Colombia

Adopted 1924
1886-1924
1861-1886
1834-1866
1822-1834
1821-1822
1820-1821
Grand Colombia 1819
New Grenada 1811-16

 

1509 Start of Spanish colonisation

17 Jul 1549 - 27 May 1717 Part of Viceroyalty of Peru

27 May 1717 - 11 May 1724 Viceroyalty of Santa Fé del Nuevo Reino de Grenada

11 May 1723               Reincorporated into Peru

20 Aug 1739               Viceroyalty restored

27 Nov 1811               Federated provinces of New Grenada

04 Oct 1812               United provinces of New Grenada

   Dec 1815 -    Jul 1816 Reconquest by Spain

17 Dec 1819               Independence, Grand Colombia

21 Nov 1831               Secession of Ecuador and Venezuela

21 Nov 1831 - 20 Apr 1843 State of New Grenada

20 Apr 1843 - 22 May 1858 State of New Grenada

22 May 1858               Grandine Confederation

18 Jul 1861               United States of New Grenada

20 Sep 1861               United States of Colombia

05 Aug 1886 -             Republic of Colombia

04 Nov 1903               Independence of Panama

09 Apr 1948 - 1958        La Violencia (The Violence) period

       1964 -             Colombian armed conflict

 

Presidents

01 Oct 1812 - 05 Oct 1814 José Camilo Clemente Torres Tenorio

                          (1st Time)

05 Oct      - 28 Nov 1814 José María Eusebio Carlos

                           del Rosario del Castillo y Rada

28 Nov 1814 - 28 Mar 1815 José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira

28 Mar      - 28 Jul 1815 José Miguel Pey y García de Andrade

28 Jul      - 15 Nov 1815 Manuel Juan Robustiano de los Dolores

                           Rodríguez Torices y Quiroz

28 Jul 1815 - 14 Mar 1816 José Camilo Clemente Torres Tenorio

                          (2nd Time)

14 Mar      - 22 Jun 1816 José Luis Alvino Fernández

                           Madrid y Fernández de Castro

22 Jun      - 30 Jun 1816 Liborio José Apolinar Mejía Gutierrez

30 Jun      - 16 Sep 1816 Manuel Fernando Serrano y Uribe

17 Dec 1819 - 04 May 1830 Simón José de la Santísima Trinidad

                           Bolívar y Palacios  

04 May      - 13 Jun 1830 Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría

                          (1st Time)

13 Jun      - 05 Sep 1830 Joaquín Maríano de Mosquera y Arboleda

05 Sep 1830 - 03 May 1831 Rafael José Urdaneta Faría

03 May      - 23 Nov 1831 Domingo Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría

                          (2nd Time)

23 Nov 1831 - 10 Mar 1832 José María Ramón Obando y del Campo

                          (1st Time)

10 Mar      - 07 Oct 1832 José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (1st Time)

07 Oct 1832 - 01 Apr 1837 Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña

01 Apr 1837 - 01 Apr 1841 José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto

                          (2nd Time)

01 Apr 1841 - 01 Apr 1845 Pedro Alcántara Herrán Zaldúa

01 Apr 1845 - 01 Apr 1849 Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María

                           de Mosquere y Arboleda (1st Time)

01 Apr 1849 - 01 Apr 1853 José Hilario López Valdés

01 Apr 1853 - 17 Apr 1854 José María Ramón Obando y del Campo

                          (2nd Time)

17 Apr      - 04 Dec 1854 José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz

04 Dec 1854 - 01 Apr 1855 José Arsenio Vicente del Carmen

                           de Obaldía y Orejuela

01 Apr 1855 - 01 Apr 1857 Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen

01 Apr 1857 - 01 Apr 1861 Mariano Ospina Rodríguez

01 Apr      - 18 Jul 1861 Bartolomé Calvo y Diaz de Lamadrid

18 Jul 1861 - 04 Feb 1863 Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María

                           de Mosquere y Arboleda (2nd Time)

04 Feb      - 09 Feb 1863 Francisco Javier Martínez

                          de Zaldúa y de Racines

09 Feb      - 14 May 1863 Eustorigio Salgar Moreno

14 May 1863 - 08 Apr 1864 Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María

                           de Mosquere y Arboleda (3rd Time)

08 Apr 1864 - 01 Apr 1866 Manuel Murillo Toro (1st Time)

22 Apr 1866 - 01 Nov 1867 Tomás Cipriano Ignacio María

                           de Mosquere y Arboleda (4th Time)

