Colombia
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17 Dec
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9 May 1834 -
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9 May 1834 - 17 Apr 1854 and
4 Dec
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Adopted 26 Nov 1861
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Map
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Hear
National Anthem
"Himno Nacional de la
República de Colombia”
(National Anthem
of the Republic of Colombia)
or "Oh Gloria
inmarcesible!"
(O Unfading Glory!)
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Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 28 Oct 1920
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Constitution
(5 Jul 1991)
(1821,
1853,
1886
constitutions) |
Capital:
Bogota
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Currency:
Colombian Peso (COP); 1837-1861
Colombian
Escudo (COE)
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National
Holiday: 20 Jul (1810)
Independence Day
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Population:
45,745,783 (2013) |
GDP: $526.5
billion (2013)
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Exports:
$58.7 billion (2013)
Imports: $53.5
billion (2013)
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Ethnic groups:
mestizo 47.3%, white 20%, mulatto 23%,
black 6%, mixed
black-Amerindian 1%, Amerindian 2%
(2000)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 285,220 (2010)
Merchant marine:
12 ships (2010)
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Religions:
Roman Catholic 92.5%, Protestant 2.8%,
other Christian 2.4%, Mormon 0.3%,
Muslim 0.2%, other 1.8% (2005)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACS,
ACTO, ANT, APM, BCIE (nonregional), BIS,
BTWC, CAN, Caricom (observer), CCM
(signatory), CDB, CELAC, CTBT, CWC, ESCR, FAO, G-3, G-15,
G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA,
ISA (observer),
ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LAES, LAIA,
LAP, LU, Mercosur (associate), MIGA,
NAM, NPT, NTBT, OAS, OECD (applicant),
OPANAL, OPCW, PA, PCA, SEGIB, SICA
(observer), UN, UNASUR,
UNCLOS (signatory), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Colombia Index
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Chronology
1509 -
1520
Spanish colonize area of Nueva Reino
de Granada
or simply Nueva Granada (New
Granada)(modern
Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela).
29 Jul
1525
Santa Marta founded by Spain.
1 Jun
1533
Cartagena de Indias founded.
6 Aug
1538
Santa Fé de Bogotá founded.
17 Jul 1549
Audiencia of Santa Fé de Bogotá
founded, part of
the Viceroyalty of Peru
(incl. Cartagena de
Indias, Santa Marta, and Popayán [to
1563]).
27 May
1717
Viceroyalty of Santa Fé del Nuevo
Reino de Granada
separated from Peru (effective
1718)(incl. Nueva
Andalucía, Guyana, Venezuela,
Mérida-La Grita,
Popayán, Quito [see Ecuador],
Cartagena de
Indias and Santa Marta).
11 May 1724 - 20 Aug
1739 Re-incorporated into Peru,
viceroyalty suppressed.
20 Aug
1739
Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada
(restored)(includes
former jurisdictions plus Panama).
8 Sep
1777
Captaincy-general of Venezuela
detached (incl.
Nueva Andalucía, Guyana, Venezuela,
and
Mérida-La Grita).
4 Apr
1811
Local juntas, acting nominally in
favor of deposed
King Fernando VII dethroned by
Napoleon, depose
the viceroy and set up local rule
(Panama and
Santiago remain loyal to Spain).
27 Nov
1811
Federated Provinces of New Grenada
4 Oct
1812
United Provinces of New Granada
Dec 1815 - Jul
1816
Reconquest by Spain.
11 Sep
1819
Free Provinces of New Granada (Provincias
libres
de
la Nueva Granada).
17 Dec
1819
Republic of Colombia (called "Gran
Colombia")
composed of New Granada, Ecuador, and
Venezuela
(independence from Spain).
21 Nov
1831
Dissolution into New Granada, Venezuela,
and
Ecuador.
21 Nov
1831
State of New Granada (Estado de la
Nueva Granada).
9 May
1843
Republic of New Granada (República
de la Nueva
Granada).
22 May 1858
Granadine Confederation (Confederación
Granadina).
10 Sep 1860
United States of New Granada (Estados
Unidos de
Nueva
Granada).
20 Sep
1861
United States of Colombia (Estados
Unidos de
Colombia).
1 Dec 1885
Republic of
Colombia (República de Colombia).
4 Nov
1903
Independence of Panama.
8 Sep
1972
Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Cay, and
Serrana Bank
transferred to Colombia by the U.S.
(effective
17 Sep 1981); but not the Serranilla
Bank.
