2022 in Panama

The following lists events in the year 2022 in Panama.

Incumbents

 * President: Laurentino Cortizo
 * Vice President: José Gabriel Carrizo

Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama


 * 17 February – Panama-flagged car carrier MV Felicity Ace is abandoned approximately 90 nautical miles southwest of the Azores following a severe fire on board. The ship's entire 22-man crew safely evacuates using lifeboats.
 * 17 March – Panama's maritime authority states that Russia has attacked three Panamanian-flagged civil vessels in the Black Sea since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, causing one of the ships to sink. No deaths have been reported.
 * 20 April – The United States signs an agreement with Panama to help stop undocumented immigration.
 * 5 July – Panama confirms its first case of monkeypox.
 * 12 July – Protesters in Panama continue blocking streets and railways, mainly in Chiriquí and Veraguas Provinces, rejecting the concession by president Laurentino Cortizo of freezing fuel prices.
 * 16 July – Protests continue in Panama with road and railways blockades, after protesters rejected president Laurentino Cortizo's concessions.

Deaths

 * 7 January – Ruby Moscoso de Young, 80, Panamanian politician, first lady (1999–2004)
 * 2 February – Robert Blalack, 73, visual effects artist (Star Wars, RoboCop, The Day After), Oscar winner (1978)
 * 3 February – Felipe Virzi, 79, politician and businessman, second vice president (1994–1999)
 * 29 August – Rigoberto Riasco, 69, boxer, WBC super bantamweight champion (1976).
 * 18 September – Carmen A. Miró, 103, sociologist, statistician, and demographer.