Ruler · 1800 – 1860

José María Melo

Lived 1800 – 1860; politician, military officer. President of Colombia (Colombia), 1854.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1800 – 1860; 60 years
Lines: 1; Colombia
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Colombia

Colombia · the 11th of 70 dated reigns · 1812 – 2026

7 before

Pedro Alcántara Herrán1841 – 1845

José María Obando1853 – 1854

Francisco Obregón1854

José María Melo1854

José de Obaldía1854 – 1855

Mariano Ospina Rodríguez1858 – 1861

Bartolomé Calvo1861

56 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1854 · under a year · came to it aged 54

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Amidst a schism in the Liberal Party and a deteriorating political situation in the capital, Melo took power in a coup d'etat in 1854.

He ruled for eight months until he was overthrown by an alliance of Conservatives and rival Liberals.

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