Editing List of presidents of Colombia (section)

===Republic of New Granada (1832&ndash;1858)===
This list includes those persons who were sworn into or forcibly took the office of president of the [[Republic of New Granada]] following the passing of the [[Republic of New Granada#Colombian Constitution of 1832|Colombian Constitution of 1832]], which took effect on 26 November 1832.

There were 8 people in office serving a presidency each. All were popularly elected under an [[electoral college]] system except one, [[José María Melo y Ortiz]] who took power by mounting a ''[[coup d'état]]''. [[Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña]], the first president, served initially on a provisional basis but in 1833 began a regular four-year term as president of the Republic of New Granada, to which he was popularly elected. Santander spent the longest time in office with 5 years and 22 days. [[José María Obando del Campo]] spent the shortest time in office with just 1 year and 6 days before being deposed.

The president and the vice president were elected separately two years apart for a period of four years each, resulting in a president having two vice presidents given normal circumstances. The Colombian Constitution of 1832, just like its predecessor, did not provide for a way to fill a vacancy in the presidency or the vicepresidency until the next electoral period, because of this the presidency was vacant between 1854 and 1857 when Melo, who had deposed President Obando in a coup, handed power to the previous administration; Obando would have taken back the presidency, but he had been [[impeached]] by Congress and hence there was no president to take power. During this time Vice President [[José de Obaldía y Orejuela]] served as acting president until the end of his term, at which point the newly elected vice president [[Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen]] served as acting president for the remainder of the term Obando had been elected for until 1857 when [[Mariano Ospina Rodríguez]] was elected. The vice presidency was also vacant between 1837 and 1839, when Vice President [[José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto]] was elected president and the post remained vacant until the next vice presidencial election in 1839.

