José Miguel Pey

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pey and the second or maternal family name is García de Andrade.
José Miguel Pey
"First President of Colombia"
Vice President of the Supreme Governing Junta of New Granada
In office
July 20, 1810 – July 25, 1810
PresidentAntonio José Amar y Borbón
President of the Supreme Governing Junta of New Granada
In office
July 25, 1810 – April 1, 1811
Preceded byAntonio José Amar y Borbón
Succeeded byJorge Tadeo Lozano as President of Cundinamarca
President of the United Provinces of the New Granada*
In office
March 28, 1815 – July 28, 1815
Preceded byTriumvirate
José María del Castillo y Rada,
José Fernández Madrid,
Joaquín Camacho
Succeeded byCamilo Torres Tenorio
Member of the Executive Presidium of the Republic of Colombia•
In office
April 30, 1831 – May 5, 1831
Preceded byRafael Urdaneta
Succeeded byDomingo Caycedo
Personal details
BornMarch 11, 1763
Bogotá, Cundinamarca
DiedAugust 17, 1838(1838-08-17) (aged 75)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca
PartyCentralist
SpouseJuana Hipólita Bastidas
  • President of the three-member governing Triumvirate.
•Member of the Executive Presidium of the Greater Colombia.

José Miguel Pey y García de Andrade (March 11, 1763 – August 17, 1838) was a Colombian statesman and soldier and a leader of the independence movement from Spain. He is considered the first vice president and first president of Colombia. He was a centralist.

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