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Colombia
(since 1831)
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States
(1855-1886)
and
Panama
(1821-1903)
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Viceroyalty
of
New Granada
(1694-1821)
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Cundinamarca
(1811-1814)
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Cartagena
(1810-1812)
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Antioquia
(1810-1815)
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Tunja
(1812)
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United
Provinces
(1812-1816)
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Gran
Colombia
(1819-1831)
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Santa
Catalina
(1628-1689)
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Historical Maps
of Colombia
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New Granada
Governors
1538 -
1539
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y
(b. 1509 - d. 1579)
Rivera
1539 -
1542
Hernán Pérez de Quesada
(d. 1544)
1542 -
1545
Alonso Luis de Lugo
1545
Luis Montalvo de Lugo
1545 -
1547
Pedro de Ursúa
(b. 1526 - d. 1561)
1547 -
1550
Miguel Díez de Armendáriz
(d. 1551)
Governor-Presidents
7 Apr 1550 - 1554
Audiencia
1564 -
1574
Andrés Díaz Venero de Leyva
(b. 1477 - d. 1576)
1574 - 23 Mar 1575
Gedeón de
Hinojosa
23 Mar 1575 - 13 Dec 1575 Francisco
Briceño
(d. 1575)
1575 -
1578
Audiencia
1578 -
1580
Lope Díez de Aux y Armendáriz (d.
1585)
1580 -
1582
Juan Bautista Monzón
1582 -
1585
Juan Prieto de Orellana
1585 -
1590
Francisco Javier Guillén Chaparro (b. 15.. -
d. 1601)
1590 -
1597
Antonio González
(d. 1601)
1597 -
1602
Francisco de Sande Picón
(b. c.1540 - d. 1602)
1602 -
1605
Nuno Núñez de Villavicencio
1605 -
1628
Juan
Buenaventura de Borja y
(b. 1564 - d. 1628)
Armendía
1628 -
1630
Audiencia
1630 -
1637
Sancho Girón de Narváez,
marqués de Sofragas
1637 -
1645
Martín de Saavedra Galindo de (b.
1594 - d. 1654)
Guzmán
23 Dec 1645 -
1654 Juan
Fernández de Córdoba y Coalla, (b. c.1587 - d. 1654)
marqués de Miranda de Auta
1654 -
1659
Dionisio Pérez Manrique,
(b. 1598? - d. 1678)
marqués de Santiago (1st time)
1659 -
1660
Juan Cornejo
1660 -
1662
Dionisio Pérez Manrique,
marqués de Santiago (2nd time) (s.a.)
1662 - Dec 1664
Diego de Egües y Beaumont
(b. c.1612 - d. 1664)
Dec 1664 - 1666
Francisco de Leyva (acting)
1666 -
1667
Diego del Corro y Carrascal
(d. 1673)
1667 -
1671
Diego de Villalba y Toledo
2 Jun 1671 -
1674
Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros
(b. 1629 - d. 1708)
1674 -
1678
Audiencia
1678 - Nov
1685
Francisco del Castillo de la Concha (b. 1652 - d.
1685)
Nov 1685 - Sep
1686 Sebastián
Alfonso de Velasco
1686 - May 1691
Gil de Cabrera y Davalos (1st time) (b. 1646 - d.
1712)
May 1691 - Feb 1694
José Merlo de la Fuente (acting)
Feb 1694 - 1703
Gil de Cabrera y Davalos (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1703 - Sep
1710
Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega (b. 16.. -
d. 1720)
(1st time)
1710 -
1711
Francisco Cossío y
Otero
(b. 1644 - d. 1714)
Jun 1711 - Feb 1712
Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la
Vega (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1712 -
1715
Francisco Meneses Bravo de Saravia (b. 1669 - d.
1723)
Oct 1715 - Apr
1717 Nicolas
Infante de Venegas (1st time)
(acting)
23 Apr 1717 - 1717
Francisco del
Rincón,
(b. 1650 - d. 1723)
arzobispo de Santa Fé de Bogotá
(1st time) (acting)
1717
Nicolás Infante de Venegas (2nd time)
(acting)
1717 - 13 Jun
1718
Francisco del
Rincón,
(s.a.)
arzobispo de Santa Fé de Bogotá
(2nd time)
Viceroys
13 Jun 1718 - 25 Nov 1719 Antonio Ignacio
de la Pedrosa y (b. c.1660 - d.
c.1721)
Guerrero (acting)
25 Nov 1719 - 11 May 1724 Jorge de
Villalonga, conde de (b.
1665 - d. 1735)
la Cueva
Governor/Presidents
May 1724 - Feb
1731 Antonio
Manso y Maldonado
(d. 1778)
1731 - May
1733
Civil Commissioners of the Audiencia
- José Martínez Malo
- José Quintana Acebedo
- Jorge Lozano y Peralta
- José Castilla
1733 - 20 Apr
1737
Rafael de Eslava y
Lazaga
(b. 1695 - d. 1737)
20 Apr 1737 - 20 Aug 1738 .... (acting)
20 Aug 1738 - 1 Sep 1738 Antonio González
Manrique
(b. 1695 - d. 1738)
1739 - 24 Apr
1740
Francisco González
Manrique
(d. 1747)
Viceroys
24 Apr 1740 - 6 Nov 1749 Sebastián
de Eslava y
Lazaga (b.
