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'''José Miguel Pey y García de Andrade''' (March 11, 1763 – August 17, 1838) was a [[Colombia]]nColombian [[politician|statesman]] and soldier and a leader of the [[Patria Boba|independence movement from Spain]]. He is considered the first [[List of Vice Presidents of Colombia|vice president]] and first [[List of Presidents of Colombia|president]] of Colombia. He was a [[Centralized government|centralist]].
 
==Background==
Pey, a [[Criollo people|Criollo]], was born on March 11, 1763, in [[Santa Fe de Bogotá]], [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|New Granada]] into a distinguished family. His father, Juan Francisco Pey, was an ''[[oidor]]'' of the ''[[Audiencia Real|Audiencia]]'' of Santa Fe de Bogotá, one of the most important positions at the time. Pey studied at the ''[[Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, Salamanca|Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé]]'', graduating as a [[lawyer]] in 1787.
 
[[Image:Antonio Jose Amar y Borb n.JPG|thumb|left|'''Viceroy Antonio José Amar''']]
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==Junta==
On July 25, 1810, Amar y Borbón was removed from the Supreme Junta and Pey became president in his own right. The following day the Junta recognized King [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]], but not the [[Supreme Central and Governing Junta of the Kingdom (Spain)#The Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies|Regency]] in Spain.
 
Pey led the government with prudence, he himself maintaining loyalty to the House of Bourbon but in favor of regional independence. He was in a difficult situation mediating between the moderate and radical factions in the Junta and in the city. He was pressured to order the arrest of Viceroy Antonio José Amar and his wife the Vicereine María Francisca Villanová on August 13, 1810, but he was not in favor of this action. Shortly thereafter, he had the viceroy moved secretly out of [[Bogotá]] to [[Cartagena de Indias]], where he could escape to [[Havana]].<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/peyjosem.htm |title=Biography of José Miguel Pey] |access-date=2006-12-28 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225222/http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/peyjosem.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
A Constitution of [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]] was adopted in March 1811 for the province of Bogotá, and a congress of New Granadan provinces was convened. On April 1, with the election of [[Jorge Tadeo Lozano]] as resident of the congress, Pey's role as the chief executive in New Granada ended. The congress resulted in the creation of the [[United Provinces of New Granada]] in November, which Cundinamarca refused to join.
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==Triumvirate==
On March 28, 1815, an Executive [[Triumvirate]] for the [[United Provinces of the New Granada]] was established. [[Custodio García Rovira]], [[José Manuel Restrepo]], and [[Manuel Rodríguez Torices]] were chosen as members of the triumvirate, but Restrepo declined and was never sworn in,<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/restmanu.htm |title=Biography of José Manuel Restrepo] |access-date=2007-04-23 |archive-date=2008-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121060555/http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/restmanu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> so Pey was appointed in his place. He continued in this capacity until July 28 of the same year.
 
==Presidium==
On April 30, 1831, after the resignation of the president of [[Gran Colombia]], [[Rafael Urdaneta]], Congress created a three-member ''Ejecutivo Plural'', or Presidium, that delegated the powers of the presidency to [[Juan García del Río]],<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/garcjuan.htm |title=Biography of Juan García del Río] |access-date=2007-04-23 |archive-date=2009-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507095551/http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/garcjuan.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Jerónimo Gutiérrez de Mendoza]]<ref>[http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/biografias/mendjero.htm Biography of Jerónimo Guitiérrez de Mendoza]</ref> and Pey. Pey was vested with the powers of secretary of war. This presidium ended on May 5, 1831, when vice president [[Domingo Caycedo]] took power.
 
Pey was married to Juana Hipólita Bastidas. He died on August 17, 1838, at the age of 75 in Bogotá.
 
==See also==
* [[Antonio José Amar y Borbón]]
* [[Pey Family|Pey family]]
 
==References==
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