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Panama is governed under the Constitution of Panama of 1972 as amended in 1978, 1983, 1993, 1994, and 2004. [1] This is Panama's fourth constitution, previous constitutions having been adopted in 1904, 1941, and 1946. The differences among these constitutions have been matters of emphasis and have reflected the political circumstances existing ...
The Panamanian Social Security Fund (CSS) or Caja de Seguro Social Panameña (as it is known in Spanish) is a public institution of the Republic of Panama that is in charge of the planning, control and administration of the contingencies of the social security of Panama. The Social Security Fund was founded on March 21, 1941, by means of Law No ...
This article lists political parties in Panama. Panama has a multi-party system . Although there are three major political parties , no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments .
The law of Panama is based on civil law with influences from Spanish legal tradition and Roman laws. For the first several years of its existence Panamanian law depended upon the legal code inherited from Colombia. The first Panamanian codes, promulgated in 1917, were patterned upon those of Colombia and other Latin American states that had ...
The politics of Panama take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic with multi-party system, whereby the President of Panama is both head of state and head of government . Executive power is exercised by the president. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the ...
The National Assembly of Panama ( Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Panamá ), formerly the Legislative Assembly of Panama (Asamblea Legislativa de Panamá), is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Panama . It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms.
This is a list of provinces (provincias) and indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas) of Panama by Human Development Index as of 2021. Indigenous regions are shown in the table in italics.
Panama is divided into ten provinces ( Spanish: provincias) and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often shortened to comarcas ). There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).