1684 - d. 1759)
6 Nov 1749 - 24 Nov 1753 José
Alfonso
Pizarro,
(b. 1689 - d. 1762)
marqués del Villar
24 Nov 1753 - 25 Feb 1761 José Solís
Folch de
Cardona
(b. 1716 - d. 1770)
1761 -
1773
Pedro Messía de la
Cerda,
(b. 1700 - d. 1783)
marqués de la Vega de Armíjo
1773 -
1776
Manuel de Guirior y Portal
de (b. 1708 - d.
1788)
Huarte y Edozain
1776 - 26 Nov 1781
Manuel
Antonio Flores Maldonado (b.
1723 - d. 1799)
1 Apr 1782 - 11 Jun 1782 Juan de
Torrezar Díaz y Pimienta (b. 17.. - d.
1782)
11 Jun 1782 - Apr 1789 Juan
Antonio Caballero y Góngora (b. 1723 -
d. 1796)
Jan 1789 - Mar
1789 Francisco
Gil de Taboada y Lemos (b. 1736 - d.
1809)
1789 - 2 Jan
1797
José Manuel Ignacio Timoteo
de (b. 1741 - d. 1823)
Ezpeleta Galdeano Dicastillo y
del Prado
2 Jan 1797 - 16 Sep 1803 Pedro
Mendinueta y
Múzquiz
(b. 1736 - d. 1825)
16 Sep 1803 - 20 Jul 1810 Antonio José de
Amar y Borbón (b.
1742 - d. 1826)
Arguedas y Vallejo de Santacruz
(from 20 Jul 1810, President of
the Supreme Governing Junta)
25 Jul 1810 - 4 Oct 1812 José
Miguel Pey y García de Andrade (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
(President of the Supreme Governing Junta)
21 Mar 1812 - 30 May 1813 Benito Pérez
Brito de los Ríos (b. 1747
- d. 1813)
Fernández Valdelomar
(at Portobelo, Panama in refuge from Bogotá)
30 May 1813 - 9 Mar 1818 Francisco
Montalvo y Ambulodi
(b. 1754 - d. 1822)
Arriola y Casabant Valdespino
(governor and captain-general to 16 Apr 1816)
9 Mar 1818 - Aug
1819 Juan José de Sámano y
Urribarri de (b. 1753 - d. 1821)
Rebollar y Mazorra
1819 -
1821
Juan de la Cruz Mourgeon y Achet (b. 1766 -
d. 1822)
(titular)
Independent
provinces
Note: This record is in four
parts: (1) some provinces that became independent of
Spain and later joined the United Provinces; (2) the
United Provinces of New Granada, from independence to
reconquest by Spain, after which they became part of
Great Colombia; (3) Great Colombia (a historians' term,
never official), encompassing New Granada (later
Colombia), Venezuela, and Ecuador; and (4) New
Granada/Colombia from the breakup of Great Colombia.
Cundinamarca
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6 Aug
1538
Santa Fé de Bogotá founded by Spain.
4 Apr
1811
Independence (State of Cundinamarca).
19 Jul
1813
Monarchy abolished.
12 Dec
1814
Incorporation into United Provinces of New Granada.
Note: 4 Apr 1811 - 19 Jul 1813 Cundinamarca
considered itself a monarchy, with
Fernando VII, king of Spain, as "King of the
Cundinamarqueses"¹; Fernando VII
neither accepted nor acknowledged this office, but
government was carried on in his name.
Presidents of the State and Vicegerents of the
King's Person
4 Aug 1811 - 21 Sep 1811 José Tadeo
Lozano de Peralta y
González Manrique, vizconde de (b. 1771 - d.
1816)
Pastrana
21 Sep 1811 - 19 Aug 1812 Antonio Amador
José Nariño y (b.
1765 - d. 1823)
Álvarez del Casal (1st time)
(interim to 24 Dec 1811)
19 Aug 1812 - 12 Sep 1812 Manuel Benito
de Castro
y
(b. 1751 - d. 1826)
Díaz de Arcaya (acting)
12 Sep 1812 - 19 Jul 1813 Antonio Amador
José Nariño y (s.a.)
Álvarez del Casal (2nd time)
Presidents of the State
19 Jul 1813 - 14 May 1814 Antonio Amador
José Nariño y (s.a.)
Álvarez del Casal
14 May 1814 - 12 Dec 1814 Manuel de
Bernardo Álvarez del (b. 1743 -
d. 1816)
Casal
¹Full style: por la gracia de Dios
y por la voluntad y consentimiento del pueblo,
legítima y constitucionalmente representado, Rey de
los cundinamarqueses, etc. ("by the grace of God
and the will and consent of the town, legitimate
and constitutionally represented, King of the Cundinamarqueses,
etc.")
