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Central America and the Caribbean > Panama > Government

PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Administrative divisions
11 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Comarca Kuna Yala, Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*(Kuna Yala), and Veraguas
Capital city > Geographic coordinates 8 58 N, 79 32 W Time series
Constitution
11 October 1972; major reforms adopted 1978, 1983, 1994, and 2004
Corruption 3.5 [65th of 160]
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
American Embassy Panama, Unit 0945, APO AA 34002
Executive branch > Cabinet
Cabinet appointed by the president
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Martin TORRIJOS Espino (since 1 September 2004); First Vice President Samuel LEWIS Navarro (since 1 September 2004); Second Vice President Ruben AROSEMENA Valdes (since 1 September 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
Flag description
divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star in the center
Government type constitutional democracy Time series
Independence
3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal
Legal system
based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (78 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in 2009, the number of seats will change to 71
Political parties and leaders
Democratic Change or CD [Ricardo MARTINELLI]; Democratic Revolutionary Party or PRD [Hugo GUIRAUD]; Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement or MOLIRENA [Gisela CHUNG]; Panamenista Party or PA [Juan Carlos VARELA] (formerly the Arnulfista Party); Patriotic Union Party or PU (combination of the Liberal National Party or PLN and the Solidarity Party or PS)[Jose Raul MULINO and Anibal GALINDO]; Popular Party or PP [Rene ORILLAC] (formerly Christian Democratic Party or PDC)
Political pressure groups and leaders
Chamber of Commerce; National Civic Crusade; National Council of Organized Workers or CONATO; National Council of Private Enterprise or CONEP; National Union of Construction and Similar Workers (SUNTRACS); Panamanian Association of Business Executives or APEDE; Panamanian Industrialists Society or SIP; Workers Confederation of the Republic of Panama or CTRP
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Time required to start a business > days 19 days Time series [134th of 171]
Trademarks, residents 3,899 Time series [34th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia operate within the remote border region with Panama

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SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Transparency International; electionworld.org; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Panama, Republic of Panama, Republica de Panama

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COMMENTARY     

Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

5th March 2005
Hi Alicia, President Martin Torrijos became head of the state of Panama in September 2004, taking over from Arturo Ulises Vallarino who was President from September 1999.
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