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Documents for "Colombian History: Biographies":

• Arboleda, Julio 1817-61, Colombian poet and politician. A powerful political force, he was for a time imprisoned and then exiled. He returned to lead a revolt (1860) against Mosquera , was named president, but shortly...

• Lleras Camargo, Alberto 1906-90, president of Colombia (1945-46, 1958-62). A journalist, he entered politics as a Liberal, occupying many important government posts in the 1930s and 1940s. After his first short stint as...

• Lleras Restrepo, Carlos 1908-94, president of Colombia (1966-70). The son of a well-known bacteriologist, he was a lawyer and economist who served in a number of government posts in the 1930s and 1940s. He served as...

• Mosquera, Tomás Cipriano de 1798-1878, Colombian general and president. He first gained attention by his service in the war against Spain. As president (1845-49), he began as a conservative but became more liberal,...

• Núñez, Rafael 1825-94, president of Colombia (1880-82, 1884-94). After a term as a liberal, he was reelected and became increasingly conservative. A new constitution created the centralized Republic of Colombia...

• Nariño, Antonio 1765-1823, Colombian revolutionary. A liberal intellectual, Nariño was one of the first to foment revolution against Spain in South America. For secretly translating and distributing copies of The Declaration of the Rights of Man he was condemned to prison (1795), but escaped to France and then to England, returning (1797) to New Granada to continue secret agitation. Arrested, he was released, imprisoned again, and, after an escape, confined at Cartagena. He was freed by the revolutionaries and, returning to Bogotá, became (Sept.,...

• Reyes, Rafael 1850-1921, president of Colombia (1904-9). As a young man, he explored the upper Amazon wilderness with his brother. Later he distinguished himself in the civil wars of 1885 and 1895. Sent to...

• Rojas Pinilla, Gustavo 1900-1975, president of Colombia (1953-57). As head of the armed forces he led the coup that ousted President Laureano Gómez in 1953. He ruled as a dictator, brutally suppressing all opposition...

• Samper Pizano, Ernesto 1950-, Colombian politician, president of Colombia (1994-98), b. Bogotá. An economist, lawyer, former professor, and member of the Liberal party, he became president of the Financial Institutions...

• Santander, Francisco de Paula 1792-1840, Colombian revolutionist. Given command of the guerrillas of the llanos by Simón Bolívar , Santander materially contributed to the victory at Boyacá. In Oct., 1821, he became vice president of Colombia and ably administered the country during Bolívar's long absences. A believer in constitutional government, Santander led the federalist...

• Uribe Vélez, Álvaro 1952-, Colombian politician. A lawyer, he held a number of government posts before becoming mayor of Medellín in 1982; he was later a Colombian senator (1986-94) and governor of Antioquia dept...

• Zea, Francisco Antonio 1770-1882, Colombian botanist and revolutionist. He was associated with Mutis in botanical studies. Zea, like Antonio Nariño, was arrested (1795) for distributing copies of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and was for a time imprisoned in Spain. He returned to aid Bolívar in the liberation of South America. After becoming (1819) vice president of Venezuela, he resigned and accepted the presidency of...