. It was the third largest party by number of adherents with 256,138 members.
Roberto Emilio Arias, known as "Tito", was a Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat and journalist who was the husband of ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. Arias was from a prominent Panamanian political family, whose members had reached the Presidency four times; amongst them his father Harmodio Arias.
Panama is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America.
General elections were held in Panama on 27 May 1948, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Panama on 5 May 1945.
General elections were held in Panama on 11 May 1940, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 June 1932 to elect a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly. Harmodio Arias Madrid of the Liberal Doctrinaire Party (PLDo) was elected President, whilst the PLDo emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 14 of the 32 seats.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 August 1928 to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
General elections were held in Panama on 2 September 1924 to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly.
Presidential elections were held in Panama on 16 September 1918.
The Third Nationalist Party was a Panamanian conservative, radical nationalist political party.
The National Patriotic Coalition was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party.
The Renewal Party was a Panamanian right liberal political party.
Acción Comunal was a nationalist and anti-American political movement in Panama during the 1920s and 1930s. It was responsible for a coup on January 2, 1931, that deposed President Florencio Harmodio Arosemena.
