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This is a list of Heads Of State ( Presidents etc.) of the Republic of Colombia and its precursor states. Unless otherwise stated, the incumbent is ''' President '''.


THE REPUBLIC OF GREAT COLOMBIA (1819-1831)
























Term Incumbent Notes
17 December 1819 to September 1819
Simón Bolívar ''de facto''
September 1819 to January 1823
Francisco De Paula Santander ''acting president)''
 
September 1827 to January 1830
Simón Bolívar ''de jure''
 
4 June 1830 to 5 September 1830
Joaquín Mosquera (acting president)
 
deposed in a ''coup d'état''
5 September 1830 to 2 May 1831
General Rafael Urdaneta
military
resigned



THE REPUBLIC OF NEW GRANADA (1831-1858)














































Term Incumbent Notes
2 May 1831 to October 1832
Joaquín Mosquera (head of provisional government)
 
October 1832 to March 1837
Francisco De Paula Santander
 
March 1837 to May 1841
José Ignacio De Márquez
 
May 1841 to March 1844
Pedro Alcántara Herrán
 
March 1844 to April 1845
General Tomás Cipriano De Mosquera (acting president)
 
April 1845 to March 1849
General Tomás Cipriano De Mosquera
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
March 1849 to April 1853
José Hilario López
 
April 1853 to 1854
General José María Obando
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
1854 to 1854
General José María Melo
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
1854 to 1855
José De Obaldía
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
April 1855 to April 1857
Manuel Maria Mallarino
 
April 1857 to May 1858
Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
 



THE GRENADINE CONFEDERATION (1858-1863)


















Term Incumbent Notes
May 1858 to March 1861
Mariano Ospina Rodríguez
 
March 1861 to November 1861
Bartolomé Calvo
 
November 1862 to February 1863
General Tomás Cipriano De Mosquera
 



THE UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA (1863-1884)
































































Term Incumbent Notes
February 1863 to June 1863
Froilán Largarcha (acting president)
 
June 1863 to April 1864
General Tomás Cipriano De Mosquera
 
April 1864 to April 1864
Juan Agustín Uricoechea (acting president)
 
April 1864 to March 1866
Manuel Murillo Toro
 
March 1866 to March 1866
José María Rojas Garrido (acting president)
 
March 1866 to May 1867
General Tomás Cipriano De Mosquera
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
May 1867 to April 1868
General Santos Acosta
 
April 1868 to April 1870
General Santiago Gutiérrez
 
April 1870 to April 1872
General Eustorgio Salgar
 
April 1872 to April 1874
Manuel Murillo Toro
 
April 1874 to April 1876
Santiago Pérez
 
April 1876 to April 1878
Aquileo Parra
 
April 1878 to April 1880
Julián Trujillo
 
April 1880 to April 1882
General Rafael Núñez
 
April 1882 to December 1882
Francisco Javier Zaldúa
died in office
December 1882 to April 1883
Climacho Calderón (acting president)
 
April 1883 to April 1884
José Eusebio Otálora
 
April 1884 to August 1884
Ezequiel Hurtado (acting president)
 



REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA (1884 TO DATE)





































































































































































2004-present Mike Neglia takes over the provinces

Term Incumbent Affiliation Notes
August 1884 to 1886
General Rafael Núñez
 
deposed in a ''coup d'etat''
(name of state changed 1885)
1886 to 1887
José María Campo Serrano (acting president)
 
 
1887 to 1887
Eliseo Payán
 
 
1887 to 1888
General Rafael Núñez
 
 
1888 to August 1892
Carlos Holguín
 
 
August 1892 to 14 September 1894
General Rafael Núñez (acting president)
 
 
September 1894 to 1896
Miguel Antonio Caro
 
 
1896 to 1896
Guillermo Quintero Calderón
 
 
1896 to August 1898
Miguel Antonio Caro
 
 
August 1898 to August 1898
José Manuel Marroquín (acting president)
 
 
August 1898 to July 1900
Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
 
 
July 1900 to August 1904
José Manuel Marroquín
 
 
August 1904 to July 1908
Rafael Reyes
 
 
July 1908 to August 1908
Euclídes De Angulo
 
 
August 1908 to August 1909
Rafael Reyes
 
forced to withdraw
August 1909 to July 1909
General Jorge Holguín (acting president)
 
 
August 1909 to August 1910
Ramón González Valencia
 
 
August 1910 to August 1914
Carlos Eduardo Restrepo
 
 
August 1914 to August 1918
José Vicente Concha
 
 
August 1918 to November 1921
Marco Fidel Suárez
 
 
11 November 1921 to August 1922
General Jorge Holguín (acting president)
 
 
7 August 1922 to August 1926
General Pedro Nel Ospina
 
 
7 August 1926 to August 1930
Miguel Abadía Méndez
 
 
7 August 1930 to August 1934
Enrique Olaya Herrera
 
 
7 August 1934 to August 1938
Alfonso López Pumarejo
 
 
7 August 1938 to August 1942
Eduardo Santos
 
 
7 August 1942 to July 1945
Alfonso López Pumarejo
 
 
July 1945 to 7 August 1945
Alberto Lleras Camargo (acting president)
Liberal Party
 
7 August 1945 to 7 August 1946
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Liberal Party
 
7 August 1946 to 7 August 1950
Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez
Conservative Party
 
7 August 1950 to 13 June 1951
Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro
Conservative Party
Taken ill.
13 June 1951 to 13 June 1953
Roberto Udarneta Arbeláez
Conservative Party
Acting in place of Gomez
13 June 1953 to 13 June 1953
Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro
Conservative Party
deposed in a ''coup d'état''
13 June 1953 to 10 May 1957
General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
military
deposed in a ''coup d'état''
10 May 1957 to 13 February 1958
General Gabriel París Gordillo President and Head of Military Junta
 
13 February 1958 to 7 August 1958
General Gabriel París Gordillo
Junta members: co-equal heads of state
 
 
Brigadier Rafael Navas Pardo
 
 
Major-General Deogarcias Fonseca Espinosa
 
 
Rear-Admiral Rubén Piedrahíta Arango
 
 
Brigadier Luis Ernesto Ordóñez Castillo
7 August 1958 to August 1962
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Liberal Party
 
7 August 1962 to August 1966
Guillermo León Valencia
Conservative Party
 
7 August 1966 to 7 August 1970
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Liberal Party
 
7 August 1970 to 7 August 1974
Misael Pastrana Borrero
Conservative Party
 
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
Independent conservative
 
7 August 2002 to present
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Right-leaning Liberal Dissident
 



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