From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Juan José Nieto Gil
Juan José Nieto Gil
Juan José Nieto Gil Succeeded José María Obando del Campo
by
Personal details
Born 24 June 1805(1805-06-24)
Baranoa, Santa Marta, Viceroyalty of the New
Granada
Died 16 July 1866(1866-07-16) (aged 61)
Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, United States of
Colombia
Nationality Neogranadine
Political Liberal
party
Spouse(s) María Margarita del Carmen Palacio García
del Fierro (1827-1830)
Josefa Teresa Plácida de los Dolores Cavero y
Leguina (1834-1866)
Religion Roman Catholic
2nd President of the Granadine Confederation
Juan José Nieto Gil (24 June 1805 - 16 July 1866) was a
In office
25 January 1861 – 18 July 1861
Colombian politician, Army general and writer. A Liberal
party caudillo of Cartagena, he served interimly as
Preceded Mariano Ospina Rodríguez Governor of the Province of Cartagena, and was later
by
elected President of the Sovereign State of Bolívar from
Succeeded Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda 1959 to 1964. In 1961, during the Colombian Civil War,
by he fought on the side of the Liberal rebels against the
2nd President of Bolívar
Administration of President Mariano Ospina Rodríguez,
and acting in rebellion proclaimed himself President of
In office the Granadine Confederation in his right as the Presiden-
26 July 1859 – 11 December 1864
tial Designate, relinquishing power four months later to
Deputy Juan Antonio de La Espriella the Liberal leader, General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
y Arboleda, who led a successful coup d’état against the
Preceded Juan Antonio Calvo
by
Conservative Government in Bogotá.
Nieto, of mulatto background, was the first Afro-
Succeeded Benjamín Noguera Colombian to rise to politics in the history of Colombia
by
becoming the first Afro-Colombian to become the execu-
Governor of Cartagena de Indias tive officeholder of a first level administrative division of
Colombia. His role, name, and background however, were
In office
22 July 1851 – 25 June 1854 subjugated to the obscure confines of history until he was
rediscovered in the late 1970’s by the Colombian histori-
Preceded José Antonio López de Tagle y Ortiz Muñoz an and sociologist, Orlando Fals Borda.
by
Succeeded
by
Manuel Marcelino Núñez
Presidency 1861
Main article: Colombian Civil War (1860–1862)
In office
29 August 1849 – 16 December 1849 On 8 May 1860, amid raising tensions between Conserva-
tive party politicians in power and the Liberal opposition
Preceded José María Obando del Campo on the question of federated state’s rights and sovereign-
by
ty, the caudillo and President of Cauca, General Tomás
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Juan José Nieto Gil
Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda, broke relations with
the central government and declared civil war against
See also
the Administration of President Mariano Ospina Ro- • Luis Antonio Robles
dríguez. Nieto followed suit and on 3 July broke relations • Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata
with the central government, soon Mosquera recruited
the help of Nieto to overthrow Ospina from power, and
sent Ministers Plenipotentiaries to sign a treaty with
References
Bolívar and Nieto as its President; on 10 September, Nieto [1] Fals Borda, Orlando (2002) [1981] (in Spanish).
signed the Treaty of Union and Confederation of the States of Historia Doble de la Costa: El Presidente Nieto [Double
Bolívar and Cauca (Tratado de Unión y Confederación de los History of the [Caribbean Coast: President Nieto]].
Estados de Bolívar y Cauca) creating a provisional govern- Serie Maestros de la Sede. 2. Bogotá: National
ment and setting the framework for a new republic called University of Colombia, Bank of the Republic, El.
United States of New Granada. The treaty also named p. 29. ISBN 9583600881.
Mosquera, Nieto and Obando as the First, Second, and http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/1396/10/
Third Presidential Designate respectively.[1] 08CAPI07.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
[2] Calderón, María Teresa; Thibaud, Clément (2002).
