The governor of the Department Santander heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombiandepartment of Santander. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department, serving as the main agent for the president of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy, and all matters of law passed down for the nation. The current governor is Horacio Serpa Uribe.
Presidents of the Sovereign State of SantanderEdit
The Sovereign State of Santander was created on May 13, 1857 as the third Sovereign State of the Republic of New Granada. The state would be an independent entity within the country ruled by a president which would be elected by the State Congress. The president of the state would act as the governor of the region but with more power and independence from the central government, in turn, the title of governor was given to the heads of government of the provinces of the state.
Many presidents of the state, due to the great amount of power they held, and the political importance of the region, went on to become Presidents of the Nation, and others went on to become important political figures in Congress or other areas.
On April 8, 1859, Congress passed a law giving the president of the country, then the Granadine Confederation, the right to remove the duly appointed governors of the states and appoint one of his choosing. With this law, the president secured the power of the Conservative Party. This changed the practice of a state-elected executive representative; instead the president of Colombia would appoint the president or governor of the state or department; this went on till 1991.
The Colombian Constitution of 1991 allowed for local democratic elections to take place electing governors for each department and the elections being held at the same time to avoid confusion.
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The governor of the Department Santander heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian department of Santander The governor is the highest ranking official in the department serving as the main agent for the president of Colombia to carry on the task of maintaining public order and the execution of the general economic policy and all matters of law passed down for the nation The current governor is Horacio Serpa Uribe Manuel Murillo Toro Second President of Santander and twice President of the United States of Colombia 1864 1866 1872 1874 Eustogio Salgar three times President of the State of Santander and deputy for the States of Tolima Santander Cundinamarca President of the Sovereign State of Cundinamarca 1874 1876 President of the United States of Colombia 1870 1872 General Solon Wilches twice president of the State of Santander and presidential candidate in 1870 and 1872 Aquileo Parra Gomez President of Santander and President of the United States of Colombia 1876 1878 Ramon Gonzalez Valencia Governor of the Department of Santander and Vice president of Colombia in 1904 Contents 1 Presidents of the Sovereign State of Santander 2 Governors of the Department of Santander 3 Democratically elected governors 4 See also 5 ReferencesPresidents of the Sovereign State of Santander EditThe Sovereign State of Santander was created on May 13 1857 as the third Sovereign State of the Republic of New Granada The state would be an independent entity within the country ruled by a president which would be elected by the State Congress The president of the state would act as the governor of the region but with more power and independence from the central government in turn the title of governor was given to the heads of government of the provinces of the state Many presidents of the state due to the great amount of power they held and the political importance of the region went on to become Presidents of the Nation and others went on to become important political figures in Congress or other areas On April 8 1859 Congress passed a law giving the president of the country then the Granadine Confederation the right to remove the duly appointed governors of the states and appoint one of his choosing With this law the president secured the power of the Conservative Party This changed the practice of a state elected executive representative instead the president of Colombia would appoint the president or governor of the state or department this went on till 1991 Tenure Incumbent presidentTook office Left officeOctober 16 1857 October 23 1857 Estanislao Silva CalderonOctober 23 1857 1858 Manuel Murillo Toro1858 1858 Ulpiano Valenzuela1858 1858 Vicente Herrera1859 1859 Manuel Murillo ToroMarch 12 1859 March 18 1859 Vicente HerreraMarch 18 1859 March 21 1859 Luis FlorezMarch 21 1859 April 3 1859 Evaristo AzueroApril 3 1859 November 23 1859 Eustorgio SalgarNovember 23 1859 January 1 1860 Ulpiano ValenzuelaJanuary 1 1860 February 1 1860 Antonio Maria Pradilla RuedaFebruary 1 1860 February 29 1860 Jose Maria Villamizar GallardoFebruary 29 1860 May 6 1860 Marco Antonio EstradaMay 6 1860 August 16 1860 Antonio Maria Pradilla RuedaAugust 16 1860 September 8 1860 Federal Intervention State government suspendedSeptember 8 1860 1861 Marco Antonio Estrada1861 1862 Leonardo