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The following List of Presidents of Colombia is a list in chronological order of the persons who have occupied the Presidency of Colombia or similar office during its history since achieving Independence in 1810. Because of historical events, the Chief Executive Officers of Colombia have not always been called Presidents, but have held the office under various different titles.

Foolish Fatherland

Open Cabildo

Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Note	Ref
	José Miguel Pey de Andrade	July 20, 1810	April 1, 1811	Vice President acting as President in his absence. Eventually elected nominal President.

State of Cundinamarca

List of Presidents of Cundinamarca

Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Note	Ref
	Jorge Tadeo Lozano	April 1, 1811	September 19, 1811	Elected by Congress. Resigned from office.
	Antonio Nariño y Álvarez	September 21, 1811	September 21, 1813	Elected by Congress. Left office at various times to fight insurgency. Interim Presidents During Nariño's Presidency Picture Name Dates in office Interim role Ref Luis de Ayala y Vergara June 25, 1812 August 5, 1812 Presiding Member of Provisional Government Junta. Manuel Benito de Castro y Arcaya August 19, 1812 September 12, 1812 Interim caretaker. Felipe de Vergara y Caycedo November 26, 1812 December 15, 1812 Presiding member of Provisional Government Junta. Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal September 21, 1813 December 12, 1814 Interim caretaker. Deposed by Federalists after state is incorporated by force to the United Provinces.

United Provinces of New Granada

List of Presidents of the United Provinces of New Granada

Picture	Name	Dates in office	Note
	Camilo Torres Tenorio	October 4, 1812 — October 5, 1814	President of the Congress, entrusted with the Federal Executive Power.
	José María del Castillo Rada	October 5, 1814 — November 28, 1814	Interim Triumvir.
	Joaquín Camacho Lago	October 5, 1814 — January 25, 1815	Congressman for Tunja, Interim Triumvir.
	José Fernández Madrid	October 5, 1814 — April 26, 1815	Interim Triumvir.
	Custodio García Rovira	November 28, 1814 — July 24, 1815	Governor of Socorro. Nominal Triumvir, resigns office.
	José Miguel Pey de Andrade	January 25, 1815 — November 15, 1815	Alternate Triumvir, replaced Restrepo when this declined the office
	Crisanto Valenzuela y Conde	July 25, 1815 — August 17, 1815	Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs. Interim Provisional Triumvir, replaced García when this resigned while Villavicencio took office.
	Manuel Rodríguez Torices	April 26, 1815 — November 15, 1815	President of Cartagena de Indias. Nominal Triumvir, stepped down on October 16 to answer conspiracy charges, is exonerated of charges two days later on October 18.
	Antonio Villavicencio y Verástegui	August 17, 1815 — November 15, 1815	Governor of Tunja. Alternate Triumvir, Replaced García when this resigned.
	José Manuel Restrepo Vélez	did not take office	Antioquia's Secretary of Government. Triumvir-elect; declined office.
	Camilo Torres Tenorio	November 15, 1815 — March 14, 1816	Office of the President reinstated. Resigned office.
	José Fernández Madrid	March 14, 1816 — June 22, 1816	Appointed by Congress. Escaped the capital and resigned due to Spanish persecution.
	Liborio Mejía Gutiérrez	June 22, 1816 — June 30, 1816	Vice President appointed by Congress acting as President in his absence. Escaped persecution to hand power to President.
	Custodio García Rovira	June 30, 1816 — July 10, 1816	Appointed President-Dictator by Congress. Was captured by the Spanish Army along with Vice President Mejía Gutíerrez.
	Fernando Serrano Uribe	July 16, 1816 — September 16, 1816	Last leader of the the United Provinces, elected by an assembly of army units as President. Captured by the Spanish putting an end to the period known as the Foolish Fatherland.
• Spanish Reconquista of New Granada •

