List of presidents of Colombia

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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)

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

See also

• Politics of Colombia
• president
• lists of incumbents