Francisco de Paula Santander

Colombian military and political leader

1792 CE to 1840 CE

Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña (Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta, Colombia, April 2, 1792 – Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, May 6, 1840), is a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada (present-day Colombia).

He is the acting President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837.

Santander comes to be known as "The Man of the Laws" ("El Hombre de las Leyes").

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