Presidents of Colombia since Full Independence

# de facto	# de jure	# Unique	Picture	Name	Dates in office	Notes	Occupation
• 1st Republic of Colombia •
1	1	1		Simón Bolívar Palacios	February 15, 1819 – December 13, 1821	After successfully leading the country to victory and achieving Independence, the Congress of Angostura elects him President in 1819, and the Congress of Cúcuta re-elects him in 1821. Leaves for the Southern Campaign.	Army General
2	–	2		Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña	December 13, 1821 – November 14, 1826	Vice President, in charge of the executive power.	Lawyer, Army General
3	–	—		Simón Bolívar Palacios	November 14, 1826 – May 4, 1830	Returns to power. Declares himself Dictator-President after Venezuela and Ecuador secede.	Army General
4	—	—		Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz	May 4, 1830 – June 13, 1830	Vice President, in charge of the executive after the resignation of Bolívar.	Lawyer, Army General
5	2	3		Joaquín Mosquera y Arboleda	June 13, 1830 – September 4, 1830	Elected by Congress. Ousted by Military Coup.	Lawyer
6	—	4		Rafael Urdaneta y Faría	September 5, 1830 – April 30, 1831	In a military coup became Provisional Chief of the Government. Ousted later by the legitimate government.	Army General
7	—	—		José Miguel Pey de Andrade Jerónimo de Mendoza Galavís Juan García Del Río	April 30, 1831 – May 2, 1831	Plural Executive made up by the Council of Ministers set up to accept resignation of General Urdaneta and invite General Caycedo to take office. Pey, Secretary of War and Navy; Mendoza, Secretary of Finance; García, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Interior.	Lawyer Army Captain Lawyer Writer
8	—	5		Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz	May 2, 1831 – November 23, 1831	Vice President in charge of the Executive. During his last days in office National Constituent Assembly changes the name of the country and starts working on a new constitution.	Lawyer, Army General
• Republic of New Granada •
1	—	—		José María Obando del Campo	November 23, 1831 – March 10, 1832	Vice President in charge of the Provisional Government. Sanctioned the Constitution of 1832 that created the Republic of New Granada.	Landowner, Army General
2	—	—		José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto	March 10, 1832 – October 7, 1832	Elected nominal Vice President. Acting President in his absence.	Lawyer
3	1	—		Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña	October 7, 1832 – April 1, 1837	Elected President by Congress, could not take office at once as he was outside the country at the time of his election. Re-elected during the following election by Congress.	Lawyer, Army General
4	2	6		José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto	April 1, 1837 – April 1, 1841	Elected by Congress after indirect elections failed to give the required majority.	Lawyer
5	3	7		Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez	April 1, 1841 - July 5, 1841	Elected by Congress after indirect elections failed to give the required majority.	Army General
6	—	—		Juan de Dios Aranzazu González	July 5, 1841 – May 19, 1842	President of the Council of State, in charge of the executive while the President fought in the War of the Supremes and Vice President could not take office due to illness.	Lawyer
7	—	—		Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez	May 19, 1842 – April 1, 1845	Returns to office after war.	Army General
8	4	8		Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda	April 1, 1845 – April 1, 1849	Elected by Congress after indirect elections failed to give the required majority.	Army General
9	5	9		José Hilario López Valdéz	April 1, 1849 – April 1, 1853	Elected by Congress after indirect elections failed to give the required majority.	Army General
10	6	10		José María Obando del Campo	April 1, 1853 – April 17, 1854	Indirect elections. Ousted	Army General
