Francisco de Paula Santander

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Francisco de Paula Santander was a Colombian military and political leader, key architect of the early Republic of Colombia and later president of New Granada, often remembered as the “Man of Laws” for his role in building the nation’s institutions.

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instanceOf Colombian politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
president of New Granada ⓘ
birthDate 1792-04-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta ⓘ
commemoratedBy Francisco de Paula Santander University ⓘ
Santander Department, Colombia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Colombia ⓘ
Republic of New Granada ⓘ
deathDate 1840-05-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Bogotá ⓘ
Republic of New Granada ⓘ
educatedAt Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario ⓘ
familyName Santander ⓘ
fullName Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña ⓘ
givenName Francisco ⓘ
headOfGovernment Republic of New Granada ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
movement Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
nickname El Hombre de las Leyes ⓘ
The Man of Laws ⓘ
notableFor conflict with Simón Bolívar over centralism and dictatorship ⓘ
organizing the civil administration of Gran Colombia ⓘ
promoting rule of law and constitutionalism in early Colombia ⓘ
notableWork institutional organization of the Republic of Colombia ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Boyacá ⓘ
Battle of Cúcuta ⓘ
Battle of Vargas Swamp ⓘ
Colombian War of Independence ⓘ
positionHeld Acting President of Gran Colombia ⓘ
President of the Republic of New Granada ⓘ
Vice President of Gran Colombia ⓘ
precededBy Joaquín de Mosquera ⓘ
profession lawyer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedIn Army of Gran Colombia ⓘ
succeededBy José Ignacio de Márquez ⓘ
termEnd 1837-04-01 ⓘ
termStart 1832-10-07 ⓘ
vicePresident José Ignacio de Márquez ⓘ

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Colombian War of Independence → commander → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Santander Department → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Gran Colombia → vicePresident → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Gran Colombia → founder → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Battle of Boyacá → commander → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Battle of Boyacá → relatedTo → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
President of Gran Colombia → officeHolder → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Patria Boba period → notableFigure → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Francisco de Paula Santander → fullName → Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña ⓘ
linked to: Francisco de Paula Santander
Army of Gran Colombia → notableCommander → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
subject linked to: army of Gran Colombia
Norte de Santander Department → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Republic of New Granada → firstPresident → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Congress of Cúcuta → participant → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Constitution of Cúcuta → prominentFigure → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Casa del Congreso de Angostura → associatedPerson → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Angostura Congress → hasKeyFigure → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Boyacá Bridge National Park → relatedTo → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Statue of Francisco de Paula Santander → mainSubject → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Statue of Francisco de Paula Santander → dedicatedTo → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Statue of Francisco de Paula Santander → depicts → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Gran Colombia region → keyFigure → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
New Granadan patriots → notableLeader → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
President of New Granada → firstOfficeHolder → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
President of New Granada → notableOfficeHolder → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Patria Boba → notableFigure → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Patriot campaigns of 1819 in Venezuela → hasCommander → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta → hasNotableResident → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
El Hombre de las Leyes → refersTo → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
El Hombre de las Leyes → usedFor → emphasizing Francisco de Paula Santander's contribution to Colombia's institutional development ⓘ
linked to: Francisco de Paula Santander
El Hombre de las Leyes → isHonorificFor → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
The Man of Laws → refersTo → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
The Man of Laws → honors → Francisco de Paula Santander's role in establishing legal frameworks in Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Francisco de Paula Santander
The Man of Laws → isHonorificFor → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Francisco de Paula Santander University → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Francisco de Paula Santander University → honours → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Pantano de Vargas historical site → associatedWith → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
José Ignacio de Márquez → predecessor → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Pantano de Vargas → hasParticipant → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Santander (department) → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
subject linked to: Santander
Villa del Rosario → associatedWith → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Departamento de Norte de Santander → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Province of Santander (historical region) → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ
Santander de Quilichao → namedAfter → Francisco de Paula Santander ⓘ