"La Construcción del Orden en el Paso del Antiguo
Personal life Régimen a la República: Redes Sociales e
Born 24 June 1804 in the settlement of Cibarco, between Imaginario Político del Nuevo Reino de Granada al
the towns of Baranoa and Tubará, in the Province of San- Espacio Grancolombiano [The Construction of the
ta Marta part of the then Viceroyalty of the New Granada. New Order In the Transition from the Old Regime
Born to a humble family of scarce resources, his parents to the Republic: Social Networks and the Political
were Tomás Nicolás Nieto and Benedicta Gil, a mason and Imaginary of the New Kingdom of Granada to the
candlemaker respectively, who lived in the town of Bara- Grancolombian Space]". Anuario Colombiano de
noa and moved to Cartagena de Indias in 1811 following Historia Social y de la Cultura (National University of
the Declaration of Independence of Cartagena Province Colombia) (29). http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/
as part of the larger struggle of the South American Wars index.php/achsc/article/view/16981/17846.
of Independence that started in 1810 and gave birth to Retrieved 2011-07-06.
the Republic of Colombia. On 13 September 1827 he mar- [3] ^ Bossa Herazo, Donaldo (1967) (in Spanish).
ried María Margarita del Carmen Palacio García del Fier- Cartagena Independiente: Tradición y Desarrollo
ro,[2][3] daughter of José de Palacio y Ponce de León, a [Independent Cartagena: Tradition and Development].
Canarian businessman for whom Nieto worked for as a Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo. p. 128.
scrivener,[4] and of María Francisca García del Fierro y OCLC 1962888. http://books.google.com/
Velacorte, a Neogranadine lady of reputable family of books?id=iux2AAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
Cartagena who died during childbirth and related to [4] Fals Borda, Orlando (1981) (in Spanish). Historia
Rafael Núñez Moledo as his grandaunt.[5] Together they Doble de la Costa: El Presidente Nieto [Double History of
had one son, Ricardo, who died during childhood and the [Caribbean] Coast: President Nieto]. 2. Bogotá:
shortly after Nieto became a widower as well after the Carlos Valencia. ISBN 9788482770321.
passing of his wife.[3] On 21 April 1834 he remarried this OCLC 9039432.
time to Josefa Teresa Plácida de los Dolores Cavero y [5] ^ Restrepo Lince, Pastor (1993) (in Spanish).
Leguina, likewise of reputable and influential family and Genealogías de Cartagena de Indias [Genealogies of
daughter of José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas, a Precur- Cartagena de Indias]. Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano
sor of the Independence of Colombia of Mexican birth, de Cultura Hispánica. ISBN 9789589004265.
and María Teresa de Leguina y López Tagle, granddaugh- OCLC 253672935. http://books.google.com/
ter of the Count of Pestagua.[5] books?ei=bd0TTvaMA8Tm0QGkyKC8Bg. Retrieved
2011-07-06.
Selected works
• Nieto Gil, Juan José (September 2001) [Originally
Further reading
published: Kingston, Jamaica: Jacob De Cordova • Fals Borda, Orlando (1981) (in Spanish). Historia Doble
Print, 1844.]. Bernal V, Leticia. ed (in Spanish). de la Costa: El Presidente Nieto [Double History of the
Ingermina o la hija de Calamar (Novel). Antorcha y [Caribbean] Coast: President Nieto]. 2. Bogotá: Carlos
Daga. Germán Espinosa (prologue) (3rd ed.). Valencia. ISBN 9788482770321. OCLC 9039432.
Medellín: EAFIT University. ISBN 9789589041871.
OCLC 50150546. http://books.google.com/
books?id=fYSCeXybOEYC.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Juan José Nieto Gil
External links Date of birth 24 June 1805
Place of Baranoa, Santa Marta, Viceroyalty of
Persondata birth the New Granada
Name Nieto Gil, Juan Jose Date of 16 July 1866
Alternative death
names Place of Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, United
Short de- death States of Colombia
scription
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