11	—	11		José María Melo y Ortiz	April 17, 1854 – December 4, 1854	Supreme Head of the Provisional Government, took power in a military coup.	Army General
12	—	—		Tomás Herrera y Pérez	April 21, 1854 – August 5, 1854	Claimed the Presidency as 1st Designate. Acting in rebellion against the usurper Government of General Melo.	Army General
13	–	–		José de Obaldía y Orejuela	August 5, 1854 – April 1, 1855	Vice President succeeding to the Presidency acting in rebellion against the usurper Government of General Melo. Impeached by Congress.	Lawyer
14	–	12		Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen	April 1, 1855 – April 1, 1857	Vice President, acting chief executive.	Lawyer
15	7	13		Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	April 1, 1857 – May 22, 1858	First President elected in direct elections. Term ran through the next constitutional phase.	Lawyer
• Granadine Confederation •
1	1	–		Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	May 22, 1858 – April 1, 1861	Sanctioned the Constitution of 1858 that changed the name of the country.	Lawyer, Businessman
2	–	14		Juan José Nieto Gil	January 25, 1861 – July 18, 1861	Acting in rebellion, assumes power as the 2nd Designate. Becomes President of the Liberal uprising that was trying to overthrow the Conservative government and rules paralleled to their President. Transfers power once General Mosquera wins the war.	Lawyer, journalist
3	–	–		Bartolomé Calvo Díaz	April 1, 1861 – July 10, 1861	Since Congress was closed down, the rightful successor could not take the oath of office nor could Congress appoint someone, the next in line of succession was the Inspector General who at the time was Calvo. Arrested by the Military insurgency.	Lawyer, journalist
4	–	–		Julio Arboleda Pombo	July 10, 1861 – July 18, 1861	President-elect in 1861 direct elections, but could not take the oath of office, eventually succeeded to the Presidency only after being named Inspector General in replacement of Calvo and when this one was arrested succeeded to the Presidency.	Lawyer, poet Army General
5	–	–		Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda	July 18, 1861 – February 4, 1863	Military coup to restore order. Called for a Constituent Assembly to enact a new constitution and ceded executive power to it.	Army General
• United States of Colombia •
1	–	–		Francisco Javier Zaldúa y Racines	February 4, 1863 – February 10, 1863	As President of the Rionegro Convention is entrusted with the executive power ceded by General Mosquera.	Army General
2	–	–		Froilán Largacha Hurtado Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda José Hilario López Valdéz Eustorgio Salgar Moreno Santos Gutiérrez Prieto	February 10, 1863 – May 14, 1863	The Rionegro Convention sets up a Plural Executive headed by the Council of Ministers: Largacha, Minister of the Treasury; Mosquera, Minister of War; López, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Salgar, Minister of Finance Gutiérrez, Minister of the Interior.	Lawyer, professor Army General Army General Lawyer, Army General Lawyer, Army General
3	1	–		Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda	May 14, 1863 – April 8, 1864	Elected by the Rionegro Convention to serve as President.	Army General
4	2	15		Manuel Murillo Toro	April 8, 1864 – April 1, 1866	Indirect elections.	Lawyer
5	–	–		José María Rojas Garrido	April 1, 1866 – May 22, 1866	Assumed the Presidency as 1st Designate in the absence of the elected President.	Lawyer
6	3	–		Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda	May 22, 1866 – May 23, 1867	Indirect elections.	Army General
7	–	–		Joaquín Riascos García	May 12, 1867 – June 28, 1867	3rd Designate, claims executive power after Mosquera closes Congress. Ceded power when he lears that Acosta has done the same.	br>Army General
8	–	16		Santos Acosta Castillo	May 23, 1867 – April 1, 1868	2nd Designate, claims executive power after Mosquera closes Congress and moved to depose him in a coup.	Physician, Army General
