2024 in Panama
The following lists events in the year 2024 in Panama.
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Incumbents
Until 1 July:
From 1 July:
- President: José Raúl Mulino
- Vice President: To be determined[1]
Events
- 22 February – The Supreme Court of Panama orders the arrest of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is under the protection of the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City after seeking asylum there.[2]
- 4 May – Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine in 2023.[3]
- 5 May – 2024 Panamanian general election.[4] José Raúl Mulino is elected as President.[5][6]
- 7 June – One person is killed in a gun attack on a campus of the University of Panama in Veraguas Province.[7]
Scheduled
- 1 July – José Raúl Mulino will be inaugurated as President of Panama.[8]
Art and entertainment
Culture
Holidays
Source:[9]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 9 January – Martyrs' Day
- 13 February – Carnival
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 3 November – Separation Day from Colombia
- 5 November – Colon Day
- 10–11 November – Uprising of Los Santos
- 28 November – Independence Day
- 8 December – Mother's Day
- 20 December – National Mourning Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
- 28 January – Luis Tejada, (b. 1982) footballer (Juan Aurich, Universitario, national team).[10]
- 7 March – Pedro Altamiranda (b. 1935), singer.[11]
- 18 March – Chavelita Pinzón (b. 1931), folklorist and singer.[12]
- 8 May – Ramón Fonseca Mora (b. 1952), lawyer and co-founder of Mossack Fonseca.[13]
- 26 May – Samuel Lewis Galindo (b. 1927), businessman, politician, and author.[14]
References
- "De candidato sustituto a presidente de Panamá: ¿Quién es José Raúl Mulino?". www.vozdeamerica.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- "Panama's judiciary orders arrest of ex-president holed up in Nicaragua's embassy". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- "Panama to bar First Quantum from mining copper during shutdown". The Globe and Mail. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- "Panama begins registration for an advance vote in general elections - Prensa Latina". Prensa Latina. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- Mia Alberti; Juan Carlos Paz (2024-05-06). "Panama's Mulino declared 'unofficial' winner of presidential election". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- "José Raúl Mulino: Stand-in for convicted candidate wins Panama presidency". 2024-05-06. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- "Gunmen open fire on students at a rural University of Panama campus, killing 1 and wounding another". Associated Press. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- "Panama election: Voters to choose president after front-runner sentenced". BBC. 5 May 2024. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- "Panama Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- "Luis Tejada cause of death: Panama's top scorer passes away". MARCA. 2024-01-28. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- "Fallece Pedro Altamiranda a los 88 años". www.prensa.com (in Spanish). 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- "¡Folclor de luto! Muere la profesora Cecilia "Chavelita" Pinzón". www.critica.com.pa (in Spanish). 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- "Ramón Fonseca: Panama Papers law firm founder dies". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- keywords/-/meta/revistaeyn-com. "Fallece el empresario y político panameño Samuel Lewis Galindo". www.revistaeyn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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