This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final secession from Colombia in 1903. Since 1904 the head of state of Panama has been the President of Panama.
List of officeholders
;Political parties
;Other affiliations
;Status
;Symbols
Died in office
Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841)
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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" width="150" |President<br />
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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| rowspan="2" | Tomás de Herrera<br />
| 18 November 1840
| 8 June 1841
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| Superior Chief of State
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! style="background:; color:black;" | (1)
| 8 June 1841
| 31 December 1841
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| President
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Republic of Panama (1903–present)
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|+President of the Municipal Council of Panama and de facto President (1903)
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! width=150 rowspan=2|Name<br />
! width=100 colspan=3|Term of office
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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! style="background:; color:white;"| 3
| 100px
| Demetrio H. Brid<br />
| 3 November 1903
| 4 November 1903
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| PC
|}
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|+Members of the Provisional Government Junta (1903–1904)
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! rowspan=2|Portrait
! width=150 rowspan=2|Name<br />
! width=100 colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political Party
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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! style="background:; color:white;"| 4
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| José Agustín Arango<br />
| rowspan=3| 4 November 1903
| rowspan=3| 20 February 1904
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| PLN
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! style="background:; color:black;"| 5
| 100px
| Tomás Arias<br />
| Independent
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! style="background:; color:white;"| 6
| 100px
| Federico Boyd<br />
| PLN
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! style="background:; color:white;"| 7
| 100px
| Manuel Espinosa Batista<br />
| 9 November 1903
| 7 December 1903
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| PLN
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Presidents of Panama (1904–present)
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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |President<br />
! rowspan="2" |Elected
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political Party
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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! style="background:; color:white;"| 1
| 100px
| Manuel Amador Guerrero<br />
| 1904
| 20 February 1904
| 23 June 1907
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| PC
|-
! style="background:; color:white;"| 2
| 100px
| José Domingo de Obaldía<br />
| —
| 24 June 1907
See also
- Politics of Panama
- List of political parties in Panama
- History of Panama