The Republican Party (in

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: ''Partido Republicano'', PR) was a

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nian

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. Its distant origins lie in the Liberal Renewal Party (PLR) founded in 1932. The PR was created in 1960 by and

Max Delvalle Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro (February 27, 1911 – December 20, 1979) was a Panamanian politician who served as vice president from 1964 to 1968 and briefly served as acting president in 1967. Career Under the Panamanian constitution, the hold ...

and Eric Arturo Delvalle, all of them Jewish and backed by the Jewish business community. The PR supported the

Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón (March 2, 1905 – March 1, 1981) was the President of Panama in 1949 and from 1960 to 1964. He belonged to the Liberal Party. Before being president He was president of the Chamber of Commerce. He worked in ...

administration in 1960-1964 and the Marco Aurelio Robles administration in 1964-1968. was briefly Vice-President to

Arnulfo Arias Arnulfo Arias Madrid (15 August 1901 – 10 August 1988) 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. Thro ...

in his 11-day government of 1968, despite

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' well-known anti-semitism. The PPR survived the period of suspension under

Omar Torrijos Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was the Panamanian military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially ...

(1969-1981) and did not participate in the 1980 balloting. The PR joined the National Opposition Front (FRENO), a coalition of eight parties, in 1979. The party was reborn officially on 30 June 1981 with a view to participating in the 1984 elections, though this time the 'Jewish vote' was more widely dispersed. Bazán and the Delvalles were again at its head, and the party was even more clearly allied to the country's wealthy elite, with policies of untrammeled free enterprise and embryonic authoritarianism. It joined the UNADE coalition behind official candidate

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in 1984, winning 2 seats. Eric Arturo Delvalle became First Vice-President, taking over the presidency when

was overthrown by the military on 27 September 1985, but he in turn was ousted on 27 February 1988 when he tried to dismiss Defense Forces chief Gen.

Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially serv ...

. He refused to accept the action of the National Assembly in dismissing him from the latter post, and continued to be recognized thereafter as constitutional chief executive by the US government. The

’ regime provoked a split in the RP. The PR joined the official COLINA coalition for the 1989 elections, but the majority of the legitimate leadership of the RP participated in the ADOC coalition. The PR was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal on 1 July 1991.Electoral Tribunal

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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Panama Political parties established in 1960