Panama
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Jaime Edgardo
Vargas Centella
(Male)
Secretary general
Secretary General
Quibián
Panay
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 1 July 2019 for a five-year term.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Nomination lists of political parties presented for primaries and internal elections should include 50% women. These lists should be certified by a representative of the women’s secretariats in political parties. If the level of women’s participation is less than the standard provided by this article, and this is attested by the women’s secretariat, the party can fill the vacant candidacies with male candidates. (Source: https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas )
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1941
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Detail of restrictions
Suffrage: Restrictions detail
"Panamanian women aged 21 and over who held a university degree or have completed vocational training, teachers' college or secondary schooling, may vote in provincial bodies
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Law N° 98, July 1941
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1946
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Law of 1 March 1946
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1941
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Detail of restrictions
Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
Minimum age: 21. Must hold a university degree or have completed vocational training or secondary schooling.
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1946
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Law of 1 March 1946
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1946
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1994