Juan Carlos Varela
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| 37th President of the Republic of Panama | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Vice President | Isabel Saint Malo |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Martinelli |
| Vice-President of Panama | |
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In office 1 July 2009 – 1 July 2014 |
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| President | Ricardo Martinelli |
| Preceded by | Samuel Lewis Navarro |
| Succeeded by | Isabel Saint Malo |
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Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez 12 December 1963 Panama City, Panama |
| Political party | Panameñista Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Lorena Castillo García (m. 1992–Present), now styled Honorable Señora Lorena Castillo de Varela |
| Children | Gian Carlo Adrian Stefan |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Styles of Juan Carlos Varela Presidente de la República de Panamá |
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| Reference style | Excelentísimo Señor Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez |
| Spoken style | Mr President |
| Alternative style | Señor Varela or Sir |
Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez (born 12 December 1963) is a Panamanian politician, and the President of Panama since 2014.
Varela was Vice-President of Panama from 2009 to 2014, and Minister of Foreign Relations from July 2009 to August 2011. He has been President of the Panameñistas, the third-largest political party in Panama, since 2006.
On 4 May 2014, Varela won the 2014 presidential election with over 39% of the votes, against the Cambio Democrático Party, led by his former political partner Ricardo Martinelli, whose candidate was José Domingo Arias. He was sworn in as President on 1 July 2014.
Born in Panama City, Juan Carlos Varela is a businessman and entrepreneur, whose family hails from Herrera Province. His paternal grandfather José Varela Blanco emigrated from Bergondo, Galicia in Spain and settled in the district of Pesé, Herrera in Panama. After graduating from Colegio Javier, he attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in 1985.
In the private sector, Varela has been on the board of his family company since 1985, serving as Executive Vice-President of Varela Hermanos S.A. until 2008.
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