List of Presidents of Colombia Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
List of Heads of State (Presidents etc.) of the Republic of Colombia and its precursor statesUnless otherwise stated, the incumbent is President
The Republic of Greater Colombia
| Term | Incumbent | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 December 1819 | to | 1823 | Simón Bolívar de facto | |
| September 1823 | to | January 1830 | Simón Bolívar de jure | |
| January 1830 | to | 4 June 1830 | Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz: (nominal President in absentia) | |
| Term | Incumbent | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1830 | to | October 1832 | Joaquín Mosquera (head of provisional government) | |
| October 1832 | to | March 1837 | Francisco de Paula Santander | |
| March 1837 | to | May 1841 | José Ignacio de Márquez | |
| May 1841 | to | March 1844 | Pedro Alcántara Herrán | |
| March 1844 | to | April 1845 | General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (acting president) | |
| April 1845 | to | March 1849 | General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | deposed in a coup d'etat |
| March 1849 | to | April 1853 | José Hilario López | |
| April 1853 | to | April 1855 | General José María Obando | deposed in a coup d'etat |
| April 1855 | to | April 1857 | Manuel Maria Mallarino | |
| April 1857 | to | May 1858 | Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | |
| Term | Incumbent | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1858 | to | March 1861 | Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | |
| March 1861 | to | November 1862 | Julio Arboleda | |
| November 1862 | to | February 1863 | General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | |
| Term | Incumbent | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1863 | to | June 1863 | Froilán Largarcha (acting president) | |
| June 1863 | to | April 1864 | General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | |
| April 1864 | to | April 1864 | Juan Agustín Uricoechea (acting president) | |
| April 1864 | to | March 1866 | Manuel Murillo Toro | |
| March 1866 | to | March 1866 | José María Rojas Garrido (acting president) | |
| March 1866 | to | May 1867 | General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | deposed in a coup d'etat |
| May 1867 | to | April 1868 | General Santos Acosta | |
| April 1868 | to | April 1870 | General Santiago Gutiérrez | |
| April 1870 | to | April 1872 | General Eustorgio Salgar | |
| April 1872 | to | April 1874 | Manuel Murillo Toro | |
| April 1874 | to | April 1876 | Santiago Pérez | |
| April 1876 | to | April 1878 | Aquileo Parra | |
| April 1878 | to | April 1880 | Julián Trujillo | |
| April 1880 | to | April 1882 | General Rafael Núñez | |
| April 1882 | to | December 1882 | Francisco Javier Zaldúa | died in office |
| December 1882 | to | April 1883 | Climacho Calderón (acting president) | |
| April 1883 | to | April 1884 | José Eusebio Otálora | |
| April 1884 | to | August 1884 | Ezequiel Hurtado (acting president) | |
| Term | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1884 | to | 1886 | General Rafael Núñez | deposed in a coup d'etat (name of state changed 1885) | |
| 1886 | to | 1887 | José María Campo Serrano (acting president) | ||
| 1887 | to | 1887 | Eliseo Payán | ||
| 1887 | to | 1888 | General Rafael Núñez | ||
| 1888 | to | August 1892 | Carlos Holguín | ||
| August 1892 | to | 14 September 1894 | General Rafael Núñez (acting president) | ||
| September 1894 | to | 1896 | Miguel Antonio Caro | ||
| 1896 | to | 1896 | Guillermo Quintero Calderón | ||
| 1896 | to | August 1898 | Miguel Antonio Caro | ||
| August 1898 | to | August 1898 | José Manuel Marroquín (acting president) | ||
| August 1898 | to | July 1900 | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente | ||
| July 1900 | to | August 1904 | José Manuel Marroquín | ||
| August 1904 | to | July 1908 | Prieto Rafael Reyes | ||
| July 1908 | to | August 1908 | Euclídes de Angulo | ||
| August 1908 | to | August 1909 | Prieto Rafael Reyes | forced to withdraw | |
| August 1909 | to | July 1909 | General Jorge Holguín (acting president) | ||
| August 1909 | to | August 1910 | Ramón González Valencia | ||
| August 1910 | to | August 1914 | Carlos Eduardo Restrepo | ||
| August 1914 | to | August 1918 | José Vicente Concha | ||
| August 1918 | to | November 1921 | Marco Fidel Suárez | ||
| 11 November 1921 | to | August 1922 | General Jorge Holguín (acting president) | ||
| 7 August 1922 | to | August 1926 | General Pedro Nel Ospina | ||
| 7 August 1926 | to | August 1930 | Miguel Abadía Méndez | ||
| 7 August 1930 | to | August 1934 | Enrique Olaya Herrera | ||
| 7 August 1934 | to | August 1938 | Alfonso López Pumarejo | ||
| 7 August 1938 | to | August 1942 | Eduardo Santos | ||
| 7 August 1942 | to | July 1945 | Alfonso López Pumarejo | ||
| July 1945 | to | 7 August 1945 | Alberto Lleras Camargo (acting president) | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1945 | to | 7 August 1946 | Alberto Lleras Camargo | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1946 | to | 7 August 1950 | Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez | Social Conservative Party | |
| 7 August 1950 | to | 13 June 1951 | Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro | Social Conservative Party | deposed in a coup d'état |
| 13 June 1951 | to | 13 June 1953 | Roberto Udarneta Arbeláez | Social Conservative Party | |
| 13 June 1953 | to | 13 June 1953 | Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro | Social Conservative Party | deposed in a coup d'état |
| 13 June 1953 | to | 10 May 1957 | General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla | military | deposed in a coup d'état |
| 10 May 1957 | to | 13 February 1958 | General Gabriel París Gordillo President and Head of Military Junta | ||
| 13 February 1958 | to | 7 August 1958 | General Gabriel París Gordillo | Junta members: co-equal heads of state | |
| Brigadier Rafael Navas Pardo | |||||
| Major-General Deogarcias Fonseca Espinosa | |||||
| Rear-Admiral Rubén Piedrahíta Arango | |||||
| Brigadier Luis Ernesto Ordóñez Castillo | |||||
| 7 August 1958 | to | August 1962 | Alberto Lleras Camargo | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1962 | to | August 1966 | Guillermo León Valencia | Social Conservative Party | |
| 7 August 1966 | to | 7 August 1970 | Carlos Lleras Restrepo | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1970 | to | 7 August 1974 | Misael Pastrana Borrero | Social Conservative Party | |
| 7 August 1974 | to | 7 August 1978 | Alfonso López Michelsen | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1978 | to | 7 August 1982 | Julio César Turbay Ayala | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1982 | to | 7 August 1986 | Belisario Betancur Cuartas | Social Conservative Party | |
| 7 August 1986 | to | 7 August 1990 | Virgilo Barco Vargas | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1990 | to | 7 August 1994 | César Gaviria Trujillo | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1994 | to | 7 August 1998 | Ernesto Samper Pizano | Liberal Party | |
| 7 August 1998 | to | 7 August 2002 | Andrés Pastrana Arango | Social Conservative Party | |
| 7 August 2002 | to | present | Álvaro Uribe Vélez | Liberal Party (independent) | |