;; Political parties
{{legend|{{party colour|Colombian Conservative Party}}|[[Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party colour|Colombian Liberal Party}}|[[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="10" | [[File:Flag of New Granada.svg|30px]] • [[Republic of New Granada]] • [[File:Coat of arms of New Granada.svg|30px]]
|-
! No.<br /><ref group="n" name="num"/>
! Portrait
! Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! Elected
! Took office
! Left office
!'''Time in office'''
! Political party
! [[Vice President of Colombia|Vice President]]
! Acting presidents<ref group="n" name="interim"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''1'''
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Santander by Acevedo Bernal.jpg|149x149px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Francisco de Paula Santander|Francisco de Paula<br />Santander y Omaña]]<br /><small>(1792&ndash;1840)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Francisco de Paula Santander |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131330/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_06.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_06.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| [[1832 Colombian presidential election|1832]]
| rowspan="3" | 10 March 1832
| rowspan="3" | 1 April 1837
| rowspan="3" |{{Age in years and days|1832|March|10|1837|April|1}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[José Ignacio de Márquez|José Ignacio<br />de Márquez Barreto]]<br /><small>(10 March 1832&ndash;1 April 1833)</small>
| rowspan="3" | <small>[[José Ignacio de Márquez|José Ignacio de Márquez Barreto]]</small><br /><small>(10 March 1832&ndash;7 October 1832)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1833 Colombian presidential election|1833]]
| [[Joaquín Mosquera|Joaquín Mariano<br />Mosquera y Arboleda]]<br /><small>(1 April 1833&ndash;1 April 1835)</small>
|-
| [[José Ignacio de Márquez|José Ignacio<br />de Márquez Barreto]]<br /><small>(1 April 1835&ndash;1 April 1837)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''2'''
| rowspan="2" | [[File:José Ignacio de Márquez en 1840 por José María Espinosa.jpg|153x153px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[José Ignacio de Márquez|José Ignacio<br />de Márquez Barreto]]<br /><small>(1793&ndash;1880)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of José Ignacio de Márquez |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020132748/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_07.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_07.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| rowspan="2" | [[1837 Colombian presidential election|1837]] 
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1837
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1841
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| rowspan="2" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /><small>(Ministerials)</small>
| ''vacant''<br /><small>(1 April 1837&ndash;1 April 1839)</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=#aaaaaa| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Domingo Caycedo|Domingo<br />Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría]]<br /><small>(1 April 1839&ndash;1 April 1843)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |  '''3'''
| rowspan="2" | [[File:General Pedro Alcántara Herrán.jpg|141x141px]]
| rowspan="2" |  [[Pedro Alcántara Herrán|Pedro Alcántara<br />Herrán Martínez]]<br /><small>(1800&ndash;1872)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Pedro Alcántara Herrán |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020133546/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_08.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_08.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| rowspan="2" |  [[1841 Colombian presidential election|1841]]
| rowspan="2" |  1 April 1841
| rowspan="2" |  1 April 1845
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| rowspan="2" |  [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /><small>(Ministerials)</small>
| rowspan="2" |  <small>[[Juan de Dios Aranzazu González]]</small><br /><small>(5 July 1841&ndash;19 May 1842)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[:es:Joaquín Gori|Joaquín José<br />Gori y Álvarez de Castro]]<br /><small>(1 April 1843&ndash;1 April 1847)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2" | '''4'''
|rowspan="2" | [[File:Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 2.JPG|139x139px]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera|Tomás Cipriano<br />de Mosquera y Arboleda]]<br /><small>(1798&ndash;1878)</small><br /><ref name=mosquera>{{cite web |title=Biography of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020130156/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/euc_19.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/euc_19.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| rowspan="2" | [[1845 Colombian presidential election|1845]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1845
|rowspan="2" | 1 April 1849
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| rowspan="2" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /><small>(Ministerials)</small>
|rowspan="2" | <small>[[Rufino Cuervo y Barreto]]</small><br /><small>(14 August 1847&ndash;14 December 1847)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[Rufino Cuervo y Barreto|Rufino<br />Cuervo y Barreto]]<br /><small>(1 April 1847&ndash;1 April 1851)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2" ! style="background:{{party colour|Colombian Liberal Party}};" | {{color|white|'''5'''}}
|rowspan="2" | [[File:Litografía de José Hilario López.jpg|141x141px]]
|rowspan="2" | [[José Hilario López|José Hilario<br />López Valdéz]]<br /><small>(1798&ndash;1869)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of José Hilario López |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020132224/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_10.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_10.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| rowspan="2" | [[1849 Colombian presidential election|1849]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1849
|rowspan="2" | 1 April 1853
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| rowspan="2" | [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor=#aaaaaa|
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[José de Obaldía y Orejuela|José<br />de Obaldía y Orejuela]]<br /><small>(1 April 1851&ndash;1 April 1855)</small>
|- 
! style="background:{{party colour|Colombian Liberal Party}};" | {{color|white|6}}
| [[File:José María Obando.jpg|140x140px]]
| [[José María Obando|José María<br />Obando del Campo]]<br /><small>(1795&ndash;1861)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of José María Obando del Campo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131015/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_11.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_11.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| [[1853 Colombian presidential election|1853]]
| 1 April 1853
| 17 April 1854
|{{Age in years and days|1853|April|1|1854|April|17}}
| [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| bgcolor=#aaaaaa| 
|-
! style="background:{{party colour|Colombian Liberal Party}};" | {{color|white|7}}
| [[File:Presidente josé maria melo colombia.png|136x136px]]
| [[José María Melo|José María<br />Melo y Ortiz]]<br /><small>(1800&ndash;1860)</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of José María Melo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020130819/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_12.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_12.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
|—
| 17 April 1854<br /><ref group="n" name="coup"/>
| 4 December 1854
|{{Age in years and days|1854|April|17|1854|December|4}}
| [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]<br /><small>(Draconians)</small>
| <small>[[Francisco Antonio Obregón Muñoz]]</small><br /><small>(20 May 1854&ndash;2 June 1854)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | ''vacant''
|
| rowspan="2" | 4 December 1854
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1857 
|
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | <small>[[José de Obaldía y Orejuela]]</small><br /><small>(5 August 1854&ndash;1 April 1855)</small><br /><small>[[Manuel María Mallarino|Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen]]</small><br /><small>(1 April 1855&ndash;1 April 1857)</small>
|-
|
|
| rowspan="2" | [[Manuel María Mallarino|Manuel María<br />Mallarino Ibargüen]]<br /><small>(1 April 1855&ndash;1 April 1859)</small>
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party colour|Colombian Conservative Party}};" | {{color|white|8}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Presidente Mariano Ospina Rodríguez.png|135x135px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Mariano Ospina Rodríguez|Mariano<br />Ospina Rodríguez]]<br /><small>(1805&ndash;1885)</small><br /><ref name=ospina>{{cite web |title=Mariano Ospina Rodríguez |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020132454/http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_15.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |url=http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/asiescolombia/presidentes/ng_15.html |publisher=wsp.presidencia.gov.co |access-date=15 November 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
| rowspan="2" | [[1857 Colombian presidential election|1857]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1857 
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1861
| rowspan="2" |4 years
| rowspan="2" | [[Colombian Conservative Party|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=#aaaaaa| 
|-
|bgcolor=#aaaaaa| <ref group="n" name="vicepresident2"/>
|}