Juan Demóstenes Arosemena

President of Panama (1879–1939)

President of PanamaIn office
1 October 1936 – 16 December 1939DeputyPresidential designates
Augusto Samuel Boyd
Héctor Valdés
Ezequiel Fernández
Jacinto López y L.Preceded byHarmodio Arias MadridSucceeded byEzequiel Fernández Personal detailsBorn

Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati

24 June 1879
Panama CityDied16 December 1939
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Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati (24 June 1879 – 16 December 1939) was President of Panama from October 1, 1936, to December 16, 1939.^[1]^[2] 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 later served as president from 1951 to 1952.

References

^ "AROSEMENA BECOMES PRESIDENT OF PANAMA; Stresses Improved Relations With U.S. as the Result of Roosevelt's Policy". The New York Times. 1936-10-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
^ Pearcy, Thomas L. (1996). "Panama's Generation of '31: Patriots, Praetorians, and a Decade of Discord". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 76 (4): 691–719. doi:10.2307/2517949. ISSN 0018-2168.