This article lists the heads of state of

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

since the short-lived first independence from the

Republic of New Granada The Republic of New Granada was a 1831–1858 centralist unitary republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. On 9 May 1834, the national flag wa ...

in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903.

Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841)

Republic of Panama (1903–present)

President of the Municipal Council of Panama and ''de facto'' President (1903)

Members of the Provisional Government Junta (1903–1904)

Presidents of Panama (1904–present)

Military leaders of Panama (1968–1989)

From 1968 to 1989 a

military junta A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in ...

exerted actual control over the country and nominated the president, who himself held little power. The following individuals were leaders of the junta.

Latest election

Living former presidents

As of , there are nine living former Panamanian presidents:

References

{{Heads of State in Central America Panama, List of presidents of *List Heads of state of Panama 1904 establishments in Panama