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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Governors of the Department of Norte de Santander]]
* [[List of Governors of the Department of Norte de Santander]]
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The Governor of the Department Santander heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Santander . He or she is the highest ranking official in the department, serving as the main agent for the President of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy, and all matters of law passed down for the nation. The current governor is Horacio Serpa Uribe .
Manuel Murillo Toro Second President of Santander and twice President of the United States of Colombia (1864 -1866 )(1872 -1874 ).
Eustogio Salgar , three times President of the State of Santander and deputy for the States of Tolima , Santander , Cundinamarca . President of the Sovereign State of Cundinamarca (1874 -1876 ). President of the United States of Colombia (1870 -1872 ).
General Solón Wilches , twice president of the State of Santander, and presidential candidate in 1870 and 1872 .
Aquileo Parra Gómez President of Santander, and President of the United States of Colombia (1876 -1878 ).
Ramón González Valencia Governor of the Department of Santander, and Vice-president of Colombia in 1904 .
Presidents of the Sovereign State of Santander
The Sovereign State of Santander was created on May 13 , 1857 as the third Sovereign State of the Republic of New Granada . The State would be an independent entity within the country ruled by a President which would be elected by the State Congress. The President of the state would act as the governor of the region but with more power and independence from the central government, in turn, the title of Governor was given to the heads of government of the provinces of the state.
Many presidents of the state, due to the great amount of power they held, and the political importance of the region, went on to become Presidents of the Nation , and others went on to become important political figures in Congress or other areas.
On April 8 , 1859 , Congress passed a law giving the President of the Country, then theGranadine Confederation , the right to remove the duly appointed Governors of the States and appoint one of his choosing. With this law, the President secured the power of the Conservative Party. This changed the practice of a State elected executive representative, instead the President of Colombia would appoing the President or Governor of the State or Department, this went on till 1991 .
Tenure
Incumbent President
Took Office
Left Office
October 16 , 1857
October 23 , 1857
Estanislao Silva Calderón
October 23 , 1857
1858
Manuel Murillo Toro
1858
1858
Ulpiano Valenzuela
1858
1858
Vicente Herrera
1859
1859
Manuel Murillo Toro
March 12 , 1859
March 18 , 1859
Vicente Herrera
March 18 , 1859
March 21 , 1859
Luis Flórez
March 21 , 1859
April 3 , 1859
Evaristo Azuero
April 3 , 1859
November 23 , 1859
Eustorgio Salgar
November 23 , 1859
January 1 , 1860
Ulpiano Valenzuela
January 1 , 1860
February 1 , 1860
Antonio María Pradilla Rueda
February 1 , 1860
February 29 , 1860
José María Villamizar Gallardo
February 29 , 1860
May 6 , 1860
Marco Antonio Estrada
May 6 , 1860
August 16 , 1860
Antonio María Pradilla Rueda
August 16 , 1860
September 8 , 1860
Federal Intervention, State government suspended
September 8 , 1860
1861
Marco Antonio Estrada
1861
1862
Leonardo Canal González
1862
1862
Adolfo Harker Mutis
1862
1863
Eustorgio Salgar
1863
1864
Pedro Quintero Jácome
1864
June 6 , 1864
Eustorgio Salgar
June 7 , 1864
October 11 , 1864
Rafael Otero Navarro
October 11 , 1864
October 1 , 1866
José María Villamizar Gallardo
October 1 , 1866
September 24 , 1868
Victoriano de Diego y Paredes
September 24 , 1868
October 1 , 1868
Narciso Cadena Uribe
October 1 , 1868
March 14 , 1870
Eustorgio Salgar
March 14 , 1870
March 30 , 1870
Narciso Cadena Uribe
March 30 , 1870
October 1 , 1872
Solón Wilches
October 1 , 1872
September 15 , 1874
Narciso Cadena Uribe
September 15 , 1874
May 16 , 1875
Germán Vargas Santos
May 16 , 1875
May 25 , 1876
Aquileo Parra Gómez
May 25 , 1876
1876
Francisco Muñoz
1876
1877
Marco Antonio Estrada
1877
1877
Francisco Muñoz
1877
1877
Marco Antonio Estrada
1877
1877
Domingo Castro
1877
1877
Francisco Muñoz
1877
1877
Domingo Castro
1877
October 1 , 1878
Marco Antonio Estrada
October 1 , 1878
1883
Solón Wilches
1883
1883
Vicente Villamizar
October 1 , 1883
September 9 , 1884
Solón Wilches
September 9 , 1884
1885
Narciso González Lineros
1885
August 5 , 1886
Antonio Roldán
1886
1886
Alejandro Peña Solano
Governors of the Department of Santander
In 1886 the states were abolished and Santander became a Department under direct
authority of the central government.
In 1910 the northern part of the department was detached to form the new Department of Norte de Santander separately represented by their own Governor .