9	4	17		Santos Gutiérrez Prieto	April 1, 1868 – April 1, 1870	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, Army General
10	5	18		Eustorgio Salgar Moreno	April 1, 1870 – April 1, 1870	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, Army General
11	6	–		Manuel Murillo Toro	April 1, 1872 – April 1,1874	Indirect elections.	Lawyer
12	6	19		Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas	April 1, 1874 – April 1, 1876	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, professor, journalist
13	7	20		Aquileo Parra Gómez	April 1, 1876 – April 1, 1878	Indirect elections.	Businessman
14	8	21		Julián Trujillo Largacha	April 1, 1878 – April 8, 1880	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, Army General
15	9	22		Rafael Núñez Moledo	April 8, 1880 – April 1, 1882	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, journalist
16	10	22		Francisco Javier Zaldúa y Racines	April 1, 1882 – December 21, 1882	Indirect elections. Dies in office.	Army General
17	–	–		Clímaco Calderón Reyes	December 21, 1882 – December 22, 1882	Inspector General, takes office at death of Zaldúa. Shortest Presidency, lasting only one day.	Lawyer, writer
18	–	23		José Eusebio Otálora Martínez	December 22, 1882 – April 1, 1884	2nd Presidential Designate, takes office after death of Zaldúa and after the 1st Designate, Núñez, declined the office.	Lawyer, Army General
19	–	–		Ezequiel Hurtado Hurtado	April 1, 1884 – August 11, 1884	1st Designate in charge of the executive in absence of the newly elected President.	Lawyer, Army General
20	11	–		Rafael Núñez Moledo	August 11, 1884 – April 1, 1886	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, journalist
21	–	24		José María Campo Serrano	April 1, 1886 – August 4, 1886	Assumed power as 1st Designate after Núñez resigned. Term ran through the next constitutional phase.	Lawyer, Army General
• Republic of Colombia •
1	–	–		José María Campo Serrano	August 4, 1886 – January 5, 1887	Sanctioned the Colombian Constitution of 1886 that changed the name of the country to its present day name.	Lawyer, Army General
2	–	–		Eliseo Payán Hurtado	January 5, 1887 – June 4, 1887	Vice President, in charge of the executive due to the health problems of the elected.	Lawyer, Army General
3	1	–		Rafael Núñez Moledo	June 4, 1887 – December 12, 1887	Indirect elections.	Lawyer, journalist
4	–	24		Eliseo Payán Hurtado	December 12, 1887 – February 8, 1888	Vice President by special decree, in charge of the executive after the resignation of Núñez.	Lawyer, Army General
5	–	–		Rafael Núñez Moledo	February 8, 1888 – August 7, 1888	Returns to power after being warned of insurrection against Payán.	Lawyer, journalist
6	–	26		Carlos Holguín Mallarino	August 7, 1888 – August 7, 1892	1st Designate, in charge of the executive power for the two complete periods that Núñez was elected for.	Lawyer
7	–	27		Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar	August 7, 1892 – August 7, 1898	Vice President, completes term interrupted by illness and eventual death of Núñez.	Lawyer, Army General
8	2	28		Manuel Antonio Sanclemente Sanclemente	August 7, 1898 – July 31, 1900	Took office late due to sickness. Deposed in a military coup.	Lawyer
9	–	29		José Manuel Marroquín Ricaurte	July 31, 1900 – August 7, 1904	Vice President, takes power by coup.	Lawyer
10	3	30		Rafael Reyes Prieto	August 7, 1904 – July 27, 1909	Direct elections.	Lawyer, Army General
11	–	–		Diego Euclides de Angulo Lemos	March 16, 1908 – April 16, 1908	Interim caretaker.	Army General
12	–	31		Rafael Reyes Prieto	April 16, 1908 – July 27, 1909	Returns to power.	Lawyer, Army General
13	–	–		Jorge Holguín Mallarino	July 27, 1909 – August 4, 1909	1st Designate, in charge of the executive following the resignation of Reyes.	Business, Army General
