Tomás de Herrera
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President of the Free State of the Isthmus*
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| In office November 18, 1840 – December 31, 1841 |
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12th President of the Republic of the New Granada
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| In office April 21, 1854 – August 5, 1854 |
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| Preceded by | José María Melo |
| Succeeded by | José de Obaldía |
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| Born | December 21, 1804 Panama City |
| Died | December 1, 1854 (aged 49) Bogotá, Cundinamarca |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Ramona de Urriola Obarrio |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| *Head of State of Panama during its first, short lived independence between 1840-1841, first addressed as Superior Civil Chief, then Superior Chief of State and later President. | |
Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de Herrera y Pérez Dávila ( December 21, 1804 – December 1, 1859) was a neogranadine statesman and general who in 1840 became the first Head of State of the Free State of the Isthmus, now Panama. Tomás de Herrera also became President of the Republic of the New Granada in 1854 during the rebellion against the incumbent president José María Melo.
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