Cartagena
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1 Jun
1533
Cartagena de Indias founded by Spain.
11 Nov
1811
Independence (Province of Cartagena de Indias).
20 Jan
1812
State of Cartagena de Indias
4 Oct
1812
Incorporation into United Provinces of New Granada.
Presidents of the Supreme Government Junta
13 Aug 1810
- 1 Jan 1811 José María García de Toledo y
(b. 1769 - d. 1816)
Madariaga (1st time)
1 Jan 1811
- 1 May 1811 José María del Real e Hidalgo
(b. 1767 - d. 1835)
1 May 1811
- 1 Sep 1811 José María García de Toledo y
(s.a.)
Madariaga (2nd time)
1 Sep 1811
- 20 Jan 1812 Ignacio Cavero y
Cárdenas
(b. 1757 - d. 1834)
Governor President of
the State
21 Jan 1812
- 1 Apr 1812 José María del Real e
Hidalgo (s.a.)
Dictator Vice President
1 Apr 1812 - 15 Jun 1812
Manuel Juan Robustiano de los
Dolores Rodríguez Torices
y (b. 1788 - d. 1816)
Quiroz
Governor President of
the State
15 Jun 1812 - 4 Oct 1812
Manuel Juan Robustiano de los
Dolores Rodríguez Torices
y (s.a.)
Quiroz
Antioquia
2 Nov
1675
Medellín founded by Spain.
29 Dec
1811
State of Antioquia (independence from United Provinces).
10 Nov
1812
Antioquia recognizes the Congress of the United
Provinces of
New Granada.
7 Feb
1813
Antioquia recognizes its affiliation with New Granada.
Jul
1815
Constitution adopts the "pact" of the United Provinces
of New
Granada fully incorporating Antioquia.
Presidents of the Superior Government Junta
10 Sep 1810 - 17 Feb 1811 Francisco de
Ayala Gudiño Medina (b. 1751 - d. 1816)
y Calderón
17 Feb 1811 - 27 Jul 1811 Juan Elías
López Tagle y (b.
1777 - d. 1819)
Madariaga (acting)
Presidents of the State
27 Jul 1811 - 29 Jul 1811 Juan Elías
López Tagle y
(s.a.)
Madariaga (provisional)
29 Jul 1811-11/29 Oct 1811 José María Montoya
Duque (b. 1757 - d.
1834)
11/29 Oct 1811-10 Oct 1812 José Antonio Aurelio
Gómez Londoño (b. 1754 - d. 1812)
14 Oct 1812 - 30 Jul 1813 José Miguel de
Restrepo y Puerta (b. 1755 - d. 1829)
30 Jul 1813 - 7 Apr 1814 Juan
Bautista Antonio María del (b. 1778 - d.
1814)
Corral y Alonso Carriazo
(Dictator President to 1/5 Mar 1814)
15 Apr 1814-8/16 May 1814 José Miguel de
la Calle Vélez (b. 1755 - d. 1839)
(interim)
8/16 May 1814 - Jul 1815 Dionisio
Sánchez de Tejada y (b. 1769 - d.
18..)
Nieto de Paz
Tunja
6 Aug
1539
Tunja founded by Spain.
1812
State of Tunja (also in constitutional use: Republic
of Tunja)(independence from United Provinces).
4 Oct
1812
Re-incorporation into United Provinces of New Granada.
Governor President of the State
1812 - 4 Oct
1812
Juan Nepomuceno Niño y
Muelle (b. 1769 - d. 1816)
United Provinces of New
Granada
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26 Apr 1814 - 14
Nov 1815
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4 Oct
1812
United Provinces of New Granada (Nueva Granada).
Dec 1815/Jul
1816
Reconquest by Spain.
President of the Congress, entrusted with the
Federal Executive Power
4 Oct 1812 - 5
Oct 1814 José Camilo Clemente
Torres (b.
1766 - d. 1816)
Tenorio
Presidents
(presiding members of three-member Executive Power)
5 Oct 1814 - 28 Nov
1814 José María Eusebio Carlos
del (b. 1776 - d. 1835)
Rosario del Castillo y Rada
(acting)
28 Nov 1814 - 28 Mar
1815 José Custodio Cayetano
García (b. 1786 - d. 1816)
Rovira (1st time)
28 Mar 1815 - 28 Jul
1815 José Miguel Pey y García
de (b. 1775 -
d. 1838)
Andrade
28 Jul 1815 - 15 Nov
1815 Manuel Juan Robustiano de
los (s.a.)
Dolores Rodríguez Torices y
Quiroz
15 Nov 1815 - 14 Mar
1816 José Camilo Clemente
Torres (s.a.)
