Max Delvalle

Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro (February 27, 1911 – December 20, 1979) was a Panamanian politician who served as vice president from 1964 to 1968 and briefly served as acting president in 1967.

Max Delvalle
President of Panama
In office April 8, 1967 – April 15, 1967
Vice President	Raúl Arango Navarro
Preceded by	Marco Aurelio Robles
Succeeded by	Marco Aurelio Robles
Vice President of Panama
In office October 1, 1964 – October 1, 1968
President	Marco Aurelio Robles
Preceded by	Sergio González Ruíz
Succeeded by	Raúl Arango Navarro
Personal details
Born	Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro (1911-02-27)February 27, 1911 Panama
Died	December 20, 1979(1979-12-20) (aged 68) Panama
Political party	Republican Party

Under the Panamanian constitution, the holder of the office of "first vice president" became acting president at home while the President was out of the country. On April 8, 1967, President Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez departed Panama for a summit conference (at Punta del Este in Uruguay of the presidents of the western hemisphere's nations, and Delvalle was sworn in to govern the nation during the absence of Robles.[1] From April 8 to April 15, 1967, Delvalle served as acting president of Panama. He said at the time that there were only two Jewish presidents in the world, the president of the State of Israel and him.[2] Delvalle was described in the press as "the first Jewish president in the history of the Americas".[3]

President Robles continued to represent Panama at the summit in Uruguay and met with U.S. President Lyndon Johnson on April 13 to discuss the Panama Canal treaty, before returning home.[4] Delvalle then resumed his regular duties as first vice president.

Footnotes

1. "Temporary President", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 9, 1967, p6
2. "Panama: Stability In The Cradle Of Transience". World Jewish Congress. 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
3. "Panama Swears in Jew as Acting President", Chicago Tribune, April 9, 1967, p1A-11
4. "Johnson, President of Panama Agree to Speed Canal Treaty", Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 1967, p3

Political offices
Preceded by Sergio González Ruíz	First Vice President of Panama 1964–1968	Succeeded by Raúl Arango
Preceded by Marco Aurelio Robles	President of Panama 1967	Succeeded by Marco Aurelio Robles