Ministry of Government and Justice (Panama)

Last updated

The Ministry of Government and Justice of Panama (later the Ministry of Government) determines government policies and plans, as well as coordinates, directs and exercises administrative control over the provinces and indigenous regions in respect of their cultural patterns and integral development. Established in 1903, the ministry performs the following functions: [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Additionally, the ministry oversees the Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Maritime Service (SMN), and National Air Service (SAN). [4] There are certain instances in which the Ministry of Government and Justice will work in tandem with the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation. However, the ministry is politically accountable to the President whereas the Office of the Attorney General is not a part of the executive branch. [5]

In February 2010, the new administration led by President Ricardo Martinelli proposed the Ministry of Government and Justice to be divided in two new Ministries: The Ministry of Public Security (in charge of security policies and affairs, also oversight of security forces and intelligence agencies including the National Police, National Border Service, National Aeronaval Service and the National Immigration Service) and the Ministry of Government (an executive branch in charge of themes related with public governance and internal). The Ministry of Public Security was formally created on April 14 the same year with the passage of Law no 15 by the National Assembly proving for its creation. [6] And, the Ministry of Government was formally created formally created on May 3 the same year with the passage of Law no 19. [7]

List of ministers

List of ministers [8]

NameYear(s) of Service
Aldreano Robles Méndez
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Harmodio Arias
Eusebio A. Morales1903-1917-1921
Tomás A. Arias1904
Santiago de la Guardia1905
Ricardo Arias1906
Aristides Arjona1908
Ramón Valdés1909-1910
Heliodoro Patiño1911
Salvador Jurado1912
Ramón F. Acevedo1913
Francisco Filós1914
Juan B. Sosa1915-1916
Héctor Valdés1916-1917 / 1935-1937
Roberto F. Chiari1923-1924
Rafael Neira A.1924
Carlos L. López1925-1928
Andrés Robles1929-1930
Daniel Ballen1930
Francisco A. Paredes1931
Guillermo Andreve1931-1932
Juan A. Jiménez1933
Galileo Solís1934-1935
Leopoldo Arosemena1939
Camilo De La Guardia1942
Francisco A. Filós son1943-1945
Alfonso Correa G.1945
Carlos Sucre1946-1947
Francisco Solís1947
Jacinto López y León1948
José Daniel Crespo1948-1949
Abilio Bellido1949
Alfredo Alemán1949-1951
José C. de Obaldía1951
Miguel Ángel Ordoñez1951-1952
Raúl De Roux1952
Catalina Arrocha Grael1952
Alejandro R. Cantera1955-1956
Max Heurtemate1956/1957/1958
Humberto Fassano1957-1958
José Dominador Bazán1959-1959 / 1965-1967
Héctor Valdés1959-1960
Marcos Aurelio Robles1960-1963
Max Arosemena1963-1964
Gonzalo Tapia1964-1964
César Arrocha1964-1965
Targidio Bernal1965-1965
José Bazán1965-1967
Fabio Velarde1967-1967
Joaquín Franco1967-1968
Eduardo Morgan1968-1969
Modesto Justiniani1969-1969
José Guillermo Aizpú1969-1969
Pedro Julio Pérez1970-1970
Alejandro Ferrer1970-1971
Juan Materno Vásquez1971-1974
Ricardo Rodríguez1974-1976 / 1980-1980
Cesar Rodríguez1976-1976
Jorge Castro1976-1978
Adolfo Ahumada1978-1980
Jorge E. Ritter1981-1982
Fair Fidel Palacios1982-1983
Carlos O. Tipaldos1983-1984
Rodolfo Chiari1984-1984 / 1986-1989
Carlos De Sedas, Son1984-1985
Jorge Ricardo Riba1985-1986
Renato Pereira1989
Olmedo Miranda1989-1989
Ricardo Arias Calderón1989-1991
Juan Bautista Chevalier1991-1994
Jacobo Salas1994
Raúl Montenegro Diviazo1994-1998
Mariela Sagel1998-1999
Winston Spadafora Franco1999-2001
Aníbal Salas2001-2002
Arnulfo Escalona Ávila2002-2004
Hector B. German E.2004-2005
Olga Golcher2005-2007
Daniel Delgado Diamond2007-2008
Dilio Arcia Torres2008
José Raúl Mulino2010-2010
Roxana Méndez2010-2011
Jorge Ricardo Fábrega2011-2014
Milton Henríquez2014-2016
María Luisa Romero2017–present

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foreign relations of Uruguay</span>

This article deals with the diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of Uruguay. At the political level, these matters are officially handled by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, also known as Cancillería, which answers to the President.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panamanian Public Forces</span> National security force of Panama

The Panamanian Public Forces are the national security forces of Panama. Panama is the second country in Latin America to abolish its standing army, with Panama retaining a small paramilitary security force. This came as a result of a U.S. invasion that overthrew a military dictatorship which ruled Panama from 1968 to 1989. The final military dictator, Manuel Noriega, had been belligerent toward the U.S. culminating in the killing of a U.S. Marine lieutenant and U.S. invasion ordered by U.S. President George H. W. Bush.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)</span> Venezuelan supreme court

The Supreme Justice Tribunal is the highest court of law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and is the head of the judicial branch. As the independence of the Venezuelan judiciary under the regime of Nicolás Maduro is questioned, there have recently been many disputes as to whether this court is legitimate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Administrative Department of Security</span> Law enforcement agency

The Administrative Department of Security was the security service agency of Colombia, which was also responsible for border and immigration services. It was dissolved on 31 October 2011 as part of a wider Executive Reform, and was replaced by the Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia (DNI).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cabinet of Venezuela</span> Part of Venezuelan executive

The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela (Spanish: Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela is one of the bodies that make up the Venezuelan executive in that country's presidential system, alongside the Council of Ministers. The Cabinet is headed by the president of Venezuela, and his corresponding vice president. The purpose of the ministries is to create, adopt, follow and evaluate policies, strategies, programs and projects in accordance with the constitution and the laws of the republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Regions of Peru</span> First-level administrative subdivisions of Peru

According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.