Tenorio
14 Mar 1816 - 22 Jun
1816 José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández (b.
1789 - d. 1830)
Madrid
22 Jun 1816 - 30 Jun
1816 Liborio José Apolinar Mejía y
(b. 1792 - d. 1816) Mil
Gutíerrez de Lara (acting)
30 Jun 1816 - 10 Jul
1816 José Custodio Cayetano
García (s.a.)
Rovira (2nd time)
16 Jul 1816 - 16 Sep 1816
Manuel Fernando Serrano y Uribe (b.
1789 - d. 1819) Mil
Gran Colombia (Great
Colombia)
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Note: Gran Colombia (or
Great Colombia) is a historical term, never official,
encompassing New Granada (later Colombia),
Venezuela, and Quito (later Ecuador).
17 Dec
1819
Republic of Colombia (independence from Spain, again).
21 Nov
1831
Dissolution into New Granada, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
Presidents
17 Dec 1819
- 4 May 1830 Simón José Antonio de
la
(b. 1783 - d. 1830) Mil
Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y
Palacios
(President-Liberator from 14 Jan 1820)
4 May 1830
- 13 Jun 1830 Domingo Caycedo y Sanz
de
(b. 1783 - d. 1843) Con
Santamaría (1st time) (acting)
13 Jun 1830
- 4 Sep 1830 Joaquín Mariano Mosquera Figueroa
(b. 1787 - d. 1877) Non-party
y Arboleda Salazar
5 Sep 1830
- 30 Apr 1831 Rafael José Urdaneta Faría
(acting)(b. 1789 - d. 1845) Mil
14 Apr 1831 - 21
Nov 1831 Domingo Caycedo y Sanz
de
(s.a.)
Con
Santamaría (2nd time)(acting)
(in opposition to 30 Apr 1831, enters Bogotá 2
May 1831)
Colombia
11 Sep 1819
Free Provinces of New Granada
17 Dec 1819
Part of Gran Colombia as Department
of Cundinamarca
12 Feb 1820
Cundinamarca Department within Gran Colombia.
8 Oct
1821
Cundinamarca dissolved into separate departments.
21 Nov
1831
State of New Granada
9 May 1834
Republic of New Granada
22 May 1858 - 18 Jul 1861 Granadine
Confederation (in dissidence from 10 Sep 1860).
10 Sep 1860
United States of New Granada
20 Sep
1861
United States of Colombia
1 Dec 1885
Republic of Colombia
- Vice President
20 Sep 1819 - 8 Oct
1821 Francisco José de Paula
Santander (b. 1792 - d. 1840) Mil
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y Omaña
Presidents
- 21 Nov 1831 - 23 Nov 1831
Domingo Caycedo y Sanz
de
(s.a.)
Con
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Santamaría (1st time) (acting)
- 23 Nov 1831 - 10 Mar 1832 José
María Ramón Obando
y
(b. 1797 - d. 1861) Mil
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del Campo (1st time) (acting)
- 10 Mar 1832 - 7 Oct 1832 José
Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (b. 1793
- d. 1880) Con
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(1st time) (acting)
- 7 Oct 1832 - 1 Apr 1837
Francisco José de Paula Santander
(s.a.)
Fed
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y Omaña
- 1 Apr 1837 - 1 Apr 1841 José
Ignacio de Márquez Barreto
(s.a.)
Lib
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(2nd time)
- 1 Apr 1841 - 2 May 1841
Domingo Caycedo y Sanz
de
(s.a.)
Mil
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Santamaría (2nd time)(acting)
- 2 May 1841 - 1 Apr 1845 Pedro
Alcántara Herrán Zaldúa
(b. 1800 - d. 1872) Con
- 1 Apr 1845 - 1 Apr 1849 Tomás
Cipriano Ignacio María de (b. 1798 -
d. 1878) Non-party
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Mosquera Figueroa y Arboleda
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Salazar (1st time)
- 1 Apr 1849 - 1 Apr 1853 José
Hilario López
Valdés
(b. 1798 - d. 1869) PL
- 1 Apr 1853 - 17 Apr 1854 José María
Ramón Obando y del
(s.a.)
PL
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Campo (2nd time)
- 17 Apr 1854 - 4 Dec 1854 José María
Dionisio Melo y Ortiz (b. 1800 - d.
