José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto (7 September 1793 – 21 March 1880) was a Colombian statesman, lawyer and professor, who first served as Vice President of the Republic of the New Granada after being sworn in by congress in 1832, and under the presidency of

Francisco de Paula Santander Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (April 2, 1792 – May 6, 1840) was a Neogranadine 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 ...

, and subsequently was elected President of the Republic of the New Granada for the presidential term of 1837 to 1841.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición; Page 37; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983

Biographic data

Márquez was born in Ramiriquí, Boyacá and died in

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, Cundinamarca at the age of 86.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición; Page 40; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983

Early life

Márquez studied in the

Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé is a Private school, private Catholic school, Catholic pre-school, primary, secondary school, and college-preparatory school, colonial of Plateresque style building, located in the Bogota, Santa Fe district of Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department, Cu ...

, where he studied jurisprudence and obtained his lawyer degree at age 20.

Political career

In 1821, Márquez was elected as delegated to the Congress of Cucuta, and at age 27, he was elected as President of the congress. As such, he was inaugurated and took the oath of General

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as President of the

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, and General

as Vice President. Later, in the same capacity, he would take the oaths of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera and José Hilario López. In 1831, Márquez was appointed as Secretary of the Treasury by President Domingo Caycedo.

The Presidency

Later, in 1832, Congress elected the president and vice president of Colombia. General Santander was chosen as president and Márquez as vice president. As such, on March 10, 1832, during President

’s trip abroad, Márquez occupied the Presidency as interim president. José Ignacio de Márquez won the 1836 Colombian presidential election, the first free and fair election in Colombian history. He defeated the candidate supported by incumbent president. His presidency was noted for its economic and educational reforms and for the War of the Supremes in Pasto, Nariño.

References

Presidents of Colombia Vice presidents of Colombia 1793 births 1880 deaths Colombian Liberal Party politicians Burials at Central Cemetery of Bogotá 19th-century Colombian people Viceroyalty of New Granada people People from Gran Colombia People from the Republic of New Granada {{Colombia-politician-stub