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List of presidential designates of Colombia [1]
Below is a list of the office-holders until it was abolished and replaced by the restoration of the post of Vice President of Colombia in 1994.
| Name | Term | Acting President |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Clímaco Ordóñez | 28.04.1844 - 10.03.1845 | |
| José Hilario López | 10.03.1845 - 18.04.1846 | |
| Rufino Cuervo y Barreto | 18.04.1846 - 15.03.1847 | |
| Diego Fernando Gómez | 15.03.1847 - 30.03.1848 | |
| Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | 30.03.1848 - 12.03.1849 | |
| Joaquín Gori | 12.03.1849 - 07.03.1850 | |
| José María Obando | 07.03.1850 - 09.03.1851 | |
| Manuel Murillo Toro | 09.03.1851 - 30.03.1852 | |
| Tomás de Herrera | 30.03.1852 - 26.03.1853 | |
| José Hilario López | 26.03.1853 - 16.03.1854 | |
| Tomás de Herrera | 16.03.1854 - 05.06.1855 | 21.04.1854 - 05.08.1854 |
| Joaquín París Ricaurte | 05.06.1855 - 10.03.1856 | |
| Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | 10.03.1856 - 04.03.1857 | |
| Julio Arboleda | 04.03.1857 - 12.04.1858 | |
| Name | Term | Acting President |
|---|---|---|
| Julio Arboleda | 12.04.1858 - 21.03.1859 | |
1. Pedro Fernández Madrid | 21.03.1859 - 02.03.1860 | |
1. Julio Arboleda | 02.03.1860 - 14.05.1863 | 17.08.1862 - 13.11.1862 |
| Juan José Nieto Gil | Pacto de Unión 1861 | 25.01.1861 - 18.07.1861 |
| Name | Term | Acting President |
|---|---|---|
1. Santos Gutiérrez | 14.05.1863 - 06.04.1864 | |
| Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | 06.04.1864 - 20.03.1865 | |
1. José Hilario López | 20.03.1865 - 17.02.1866 | |
1. José María Rojas Garrido | 17.02.1866 - 10.02.1867 | 01.04.1866 - 20.05.1866 |
1. Santos Gutiérrez | 10.02.1867 - 21.03.1868 | 23.05.1867 - 01.04.1868 |
1. Salvador Camacho | 21.03.1868 - 20.02.1869 | 21.12.1868 - 02.01.1869 |
1. Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas | 20.02.1869 - 28.02.1870 | 22.06.1869 - 30.06.1869 |
| 28.02.1870 - 13.02.1871 | 01.09.1870 - 17.09.1870 | |
1. Salvador Camacho | 13.02.1871 - 28.02.1872 | 11.07.1871 |
1. Eustorgio Salgar | 28.02.1872 - 15.02.1873 | |
1. Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas | 15.02.1873 - 25.02.1874 | |
| 25.02.1874 - 15.02.1875 | ||
1. Aquileo Parra | 15.02.1875 - 28.02.1876 | |
1. Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas | 28.02.1876 - 28.02.1877 | |
1. Julián Trujillo | 28.02.1877 - 24.02.1879 | 19.05.1877 - 13.08.1877 |
1. Felipe Pérez Manosalva | 24.02.1879 - 08.03.1880 | |
1. Julián Trujillo | 08.03.1880 - 14.03.1881 | |
1. Julián Trujillo | 14.03.1881 - 06.02.1882 | |
1. Rafael Núñez | 06.02.1882 - 07.02.1883 | 21.12.1882 - 07.02.1883 |
1. José Eusebio Otalora | 07.02.1883 - 15.03.1884 | 07.02.1883 - 31.03.1884 |
1. Ezequiel Hurtado | 15.03.1884 - 09.12.1885 | 01.04.1884 - 10.08.1884 |
| José María Campo Serrano | 09.12.1885 - 27.07.1888 | 01.04.1886 - 05.01.1887 |
| Carlos Holguín Mallarino | 27.07.1888 - 26.07.1890 | 07.08.1888 - 26.07.1888 |
| Carlos Holguín Mallarino | 26.07.1890 - 30.07.1892 | 26.07.1888 - 07.08.1892 |
| Leonardo Canal | 30.07.1892 - 01.08.1894 | |
| Guillermo Quintero Calderón | 01.08.1894 - 01.08.1896 | 12.03.1896 - 17.03.1896 |
| Euclídes de Angulo | 14.03.1908 - 16.04.1908 | 14.03.1908 - 16.04.1908 |
| Jorge Holguín | 13.03.1909 - 25.09.1911 | 14.03.1909 - 07.06.1909 - 07.08.1909 |
| 25.09.1911 - 11.08.1913 | ||
| 11.08.1913 - 25.07.1918 | 07.08.1914 | |
| 25.07.1918 - 06.11.1921 | ||
1. Jorge Holguín | 06.11.1921 - 08.09.1922 | 11.11.1921 - 07.08.1922 |
| 08.09.1922 - 06.10.1927 | ||
| 06.10.1927 - 05.11.1929 | ||
| 05.11.1929 - 10.07.1932 | ||
| 10.07.1932 - 02.10.1934 | ||
| 02.10.1934 - 30.07.1937 | ||
| 30.07.1937 - 02.08.1938 | ||
1. Gabriel Turbay | 02.08.1938 - 10.08.1939 | |
| 10.08.1939 - 05.08.1943 | 09.10.1942 - 19.10.1942 | |
1. Darío Echandía | 05.08.1943 - 27.07.1945 | 19.11.1943 - 12.07.1944 |
| 27.07.1945 - 05.08.1946 | 07.08.1945 - 07.08.1946 | |
| Carlos Arango Vélez | 05.08.1946 - 29.11.1946 | |
| Eduardo Santos Montejo | 29.11.1946 - 30.10.1951 | |
| Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez | 30.10.1951 - 30.07.1955 | 05.11.1951 - 13.06.1953 |
| Gabriel París Gordillo | 30.07.1955 - 20.08.1958 | 30.07.1955 - 03.08.1955 |
| Darío Echandía | 20.08.1958 - 31.08.1960 | 02.04.1960 - 18.04.1960 |
| Carlos Lleras Restrepo | 31.08.1960 - 02.04.1963 | |
| José Antonio Montalvo | 02.04.1963 - 27.09.1967 | 06.08.1963 - 08.08.1963 |
| Julio César Turbay | 27.09.1967 - 06.12.1972 | |
| Rafael Azuero Manchola | 06.12.1972 - 04.09.1974 | 21.07.1973 - 24.07.1973 |
| Julio César Turbay | 04.09.1974 - 06.10.1976 | |
| Indalecio Liévano Aguirre | 06.10.1976 - 11.10.1978 | |
| Gustavo Balcázar Monzón | 11.10.1978 - 27.08.1980 | |
| Víctor Mosquera Chaux | 27.08.1980 - 24.08.1982 | 03.02.1981 - 11.02.1981 |
| Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | 24.08.1982 - 05.09.1984 | |
| Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo | 05.09.1984 - 15.10.1986 | |
| Víctor Mosquera Chaux | 15.10.1986 - 22.08.1990 | |
| Luis Fernando Jaramillo | 22.08.1990 - 05.08.1992 | |
| Humberto de la Calle Lombana | 05.08.1992 - 11.08.1993 | |
| Juan Manuel Santos | 11.08.1993 - 07.08.1994 |
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