Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera

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Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera

8th President of the Republic of the New Granada
In office
April 1, 1845 – April 1, 1849
Vice President Rufino Cuervo
Preceded by Pedro Alcántara Herrán
Succeeded by José Hilario López

3rd President of the Granadine Confederation¹
In office
July 18, 1861 – February 4, 1863
Preceded by Bartolomé Calvo
Succeeded by Francisco Javier Zaldua

President of the United States of Colombia
In office
May 14, 1863 – April 8, 1864
Preceded by Eustorgio Salgar
Succeeded by Manuel Murillo Toro

President of the United States of Colombia²
In office
May 22, 1866 – November 1, 1867²
Preceded by José María Rojas Garrido
Succeeded by Joaquín Riascos

Born September 26, 1798
Popayán, Cauca
Died October 7, 1878
Puracé, Cauca
Political party Conservative turned Liberal
Spouse Mariana Buenaventura Arboleda y Arroyo ³
Religion Roman Catholic
¹Last President of the Granadine Confederation.

²Deposed by a Coup d’etat
³Fist wife.

Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda (1798 - 1878) was a Colombian general and political figure. After taking power during the Colombian Civil War of 1860-1862 he was president of Colombia between 1863 and 1864, and again from 1866 until 1867.

After suffering face wounds during a battle in 1824, which forced him to use a metal prosthesis, Mosquera was nicknamed "Mascachochas" by some of his contemporary critics.

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