Events in the year 2017 in Panama. Incumbents President: Juan Carlos Varela Vice President: Isabel Saint Malo Legislative President of the National Assembly: Rubén de León Events 13 to 22 January – The 2017 Copa Centroamericana was hosted in Panama. Deaths 13 February – Ricardo Arias Calderón, politician, former Vice President (born 1933). 15 April – Amílcar Henríquez, footballer (b. 1983). 29 May – Manuel Noriega, dictator and military official, military ruler (b. 1934). References 2010s in Panama Years of the 21st century in Panama Panama Panama