1860) PL
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(Supreme Chief of the Provisional
Government)
- 21 Apr 1854 - 5 Aug 1854
Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de
(b. 1804 - d. 1854) PL
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Herrera y Pérez Dávila
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(acting, in rebellion, in Chocontá)
- 4 Dec 1854 - 1
Apr 1855 José Arsenio Vicente del
Carmen (b. 1806 - d. 1889) PL
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de Obaldía y Orejuela
-
(acting [in rebellion from 5 Aug 1854])
- 1 Apr 1855 - 1
Apr 1857 Manuel María Mallarino
Ibargüen (b. 1808 - d. 1872)
PC
-
(acting)
- 1 Apr 1857 - 1
Apr 1861 Mariano Ospina
Rodríguez
(b. 1805 - d. 1885) PC
- 25 Jan 1861 - 31 Mar 1861 Juan
José Nieto Gil (in dissidence)(b. 1805 - d.
1861) PL
- 1 Apr 1861 - 18 Jul 1861
Bartolomé Calvo y Díaz
de
(b. 1815 - d. 1889) PC
-
Lamadrid (acting)
- 18 Jul 1861 - 4 Feb 1863
Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María de
(s.a.)
PLR
-
Mosquera Figueroa y Arboleda
-
Salazar (2nd time)(provisional)
- 30 Jul 1861 - 25 Jan 1862 Ignacio
Gutiérrez
Vergara
(b. 1806 - d. 1877) PC
-
(acting, in rebellion)
- 18 Jul 1862 - 13 Jan 1863 Leonardo Canal
González (b.
1822 - d. 1894) Mil
-
(in rebellion)
- 4 Feb 1863 - 10 Feb 1863 Francisco
Javier Martínez de
(b. 1811 - d. 1882) PLR
-
Zaldúa y de Racines
-
(President of the National Convention)
- 10 Feb 1863 - 14 May 1863
Eustorgio Salgar Moreno (1st time) (b. 1831 - d.
1885) PLR
-
(President of Executive Ministry)
- 14 May 1863 - 10 Apr 1864 Tomás
Cipriano Ignacio María de
(s.a.)
PLR
-
Mosquera Figueroa y Arboleda
-
Salazar
(3rd time)
-
(acting from 1 Apr 1864)
- 10 Apr 1864 - 1 Apr 1866 Manuel
Murillo Toro (1st time) (b.
1816 - d. 1880) PLR
- 1 Apr 1866 - 20 May
1866 José María Rojas Garrido
(acting) (b. 1824 - d. 1883) PLM
- 20 May 1866 - 1 Nov 1867
Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María de
(s.a.)
PLR
-
Mosquera Figueroa y Arboleda
-
Salazar (4th time)
-
(imprisoned
from 23 May 1867)
- 12 May 1867 - 28 Jun 1867 Manuel Joaquín de
Santa Isabel (b. 1833 - d.
1875) PLR
-
Riascos García (acting, in dissidence)
- 23 May 1867 - 1 Apr 1868 Manuel
María de los Santos Acosta (b. 1828 - d.
1901) PLR
-
y Castillo
-
(acting [nominally for suspended Mosquera to 1 Nov
1867])
- 1 Apr 1868 - 1 Apr 1870 José
de los Santos
Gutiérrez (b. 1820
- d. 1872) PLR
-
Prieto
- 1 Apr 1870 - 1 Apr 1872
Eustorgio Salgar Moreno (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PLR
- 1 Apr 1872 - 1 Apr 1874 Manuel
Murillo Toro (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PLR
- 1 Apr 1874 - 1 Apr 1876
Santiago Pérez y Manosalbas del (b.
1830 - d. 1900) PLR
-
Castillo
- 1 Apr 1876 - 1 Apr 1878 José
Bonifacio Aquileo
Elías (b. 1825 -
d. 1900) PLR
-
Parra Gómez
- 1 Apr 1878 - 8 Apr 1880 Julián
Trujillo
Largacha
(b. 1828 - d. 1883) LI
-
(acting from 1 Apr 1880)
- 8 Apr 1880 - 1 Apr 1882 Rafael
Wenceslao Núñez Moledo
(b. 1825 - d. 1894) LI
-
(1st time)
- 1 Apr 1882 - 21 Dec 1882 Francisco
Javier Martínez de
(s.a.)
LI
-
Zaldúa y de Racines
- 21 Dec 1882 - 22 Dec 1882 Clímaco Calderón
Reyes (acting) (b. 1852 - d.
1913) LI
- 22 Dec 1882 - 1 Apr 1884 José
Eusebio Otálora Martínez
(b. 1828 - d. 1884) LI
- 1 Apr 1884 - 11 Aug 1884 Ezequiel
Hurtado y Hurtado (acting)(b. 1825 - d. 1890)
PLR
- 11 Aug 1884 - 1 Apr 1886 Rafael
Wenceslao Núñez Moledo
(s.a.)
PN
-
(2nd time)
- 1 Apr 1886 - 6 Jan 1887 José
María del Campo
Serrano (b. 1832 -
d. 1915) LI/PN
-
(acting)
- 6 Jan 1887 - 4 Jun 1887 José
Eliseo Payán Hurtado (acting) (b. 1825 - d.