The Ministry of the Interior and Justice, was at national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the enforcement of both law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice and interior ministries of other countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Secretariat of Public Security</span> Former federal ministry of the Mexican Executive Cabinet

The Mexican Secretariat of Public Security or Secretariat of Public Safety, also known as Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Public Safety, was the federal ministry of the Mexican Executive Cabinet that aimed to preserve freedom, order, and public peace and safeguard the integrity and rights of the people. The Assistant Attorney General uses the Powers of the Union to prevent the commission of crimes, develop public security policies of the Federal Executive, propose policies on crime, administer the federal prison system, and administer justice to juvenile offenders based on the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and other federal laws, regulations, decrees, agreements, and orders of the President of the Republic. It had its headquarters in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Justice and Law (Colombia)</span>

The Ministry of Justice and Law, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the administration of law and justice, equivalent to the justice ministries of other countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Aeronaval Service</span> Law enforcement agency

The National Aeronaval Service of Panama, also called SENAN, is a branch of the Panamanian Public Forces which is responsible for carrying out naval and air operations. Its role is to perform protection, surveillance, security and defense of the air and maritime jurisdictional areas. The service has approximately 3,700 personnel, with 19 boats and approximately 24 aircraft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace (Venezuela)</span> Venezuela government body

The Ministry of the Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace is one of 39 agencies that make up the executive office of the Venezuelan government. This ministry is also called the Ministry of Popular Power for Interior Relations and Justice and Ministry of Interior and Justice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Public Ministry of Venezuela</span>

The Public Ministry of Venezuela is an organ belonging to Citizen Power, it has autonomous and independent character. It is under the direction of the Attorney General of the Republic who is elected by the National Assembly for a period of seven years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Secretariat of the Interior (Argentina)</span> Government ministry in Argentina

The Secretariat of the Interior of Argentina is a secretariat of the national executive power that manages issues pertaining to domestic politics such as immigration and co-ordination between the federal government and the governments of the provinces of Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Health (Argentina)</span> Argentinian ministry of health

The Ministry of Health of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees, elaborates and coordinates the Argentine national state's public health policy. The ministry is responsible for overseeing Argentina's highly decentralized universal health care system, which according to 2000 figures, serviced over half of the country's population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Police of Uruguay</span> Law enforcement agency

The National Police of Uruguay is a national and institutional police force of the Republic of Uruguay, founded on December 18, 1829. It depends on the Executive Power through the Ministry of the Interior. Its main mission is to protect the free exercise of rights and freedoms, guarantee order, internal security, ensure compliance with the laws, assist and protect people, prevent the commission of crimes, ensure security in public places and events, repress behaviors that constitute crimes and misdemeanors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta</span> Argentine lawyer, professor and politician

Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta is an Argentine lawyer, professor and politician. She was the first Minister of Women, Genders and Diversity of Argentina, serving under President Alberto Fernández from 10 December 2019 to 7 October 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Agriculture (Argentina)</span>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, commonly known simply as the Ministry of Agriculture, was a ministry of the national executive power that oversaw production, commerce and health regulations in the agricultural, livestock and fishing industries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou</span> 42nd and current presidential administration of Uruguay, inaugurated in 2020

The presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou began on 1 March 2020 when he was inaugurated as the 42nd president of Uruguay. Lacalle Pou, a member of the National Party took office following his victory over the Broad Front nominee Daniel Martínez in the second round of the 2019 general election, which ended the 15-year leftist rule in the country and the return of National Party to the Executive since his own father was the president in 1990–1995. On 16 December 2019, after his victory in the second round and before his inauguration, he announced his cabinet consisting of leaders of National, Colorado, Cabildo Abierto and Independent parties, members of the Multicolor Coalition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs</span>

The Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs is the executive body of the Spanish Ministry of Health, attached to the Secretary of State for Health, which is responsible for the management, promotion, general coordination and supervision of the services in charge of updating and executing the National Plan on Drugs.

References

  1. "Objetivos del Ministerio de Gobierno". Ministerio de Gobierno (in European Spanish). 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  2. "A Guide to Panama's Legal System and Research - GlobaLex". www.nyulawglobal.org. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  3. "Galería de ex ministros para rescatar la historia". Ministerio de Gobierno (in European Spanish). 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  4. "Panama". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  5. "Senate Executive Report 104-3 - TREATY WITH PANAMA ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS". www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  6. Ley 15 del 14 de abril de 2010 (PDF) (15). Asamblea Nacional de Panamá. 2010.
  7. Ley 19 del 3 de mayo de 2010 (PDF) (19). Asamblea Nacional de Panamá. 2010.
  8. "Historia del Ministerio de Gobierno". Ministerio de Gobierno (in Spanish). 2016-01-31. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2018-07-18.