Joaquín Mosquera

Joaquín Mosquera y Arboleda
3rd Vice President of New Granada
In office
12 May 1833 – 1 April 1835
Acting President: 13 June–4 September 1830
1 May-1 November 1831
PresidentFrancisco de Paula Santander
Preceded byJosé Ignacio de Márquez
Succeeded byJosé Ignacio de Márquez
2nd President of Colombia[1][2]
In office
4 May – 4 September 1830
with Domingo Caycedo as Acting President:
4 May–13 June & 2–17 August
Preceded bySimón Bolívar
Succeeded byRafael Urdaneta
Personal details
BornJoaquín Mariano Mosquera y Arboleda
(1787-12-14)14 December 1787
Popayán, Popayán, Viceroyalty of the New Granada
Died4 April 1878(1878-04-04) (aged 90)
Santa Fe de Bogotá, Cundinamarca, United States of Colombia
SpouseMaría Josefa Mosquera Hurtado

Joaquín Mariano de Mosquera-Figueroa y Arboleda-Salazar (14 December 1787 – 4 April 1878) was a Colombian statesman and a Founding Father of Colombia who served as the 2nd president of Gran Colombia. Mosquera also served as Vice President of the Republic of New Granada. During the administration of President Simón Bolívar, he was named as the 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the nascent states of Peru, the United Provinces of South America, and Chile with the purpose of creating unity amongst the South American nations.

He was overthrown as President in 1830 in a military coup by General Rafael Urdaneta.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Joaquín Mariano Mosquera". Presidencia de la República de Colombia. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2026-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Domingo Caycedo". Banco de la República de Colombia.
  3. ↑ Madrid, Raúl L. (2025). The Birth of Democracy in South America. Cambridge University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-009-63381-9.
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