Events in the year 2017 in
Panama.
Incumbents
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President: Juan Carlos Varela
Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez (; born 13 December 1963) is a Panamanian businessman and former politician who served as the President of Panama from 2014 to 2019.
Varela was Vice President of Panama from 2009 to 2014, and Minister of Foreign ...
*
Vice-President:
Isabel Saint Malo
Isabel de Saint Malo García de Alvarado (born 27 June 1968) is a Panamanian politician and diplomat. She formerly was the Vice President of Panama and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1 July 2014, to 30 June 2019. De Saint Malo ran with elected ...
Legislative
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President of the National Assembly: Rubén de León
Events
*13 to 22 January – The
2017 Copa Centroamericana
The 2017 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2017 Central American Cup) was the 14th and last edition of the Copa Centroamericana, the biennial international men's football championship of the Central American region organized by the Central American Foot ...
was hosted in Panama.
Deaths
*13 February –
Ricardo Arias Calderón
Ricardo Arias Calderón (May 4, 1933 – February 13, 2017) was a Panamanian politician who served as First Vice President from 1989 to 1992. A Catholic who studied at Yale and the Sorbonne, Arias returned to Panama in the 1960s to work for p ...
, politician, former
Vice President (born 1933).
*15 April –
Amílcar Henríquez
Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa (August 2, 1983 – April 15, 2017) was a Panamanian footballer.
Club career
Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido. He spent one season with Costa Rica with Santacruce ...
, footballer (b. 1983).
*29 May –
Manuel Noriega, dictator and military official,
military ruler (b. 1934).
Manuel Noriega, Panama ex-strongman, dies at 83
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See also
* List of number-one tropical songs of 2017 (Panama)
References
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