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Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (April 2, 1792 – May 6, 1840) was a Colombian military and political leader who served as Vice-President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and was later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837.
Francisco José de Paula Santander Omaña (Villa del Rosario, 2 de abril de 1792-Bogotá, 6 de mayo de 1840) fue un militar y político colombiano, reconocido como uno de los fundadores de la República de Colombia por su célebre participación en el proceso de independencia de Colombia del Imperio Español tanto como en la guerra de ...
Francisco de Paula Santander was a soldier and statesman who fought beside Simón Bolívar in the war for South American independence and who served as president of the newly formed New Granada (Colombia) from 1833 until 1837.
Francisco de Paula Santander (April 2, 1792 – March 6, 1840) was a Colombian politician and military leader. He went on to become president of the Republic several times throughout his lifetime. He came from an upper-class family, his heritage a mix of Spanish and native blood.
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Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840), a Colombian general and statesman, was one of the leaders of Spanish American independence. He later served as first constitutional president of the Republic of New Granada.
Dirigente de la independencia de Colombia (Rosario de Cúcuta, 1792 - Bogotá, 1840). Doctorado en derecho a los diecisiete años, se unió enseguida al movimiento revolucionario contra la dominación colonial española (1810).
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (April 2, 1792 - May 6, 1840) was one of the military and political leaders during Colombia's (then known as United Provinces of New Granada) independence struggle (1810-1819) under Simón Bolívar. Santander was Vice-President from 1821 until 1828.
El último día de mi vida será el primero en que la Nueva Granada no me verá ocupado de su independencia, de su honor y de sus libertades, escribió el general Francisco de Paula Santander como frase final de sus Apuntamientos para las memorias sobre Colombia y Nueva Granada.
Francisco de Paula Santander (b. 2 April 1792; d. 6 May 1840), vice president of Gran Colombia and later president of New Granada. Born at Cúcuta, on the New Granada-Venezuela border, to a locally prominent family of cacao planters, Santander was sent at age thirteen to Bogotá to complete his education.
Francisco de Paula Santander (fränsē´skō dā pou´lä säntändār´), 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 ...