Tenure
Incumbent Governor
Took Office
Left Office
1886
1887
Alejandro Peña Solano
1887
1888
Antonio Roldán
1888
1888
Vicente Villamizar
1888
1889
Guillermo Quintero
1889
1890
Aurelio Mutis
1890
1895
Guillermo Quintero
1895
1896
José Santos
1896
1886
Antonio Roldán
1186
1897
Roso Cala
1897
1898
Aurelio Mutis
1898
1899
Roso Cala
1899
1900
Alejandro Peña Solano
1900
1900
Carlos J. Delgado
1900
1901
Ramón González Valencia
1901
1901
Carlos Matamoros
1901
1902
Juan Francisco Mantilla
1902
1903
Antonio Barrera Forero
1903
1904
Ramón González Valencia
1904
1904
Carlos Matamoros
1904
1904
Jesús Cuervo Márquez
1904
1905
Alejandro Peña Solano
1905
1906
Santiago Rizo
1906
1907
Alejandro Peña Solano
1907
1908
Gabino Navas
1908
1909
Alejandro Peña Solano
1909
1911
Eugenio Andrade Suescún
1911
1913
Antonio Barrera Forero
1913
1916
Manuel María Valdivieso Valencia
1916
1917
Ernesto Valderrama
1918
1921
Luis Mejía
1921
1823
José María García
1923
December, 1924
Emilio Pradilla González
December, 1924
December 19 , 1926
Arturo Mantilla
December 19 , 1926
1928
Juan de la Cruz Duarte
1928
1929
Narciso Torres Meléndez
November 26 , 1929
September 4 , 1930
Alfredo García Cadena
1930
1931
Alejandro Galvis Galvis
1931
1932
Eduardo Santos Montejo
1932
1933
Alfredo Cadena D’Costa
1933
1934
Humberto Gómez Naranjo
1934
1935
Pedro Alejandro Gómez
1935
1937
Rogerio Silva Pradilla
1937
1939
Alfredo Cadena D’Costa
1939
1941
Hernán Gómez Gómez
1941
1943
Benjamín García Cadena
1943
1944
Arturo Santos
April 21 , 1944
February 15 , 1945
Alejandro Galvis Galvis
February 15 , 1945
1946
Luis Camacho Rueda
1946
1947
Samuel Arango Reyes
1947
1947
Julio Martín Acevedo Díaz
1948
1948
Rafael Ortíz González
1948
1948
Miguel Ángel Hoyos
1949
1949
Valentín González Rangel
1950
1950
Hernando Sorzano González
1951
1951
Guillermo Garavito Durán
1952
1953
Pedro Nel Rueda Uribe
1953
1953
Néstor Meza Prieto
1953
1953
José Amaya
1954
1957
Quintín Gustavo Gómez
1958
1958
Ernesto Caicedo López
1958
1958
Alberto Lozano Cleves
1959
1960
Samuel Arango Reyes
1960
1961
Mario Latorre Rueda
1962
1962
Gustavo Serrano Gómez
1963
1964
Humberto Silva Valdivieso
1965
1965
Enrique Barco Guerrero
1965
1965
Reynaldo López López
1966
1966
Francisco José Calderón
1966
1968
Julio Obregón Bueno
1969
1969
Eduardo Camacho Gamba
1970
1970
Alfonso Gómez Gómez
1971
1971
Jaime Serrano Rueda
1972
1973
Jaime Trillos Novoa
1974
1974
Rafael Pérez Martínez
1975
1975
Oscar Edmundo Martínez
1976
1976
Rafael Ortiz González
1977
1978
Alberto Montoya Puyana
1979
1981
Alfonso Gómez Gómez
1982
1982
Luis Ardila Casamitjana
1983
1983
Rafael Moreno Peñaranda
1984
1984
Jorge Agustín Sedano
1985
1986
Álvaro Cala Hederich
1987
1988
Alvaro Betrán Pinzón
1989
1990
Eduardo Camacho Barco
1990
1990
Hernando Reyes Duarte
1991
December 31 , 1991
Clara Elsa Villalba de Sandoval
Democratically elected Governors
The Colombian Constitution of 1991 allowed for local democratic elections to take place electing Governors for each department and the elections being held at the same time to avoid confusion.
Tenure
Incumbent Governor
Took Office
Left Office
January 1 , 1992
December 31 , 1994
Juan Carlos Duarte Torres
January 1 , 1995
December 31 , 1997
Mario Camacho Prada
January 1 , 1998
December 31 , 2000
Miguel Jesús Arenas Prada
January 1 , 2001
December 31 , 2003
Jorge Eliécer Gómez Villamizar
January 1 , 2004
December 31 , 2007
Hugo Heliodoro Aguilar Naranjo
January 1 , 2008
December 31 , 2011
Horacio Serpa Uribe
See also
References