Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati (24 June 1879 – 16 December 1939) was

President of Panama 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 Separation of Panama from Colombia, separation from Colombia in 1903. Since 1904 the head of state of ...

from October 1, 1936, to December 16, 1939. He belonged to the National Liberal Party. His Vice-presidents were the conservative Augusto Samuel Boyd and Ezequiel Fernández Jaén, the maximum leader and founder of the National Revolutionary Party (today Panameñista Party). He died being President of the Republic of Panamá and was briefly succeeded by Ezequiel Fernández Jaén who was his second vice-president while the first one, Augusto Samuel Boyd, left Washington where he was acting as Panamanian ambassador, came to Panamá. Juan Demostenes Arosemena's presidency dedicated most of his efforts to promote education and health. His brother-in-law

Alcibíades Arosemena Alcibíades Arosemena Quinzada (20 November 1883 – 8 April 1958) was a Panamanian politician, who served 15th President of Panama. He was elected as the third presidential designate by the National Assembly in 1945. He served as First Vice ...

later served as president from 1951 to 1952.

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