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Francisco de Paula Santander

1792–1840 · 19th century

Francisco de Paula Santander was a New Granadan general of the wars of independence who fought beside Simón Bolívar at Boyacá in 1819. As vice-president of Gran Colombia he governed from Bogotá while Bolívar campaigned in the south, but the two fell out, and Santander was exiled after the attempt on Bolívar's life in 1828. He returned to serve as president of the Republic of New Granada from 1832 to 1837.

Francisco de Paula Santander
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Francisco de Paula Santander. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/francisco-de-paula-santander
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