1895) LI
- 4 Jun 1887 - 7 Aug 1892 Rafael
Wenceslao Núñez Moledo
(s.a.)
PN
-
(3rd time)
- 7 Aug 1892 - 29 Sep 1892 Miguel
Antonio José Zoylo Cayetano (b. 1843 - d. 1909)
PN
-
Andres Avelino de las Mercedes
-
Caro Tobar (1st time)(acting)
- 29 Sep 1892 - 18 Sep 1894 Rafael Wenceslao
Núñez Moledo
(s.a.)
PN
-
(4th time)
- 18 Sep 1894 - 7 Aug 1898 Miguel
Antonio José Zoylo Cayetano
(s.a.)
PN
-
Andres Avelino de las Mercedes
-
Caro Tobar (2nd time) (acting)
- 7 Aug 1898 - 3 Nov 1898 José
Manuel Cayetano Marroquín (b.
1827 - d. 1908) PN
-
Ricaurte (1st time)(acting)
- 3 Nov 1898 - 19 Mar 1902 Manuel
Antonio
Sanclemente
(b. 1814 - d. 1902) PN
-
Sanclemente
- 1900 - Jul 1900
Gabriel Vargas
Santos
(b. 1827 - d. 1914) PL
-
(provisional, in rebellion)
- 31 Jul 1900 - 7 Aug 1904 José Manuel
Cayetano Marroquín (s.a.)
PN
-
Ricaurte (2nd time)
-
(acting
for suspended Sanclemente to 19 Mar 1902)
- 7 Aug 1904 - 27 Jul 1909 José
Gregorio Ambrosio Rafael
(b. 1850 - d. 1921) PC
-
Reyes Prieto
- 27 Jul 1909 - 4 Aug 1909 Jorge
Marcelo Holguín Mallarino (b. 1848 -
d. 1928) PC
-
(1st time) (acting)
- 4 Aug 1909 - 7 Aug 1910 José
Ramón Ramón Eufrasio de Jesús (b. 1854 - d.
1928) PC
-
González Valencia
- 7 Aug 1910 - 7 Aug 1914 Carlos
Eugenio Restrepo Restrepo (b. 1867 - d.
1937) PC/UR
- 7 Aug 1914 - 7 Aug 1918 José
Vicente Concha
Ferreira (b. 1867
- d. 1929) PC
- 7 Aug 1918 - 7 Aug 1922 Marco
Fidel
Suárez
(b. 1855 - d. 1927) PC
- 11 Nov 1921 - 7 Aug 1922 Jorge
Marcelo Holguín Mallarino
(s.a.)
PC
-
(2nd time)(acting for Suárez)
- 7 Aug 1922 - 7 Aug 1926 Pedro
Nel Ignacio Tomás
de (b.
1858 - d. 1927) PC
-
Villanueva Ospina Vásquez
- 7 Aug 1926 - 7 Aug 1930 Miguel
Abadía
Méndez
(b. 1867 - d. 1947) PC
- 7 Aug 1930 - 7 Aug 1934
Enrique Alfredo Olaya
Herrera (b. 1881 - d.
1937) PL
- 7 Aug 1934 - 7 Aug 1938
Alfonso López Pumarejo (1st time) (b. 1886 - d.
1959) PL
- 7 Aug 1938 - 7 Aug 1942
Eduardo Santos
Montejo
(b. 1888 - d. 1974) PL
- 7 Aug 1942 - 7 Aug 1945
Alfonso López Pumarejo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PL
- 7 Aug 1945 - 7 Aug 1946
Alberto Lleras Camargo (1st time) (b. 1906 - d.
1990) PL
-
(acting)
- 7 Aug 1946 - 7 Aug 1950 Luis
Mariano Ospina
Pérez
(b. 1891 - d. 1976) PC
- 7 Aug 1950 - 13 Jun 1953 Laureano
Eleuterio Gómez Castro (b. 1889 - d.
1965) PC
- 5 Nov 1951 - 13 Jun 1953 Roberto
Urdaneta
Arbeláez
(b. 1890 - d. 1972) PC
-
(acting for Gómez Castro)
- 13 Jun 1953 - 10 May 1957 Gustavo Rojas
Pinilla
(b. 1900 - d. 1975) Mil
- 10 May 1957 - 7 Aug 1958 Gabriel
París
Gordillo
(b. 1910 - d. 2008) Mil
-
(president of Military Junta of Government)
- 7 Aug 1958 - 7 Aug 1962
Alberto Lleras Camargo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PL/FN
- 7 Aug 1962 - 7
Aug 1966 Guillermo León Valencia
Muñoz (b. 1909 - d.
1971) PC/FN
- 7 Aug 1966 - 7
Aug 1970 Carlos Alberto Lleras
Restrepo (b. 1908 - d.