Canal Gonzalez1862 1862 Adolfo Harker Mutis1862 1863 Eustorgio Salgar1863 1864 Pedro Quintero Jacome1864 June 6 1864 Eustorgio SalgarJune 7 1864 October 11 1864 Rafael Otero NavarroOctober 11 1864 October 1 1866 Jose Maria Villamizar GallardoOctober 1 1866 September 24 1868 Victoriano de Diego y ParedesSeptember 24 1868 October 1 1868 Narciso Cadena UribeOctober 1 1868 March 14 1870 Eustorgio SalgarMarch 14 1870 March 30 1870 Narciso Cadena UribeMarch 30 1870 October 1 1872 Solon WilchesOctober 1 1872 September 15 1874 Narciso Cadena UribeSeptember 15 1874 May 16 1875 German Vargas SantosMay 16 1875 May 25 1876 Aquileo Parra GomezMay 25 1876 1876 Francisco Munoz1876 1877 Marco Antonio Estrada1877 1877 Francisco Munoz1877 1877 Marco Antonio Estrada1877 1877 Domingo Castro1877 1877 Francisco Munoz1877 1877 Domingo Castro1877 October 1 1878 Marco Antonio EstradaOctober 1 1878 1883 Solon Wilches1883 1883 Vicente VillamizarOctober 1 1883 September 9 1884 Solon WilchesSeptember 9 1884 1885 Narciso Gonzalez Lineros1885 August 5 1886 Antonio Roldan1886 1886 Alejandro Pena SolanoGovernors of the Department of Santander Edit Governor Eduardo Santos MontejoIn 1886 the states were abolished and Santander became a Department under direct authority of the central government In 1910 the northern part of the department was detached to form the new Department of Norte de Santander separately represented by their own Governor Tenure Incumbent governorTook office Left office1886 1887 Alejandro Pena Solano1887 1888 Antonio Roldan1888 1888 Vicente Villamizar1888 1889 Guillermo Quintero1889 1890 Aurelio Mutis1890 1895 Guillermo Quintero1895 1896 Jose Santos1896 1886 Antonio Roldan1186 1897 Roso Cala1897 1898 Aurelio Mutis1898 1899 Roso Cala1899 1900 Alejandro Pena Solano1900 1900 Carlos J Delgado1900 1901 Ramon Gonzalez Valencia1901 1901 Carlos Matamoros1901 1902 Juan Francisco Mantilla1902 1903 Antonio Barrera Forero1903 1904 Ramon Gonzalez Valencia1904 1904 Carlos Matamoros1904 1904 Jesus Cuervo Marquez1904 1905 Alejandro Pena Solano1905 1906 Santiago Rizo1906 1907 Alejandro Pena Solano1907 1908 Gabino Navas1908 1909 Alejandro Pena Solano1909 1911 Eugenio Andrade Suescun1911 1913 Antonio Barrera Forero1913 1916 Manuel Maria Valdivieso Valencia1916 1917 Ernesto Valderrama1918 1921 Luis Mejia1921 1823 Jose Maria Garcia1923 December 1924 Emilio Pradilla GonzalezDecember 1924 December 19 1926 Arturo MantillaDecember 19 1926 1928 Juan de la Cruz Duarte1928 1929 Narciso Torres MelendezNovember 26 1929 September 4 1930 Alfredo Garcia Cadena1930 1931 Alejandro Galvis Galvis1931 1932 Eduardo Santos Montejo1932 1933 Alfredo Cadena D Costa1933 1934 Humberto Gomez Naranjo1934 1935 Pedro Alejandro Gomez1935 1937 Rogerio Silva Pradilla1937 1939 Alfredo Cadena D Costa1939 1941 Hernan Gomez Gomez1941 1943 Benjamin Garcia Cadena1943 1944 Arturo SantosApril 21 1944 February 15 1945 Alejandro Galvis GalvisFebruary 15 1945 1946 Luis Camacho Rueda1946 1947 Samuel Arango Reyes1947 1947 Julio Martin Acevedo Diaz1948 1948 Rafael Ortiz Gonzalez1948 1948 Miguel Angel Hoyos1949 1949 Valentin Gonzalez Rangel1950 1950 Hernando Sorzano Gonzalez1951 1951 Guillermo Garavito Duran1952 1953 Pedro Nel Rueda Uribe1953 1953 Nestor Meza Prieto1953 1953 Jose Amaya1954 1957 Quintin Gustavo Gomez1958 1958 Ernesto Caicedo Lopez1958 1958 Alberto Lozano Cleves1959 1960 Samuel Arango Reyes1960 1961 Mario Latorre Rueda1962 1962 Gustavo Serrano Gomez1963 1964 Humberto Silva Valdivieso1965 1965 Enrique Barco Guerrero1965 1965 Reynaldo Lopez Lopez1966 1966 Francisco Jose Calderon1966 1968 Julio Obregon Bueno1969 1969 Eduardo Camacho Gamba1970 1970 Alfonso Gomez Gomez1971 1971 Jaime Serrano Rueda1972 1973 Jaime Trillos Novoa1974 1974 Rafael Perez Martinez1975 1975 Oscar Edmundo Martinez1976 1976 Rafael Ortiz Gonzalez1977 1978 Alberto Montoya Puyana1979 1981 Alfonso Gomez Gomez1982 1982 Luis Ardila Casamitjana1983 1983 Rafael Moreno Penaranda1984 1984 Jorge Agustin Sedano1985 1986 Alvaro Cala Hederich1987 1988 Alvaro Betran Pinzon1989 1990 Eduardo Camacho Barco1990 1990 Hernando Reyes Duarte1991 December 31 1991 Clara Elsa Villalba de SandovalDemocratically elected governors EditThe Colombian Constitution of 1991 allowed for local democratic elections to take place electing governors for each department and the elections being held at the same time to avoid confusion Tenure Incumbent governorTook office Left officeJanuary 1 1992 December 31 1994 Juan Carlos Duarte TorresJanuary 1 1995 December 31 1997 Mario Camacho PradaJanuary 1 1998 December 31 2000 Miguel Jesus Arenas PradaJanuary 1 2001 December 31 2003 Jorge Eliecer Gomez VillamizarJanuary 1 2004 December 31 2007 Hugo Heliodoro Aguilar NaranjoJanuary 1 2008 December 31 2011 Horacio Serpa UribeSee also EditList of governors of Norte de Santander Department List of presidents of ColombiaReferences EditHilkens Bob Santander States and Regent of the World Archived from the original on May 24 2004 Retrieved May 23 2009 Colombian States 1855 1886 Rulers org Retrieved May 23 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of governors of Santander amp oldid 1123910262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
