List of Presidents of Colombia

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This is a list of the persons that have been President of the Republic of Colombia and of the same territory under different names throughout history.

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[edit] The Republic of Greater Colombia (1819-1831)

Under the Constitution of 1821, the President was the head of the executive power. and its time in office was the lifetime of the incumbent. The executive power had also Vicepresidents that assumed in case of death, demotion or illness of the President. Before the Aproval of the Constitution of 1821 by the Congress of Villa del Rosario the President de Facto was Simon Bolívar, and the Vicepresident Francisco de Paula Santander, because the Congress of Angostura provisionally gave them that title until the Constitution was written.

The Republic of Greater Colombia comprised the former territories of the Viceroyalty of the New Grenada, the Capitaincy of Venezuela and the Audience of Quito (Today Ecuador).

[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Greater Colombia (1819-1831)

[edit] Presidents of the Republic of New Granada (1831-1858)

[edit] Presidents of the Grenadine Confederation (1858-1863)

[edit] Presidents of the United States of Colombia (1863-1884)

[edit] Republic of Colombia (1886 to date)

After the War of the Supreme, the economic chaos of the Federal Period, the ex-President Rafael Núñez decided in a second term under the Constitution of Rionegro to draft a new one. The Constitution of 1886 Under that text the President was the chief of the executive power for 6 years with indefinite reelection (This changed in 1910 to 4 years with non-immediate reelection), and the Senate elected the Designate that acted as President when he died, was absent or deposed.

We must remark, that the Constitution of 1886 has been one of the longest lasting constitutions in the western hemisphere, and with the Reforms of 1910, 1936, 1958, 1968, 1973 and 1986 was the constitution of Colombia until 1991, when a new one was drafted. The Constitution of 1991 is still the constitution of the Republic.

Term Incumbent Political Party or Ideology Notes
August 1884 to May 1890 Rafael Núñez National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party) Name of State changed to "Republic of Colombia". Originally elected under Constitution of 1863 for 2 years, in 1886 the new Constitution confirms him as presidents under a new rule, 6 years, counting since 1884.
May 1887 to August 1887 Eliseo Payán National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party) Designate of Nuñez, because of an illness.
August 1887 to August 1890 Rafael Núñez National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party)  
August 1890 to September 1896 Rafael Núñez National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party)
September 1894 to 1896 Miguel Antonio Caro National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party) Nuñez was reelected and Caro as Designate assumes power because of Nuñez's desicion to retire from politics.
1896 to August 1898 Miguel Antonio Caro National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party)  
August 1898 to August 1898 José Manuel Marroquín National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party) Designate by order of the Congress after Caro's illness. Presidential elections were ordered in May 1898, Caro resigned.
August 1898 to July 1900 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente National Party - Regeneration Movement (Supported by Conservative Party) Died in office
July 1900 to August 1904 José Manuel Marroquín National Conservatives Faction As Designate becames President after the death of Sanclemente
August 7, 1904 to July 26, 1909 Rafael Reyes No official political affiliation, Supported by National Conservatives Faction and Moderate Liberals Forced to Resign
July 26, 1909 to July 2, 1910 General Jorge Holguín National Conservatives Faction Provisional Presdident - Resigned for personal reasons.
July 2, 1910 to August 7, 1910 Ramón González Valencia National Conservatives Faction Designated by the Senate until elections to be held in August 7, 1910
August 7, 1910 to August 7, 1914 Carlos Eduardo Restrepo Republican Union  
August 7, 1914 to August 7, 1918 José Vicente Concha Conservative Party  
August 7, 1918 to November 1921 Marco Fidel Suárez Conservative Party Forced to resign because of the political turmoil caused by the popular animosity toward his policies.
11 November 1921 to August 7, 1922 General Jorge Holguín Conservative Party Designated by the Senate
7 August 1922 to August 7, 1926 General Pedro Nel Ospina Conservative Party  
7 August 1926 to August 7, 1930 Miguel Abadía Méndez Conservative Party  
7 August 1930 to August 7, 1934 Enrique Olaya Herrera Liberal Party
7 August 1934 to August 7, 1938 Alfonso López Pumarejo Liberal Party  
7 August 1938 to August 7, 1942 Eduardo Santos Liberal Party  
7 August 1942 to July 3, 1945 Alfonso López Pumarejo Liberal Party Reelected and Resigned before a probable impeachment.
July 3 1945 to 7 August 1945 Alberto Lleras Camargo Liberal Party Minister of the Interior and Designate.
7 August 1946 to 7 August 1950 Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez Conservative Party  
7 August 1950 to 13 June 1951 Laureano Gómez Castro Conservative Party Taken ill.
13 June 1951 to 13 June 1953 Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez Conservative Party Designate
13 June 1953 to 10 May 1957 General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Civic-military government, initially supported by both Liberal and Conservative Parties Resigned threathened of demotion by the Liberals and Conservatives allied by the Pact of Benidorm, under the name of National Front
10 May 1957 to 13 February 1958 General Gabriel París Gordillo President and Head of Military Junta Provisional authority until the celebration of the Plebiscite of 1958, favoring the National Front and the Pact of Benidorm.
7 August 1958 to August 7, 1962 Alberto Lleras Camargo Liberal Party National Front Alternance Accords
7 August 1962 to August 7, 1966 Guillermo León Valencia Conservative Party National Front Alternance Accords
7 August 1966 to 7 August 1970 Carlos Lleras Restrepo Liberal Party National Front Alternance Accords
7 August 1970 to 7 August 1974 Misael Pastrana Borrero Conservative Party National Front Alternance Accords. Elections criticized because of lack of validity.
7 August 1974 to 7 August 1978 Alfonso López Michelsen Liberal Party  
7 August 1978 to 7 August 1982 Julio César Turbay Ayala Liberal Party  
7 August 1982 to 7 August 1986 Belisario Betancur Cuartas Conservative Party  
7 August 1986 to 7 August 1990 Virgilo Barco Vargas Liberal Party  
7 August 1990 to 7 August 1994 César Gaviria Trujillo Liberal Party  
7 August 1994 to 7 August 1998 Ernesto Samper Pizano Liberal Party  
7 August 1998 to 7 August 2002 Andrés Pastrana Arango New Democratic Force (Supported by Conservative Party under the name of Alliance for Change)  
7 August 2002 to present Álvaro Uribe Vélez >Colombia First (Supported by Conservative Party and Right Leaning Movements Reelected in 2006 for a second term.

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