1994) PL/FN
- 7 Aug 1970 - 7
Aug 1974 Misael Eduardo Pastrana
Borrero (b. 1923 - d. 1997)
PC/FN
- 7 Aug 1974 - 7
Aug 1978 Alfonso López
Michelsen
(b. 1913 - d. 2007) PL
- 7 Aug 1978 - 7
Aug 1982 Julio César Turbay
Ayala
(b. 1916 - d. 2005) PL
- 7 Aug 1982 - 7
Aug 1986 Belisario Antonio Betancur Cuartas (b.
1923)
PC
- 7 Aug 1986 - 7
Aug 1990 Virgilio Barco
Vargas
(b. 1921 - d. 1997) PL
- 7 Aug 1990 - 7
Aug 1994 César Augusto Gaviria
Trujillo (b.
1947)
PL
- 7 Aug 1994 - 7
Aug 1998 Ernesto Samper
Pizano
(b.
1950)
PL
- 7 Aug 1998 - 7
Aug 2002 Andrés Pastrana
Arango
(b.
1954)
PC
- 7 Aug 2002 - 7
Aug 2010 Álvaro Uribe
Vélez
(b. 1952)
CPPC
- 7 Aug 2010 -
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
(b. 1951)
PSU
-
Territorial Disputes: In Dec
2007, ICJ allocates San Andres, Providencia, and Santa
Catalina islands to Colombia under 1928 Treaty but did not
rule on 82 degrees West meridian as maritime boundary
boundary with Nicaragua; managed dispute with Venezuela
over maritime boundary and Venezuelan-administered Los
Monjes Islands near the Gulf of Venezuela;
Colombian-organized illegal narcotics, guerrilla, and
paramilitary activities penetrate all neighboring borders
and have caused Colombian citizens to flee mostly into
neighboring countries; Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Jamaica, and the US assert various claims to Bajo Nuevo Bank
and Serranilla
Bank.
Party abbreviations: PC
= Partido Conservador Colombiano (Colombian
Conservative Party, center-right, 1990-92 named
Partido Conservador Social [Social Conservative Party],
est.1848); PL = Partido
Liberal (Liberal Party, center-left, 1863-86
as PLR, est.1848); PSU
= Partido Social de Unidad Nacional (Social Party of
National Unity, center-right, Uribismo,
est.2005); Mil =
Military;
- Former
parties: Con = Conservador
(Conservative, 1819-1848); CPPC
= Primero Colombia (Colombia First, conservative,
reformist, Álvaro Uribe personalist, 2002-2010);
FN = Frente Nacional
(electoral coalition of liberals and conservatives,
1958-1974); LI = Liberales
Independientes (Independent Liberals, centralist, split
from PLR, 1880-1887); Lib =
Liberal (centralist, 1830-1848); LM
= Liberal Moderado (Moderate Liberal); PLR
= Partido Liberal Radical (Radical Liberal Party,
federalist, name of PL 1863-1886); PN
= Partido Nacional (National Party, nationalist,
coalition of liberals and conservatives, 1886-1902); UR
= Unión Republicana (Republican Union, coalition of
liberals and conservatives, 1909-1921)
Santa Catalina (Isla
Providencia)
1628 - May
1641
English colony (Providence Island) under Providence
Company.
May
1641
Seized by Spain, renamed Isla de Santa
Catalina; subordinated
to Audiencia
of Panama.
1666 - Aug 1666
English occupation.
15 Dec 1670 - Jan 1671
Occupied by English pirates.
1671 - 1689
Unoccupied.
1689
Spanish rule restored.
Nov 1803
Separated from Captaincy
of Guatemala and placed under the
Viceroyalty of New Granada.
4 Jul 1818 - 30
Aug 1821 Old
Providence and St. Catherine islands captured
by French
corsair Louis-Michel Aury (b.
c.1788 - d. 1821).
23 Jun 1822
Inhabitants
of San Andrés, Providence and St. Catherine
voluntarily adhered to the Republic of Gran
Colombia.
Governors
1628 - 1630
Sussex Chaddock
1630 -
1636
Philip Bell
(b. 1574
- d. af.1646)
May 1636 - 1638
Robert Hunt
Jul 1638 - 28 Feb 1640
Nathaniel Butler
(b. c.1577 - d. 16..)
Feb 1640 - 1640
Andrew Carter
(acting)
1640 - 1641
John Humphrey
1641 -
1662?
Jerónimo de Ojeda
166. -
1666
Juan de Ocampo
1666 - Aug 1666
Samuel Smith
1666 -
1670
José Sánchez Jiménez
15 Dec 1670 - Jan
1671 Henry
Morgan
(b. 1635 - d. 1688)
Officers for Aury
1818 -
18..
Juan Bautista Faiquere
18.. - 1821
Severo
Courtois
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