2023 in Panama

The following lists events in the year 2023 in Panama.

Incumbents

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

Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama


 * 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States, falls off a cliff.
 * 3 September – Panamanian professional footballer Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón.
 * 8 November - A 77-year-old man with Dual American-Panamanian citizenship shoots and kills two people protesting a mining contract in front of news cameras.

Sports

 * Scheduled October / November – Panama at the 2023 Pan American Games

Deaths

 * 1 February – Lucy Quintero, folk singer (born 1948).
 * 3 September – Gilberto Hernández, footballer (born 1997).