01 Nov 1867 - 01 Apr 1868 Miguel María de Los Santos Acosta

                           y Castillo

01 Apr 1868 - 01 Apr 1870 José de Los Santos Gutiérrez Prieto

01 Apr 1870 - 01 Apr 1872 Eustorigio Salgar Moreno (1st Time)

01 Apr 1872 - 01 Apr 1874 Manuel Murillo Toro (2nd Time)

01 Apr 1874 - 01 Apr 1876 Santiago Pérez y Manosalbas del Castillo

01 Apr 1876 - 01 Apr 1878 José Bonifacio Aquilo Elías Parra Gómez

01 Apr 1878 - 08 Apr 1880 Julián Trujillo Largacha

08 Apr 1880 - 01 Apr 1882 Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo

                          (1st Time)

01 Apr - 21 Dec 1882 Francisco Javier Martínez

                           de Zaldúa y de Racines

21 Dec 1882 - 01 Apr 1884 José Eusebio Otálora Martínez

01 Apr      - 11 Aug 1884 Ezqequiel Hurtado u Hurtardo

11 Aug 1884 - 01 Apr 1886 Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo

                          (2nd Time)

01 Apr      - 07 Aug 1886 José María del Campo Serrano

07 Aug 1886 - 04 Jun 1887 José Eliseo Payán Hurtado

04 Jun 1887 - 18 Sep 1894 Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo

                          (3rd Time)

18 Sep 1894 - 07 Aug 1898 Miguel Antonio José Zoylo Cayetano

                           Andrés Avelino de Las Mercedes Caro Tobar

07 Aug 1898 - 19 Mar 1902 Manuel Antonio Sanclemente

19 Mar 1902 - 07 Aug 1904 José Manuel Cayentano Marroquín Ricaurte

07 Aug 1904 - 27 Jul 1909 José Gregorio Ambrosio Rafael Reyes Prieto

27 Jul 1909 - 07 Aug 1910 Ramón González Velencia

07 Aug 1910 - 07 Aug 1914 Carlos Eugenio Restrepo Restrepo

07 Aug 1914 - 07 Aug 1918 José Vincente Concha Ferreira

07 Aug 1918 - 07 Aug 1922 Marco Fidel Suárez

07 Aug 1922 - 07 Aug 1926 Pedro Nel Ignacio Tomás

                           de Villanueva Ospina Vásquez

07 Aug 1926 - 07 Aug 1930 Miguel Abadía Méndez

07 Aug 1930 - 07 Aug 1934 Enrique Alfredo Olaya Herrera

07 Aug 1934 - 07 Aug 1938 Alfonso López Pumarejo (1st Time)

07 Aug 1938 - 07 Aug 1942 Eduardo Santos Montejo

07 Aug 1942 - 07 Aug 1945 Alfonso López Pumarejo (2nd Time)

07 Aug 1945 - 07 Aug 1946 Alberto Lleras Camargo ......................... 1906-1990

07 Aug 1946 - 07 Aug 1950 Luis Maríano Ospino Pérez ...................... 1891-1976

07 Aug 1950 - 13 Jun 1953 Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro ................ 1889-1965

05 Nov 1951 - 13 Jun 1953 Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (acting) ............. 1890-1972

Military Junta

13 Jun 1953 - 10 May 1957 Gustavo Rojas Pinilla .......................... 1900-1975

10 May 1957 - 07 Aug 1958 Gabriel París Gordilla ......................... 1910-2008

Presidents

07 Aug 1958 - 07 Aug 1962 Alberto Lleras Camargo (2nd Time)

07 Aug 1962 - 07 Aug 1966 Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz .................. 1909-1971

07 Aug 1966 - 07 Aug 1970 Carlos Lleros Restrepo ......................... 1908-1994

07 Aug 1970 - 07 Aug 1974 Miseal Eduardo Pastrana Borrero ................ 1923-1997

07 Aug 1974 - 07 Aug 1978 Alfonso López Michelsen ........................ 1913-2007

07 Aug 1978 - 07 Aug 1982 Julio César Turbay Ayala ....................... 1916-2005

07 Aug 1982 - 07 Aug 1986 Belisario Betancur Cuartas ..................... 1923-

07 Aug 1986 - 07 Aug 1990 Virgilio Barco Vargas .......................... 1921-1997

07 Aug 1990 - 07 Aug 1994 César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo

07 Aug 1994 - 07 Aug 1998 Ernesto Samper Pizano

07 Aug 1998 - 07 Aug 2002 Andrés Pastrana Arango

07 Aug 2002 - 07 Aug 2010 Álvaro Uribe Vélez

07 Aug 2010 -             Juan Manuel Santos Calderón

 

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