Max Delvalle
{{Short description|Panamanian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Delvalle|Levy-Maduro|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Max Delvalle
|image =
|office = Acting President of Panama
|term = {{start and end dates|1968|03|24|1968|04|05}}
|term2 = {{start and end dates|1967|04|08|1967|04|15}}
|office3 = Vice President of Panama
|term3 = {{start and end dates|1964|10|01|1968|10|01}}
|president3 = Marco Aurelio Robles
|predecessor3 = Sergio González Ruíz
|successor3 = Raúl Arango Navarro
|birth_name = Max Delvalle Levy-Maduro
|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|02|27|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Panama City, Panama
|death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|20|1911|02|27|mf=y}}
|death_place = Panama City, Panama
|party = Republican Party
}}
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.
Career
Under the Panamanian constitution, the holder of the office of "first vice president" became acting president from April 8–15, 1967. Devalle said at the time that there were only two Jewish presidents in the world, the president of Israel and himself.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/publications/wjcreport/05fall/atw_p24.html |title=Panama: Stability In The Cradle Of Transience |accessdate= 10 December 2008 |author= |last= |first= |author-link= |date= |year=2005 |work= |publisher=World Jewish Congress |location= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |quote= }} Delvalle was described in the press as "the first Jewish president in the history of the Americas".[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/04/09/page/43/article/panama-swears-in-jew-as-acting-president "Panama Swears in Jew as Acting President"], Chicago Tribune, April 9, 1967, pp. 1A–11.
President Robles continued to represent Panama at the summit in Uruguay and met with U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 13 to discuss the Panama Canal Treaty, before returning home."Johnson, President of Panama Agree to Speed Canal Treaty", Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 1967, p. 3. Delvalle then resumed his regular duties as first vice president.
Delvalle was the uncle of Eric Arturo Delvalle, who served as President of Panama from 1985 to 1988. {{clear}}
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|title=First Vice President of Panama
|before = Sergio González Ruíz
|after = Raúl Arango Navarro
|years = 1964–1968}}
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Category:Jewish Panamanian politicians
Category:Panamanian Sephardi Jews
Category:Politicians from Panama City
Category:Vice presidents of Panama
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