14	–	–		Ramón González Valencia	August 4, 1909 – August 7, 1910	Elected by Congress to finish the remainder of Reyes's term.	Lawyer
15	5	32		Carlos Eugenio Restrepo Restrepo	August 7, 1910 – August 7, 1914	Elected by National Assembly for full term.	Lawyer, writer, journalist
16	6	33		José Vicente Concha Ferreira	August 7, 1914 – August 10, 1918	Elected by National Assembly for full term.	Lawyer
17	7	34		Marco Fidel Suárez	August 10, 1918 – November 11, 1921	Elected by National Assembly for full term.	Lawyer, writer, journalist
18	–	35		Jorge Holguín Mallarino	November 11, 1921 – August 7, 1922	1st Designate, in charge of the executive following the resignation of Suárez.	Business, Army General
19	8	36		Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez	August 7, 1922 – August 7, 1926	Direct elections.	Mining Engineering, Army General
20	9	37		Miguel Abadía Méndez	August 7, 1926 – August 7, 1930	Direct elections.	Lawyer, journalist
21	10	38		Enrique Olaya Herrera	August 7, 1930 – August 7, 1934	Direct elections.	Lawyer
22	11	39		Alfonso López Pumarejo	August 7, 1934 – August 7, 1938	Direct elections.	Economist, journalist
23	12	40		Eduardo Santos Montejo	August 7, 1938 – August 7, 1942	Direct elections.	Economist, journalist
24	13	–		Alfonso López Pumarejo	August 7, 1942 – June 10, 1944	Direct elections.	Economist, journalist
25	–	41		Darío Echandía Olaya	June 10, 1944 – June 12, 1944	1st Designate, in charge of the executive power to avoid a coup.	Lawyer, Political scientist
26	–	–		Alfonso López Pumarejo	June 12, 1944 – August 7, 1945	Resigns office.	Economist, journalist
27	–	42		Alberto Lleras Camargo	August 7, 1945 – August 7, 1946	Selected to finish the remainder of López's term.	Journalist
28	14	43		Mariano Ospina Pérez	August 7, 1946 – August 7, 1950	Direct elections.	Mining Engineer, businessman
29	15	44		Laureano Gómez Castro	August 7, 1950 – November 5, 1951	Direct elections.	Civil Engineer
30	–	45		Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez	November 5, 1951 – June 13, 1953	Direct elections.	Lawyer, journalist
31	–	46		Gustavo Rojas Pinilla	June 13, 1953 – May 10, 1957	Direct elections.	Civil Engineer, Army General
32	–	47		Gabriel París Gordillo Rafael Navas Pardo Deogracias Fonseca Espinosa Rubén Piedrahíta Arango Luis Ernesto Ordóñez Castillo	May 10, 1957 – August 7, 1958	Colombian Military Junta: París, Minister of Defence; Navas, Commander of the Army; Fonseca, Director of National Police. Ordóñez, Director of DAS	Civil Engineer, Army General
33	16	–		Alberto Lleras Camargo	August 7, 1958 – August 7, 1962	Direct elections. Member of the National Front.	Journalist
34	17	48		Guillermo León Valencia Muñóz	August 7, 1962 – August 7, 1966	Direct elections. Member of the National Front.	Lawyer, journalist
35	18	49		Carlos Lleras Restrepo	August 7, 1966 – August 7, 1970	Direct elections. Member of the National Front.	Lawyer
36	19	50		Misael Pastrana Borrero	August 7, 1970 – August 7, 1974	Direct elections. Member of the National Front.	Lawyer, economist
37	20	51		Alfonso López Michelsen	August 7, 1974 – August 7, 1978	Direct elections.	Lawyer, journalist
38	21	52		Julio César Turbay Ayala	August 7, 1978 – August 7, 1982	Direct elections.	Diplomat
39	22	53		Belisario Betancur Cuartas	August 7, 1982 – August 7, 1986	Direct elections.	Lawyer, economist
40	23	54		Virgilio Barco Vargas	August 7, 1986 – August 7, 1990	Direct elections.	Journalist
41	24	55		César Gaviria Trujillo	August 7, 1990 – August 7, 1994	Direct elections.	Economist
42	25	56		Ernesto Samper Pizano	August 7, 1994 – August 7, 1998	Direct elections.	Lawyer, economist
43	26	57		Andrés Pastrana Arango	August 7, 1998 – August 7, 2002	Direct elections.	Journalist
44	27	58		Álvaro Uribe Vélez	August 7, 2002 – present	Direct elections. Re-elected for a second term	Lawyer

See also

• Politics of Colombia
• President of the Republic (Colombia)
• Council of Ministers / Cabinet (Colombia)
• List of Viceroys of New Granada