Ruler · 1800 – 1872

Pedro Alcántara Herrán

Lived 1800 – 1872; politician, diplomat. President of Colombia (Colombia), 1841 – 1845.

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Lived: 1800 – 1872; 72 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Colombia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Colombia

Colombia · the 8th of 70 dated reigns · 1812 – 2026

4 before

Jerónimo de Mendoza Galavís1831

Domingo Caycedo1831

Francisco de Paula Santander1832 – 1837

Pedro Alcántara Herrán1841 – 1845

José María Obando1853 – 1854

Francisco Obregón1854

José María Melo1854

59 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 1841 – 1845 · 4 years · came to it aged 41

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1845; they died in 1872

Herrán was elected president by Congress in 1841, for a four-year period, but he was not able to be inaugurated as he was still commanding the government troops in the war against the southern revolt.

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