José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas

José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas
José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas
3rd Prefect Intendent of the Magdalena River and the Isthmus
	In office; 4 March 1824 – 19 May 1824
President	Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña
Preceded by	José Vicente Ucrós y de Herrera
Succeeded by	Carlos Soublette
4th President of the Supreme Junta of Cartagena de Indias
	In office; 1 September 1811 – 21 January 1812
Preceded by	José María García de Toledo
Succeeded by	José María del Real Hidalgo
Personal details
Born	29 June 1757; Mérida, Yucatán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
Died	29 August 1834 (aged 77); Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Republic of New Granada
Nationality	Mexican-Colombian
Spouse(s)	María Teresa de Leguina y López Tagle
Relations	Juan José Nieto Gil (son-in-law)
Children	Josefa Teresa Plácida de los Dolores Cavero y Leguina
Profession	Lawyer

José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas (29 June 1757 – 17 August 1834) was a Mexican-Colombian lawyer and politician. A Precursor of the Independence of Colombia, as the 4th President of the Supreme Junta of Cartagena de Indias he was a signatory of the declaration of independence of the Cartagena Province from the Viceroyalty of the New Granada and the Kingdom of Spain, establishing a republic based in the concept of separation of powers, and abolishing the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Cartagena would eventually join with other provinces to create the Republic of Colombia under President Simón Bolívar, and was appointed in 1824 by Vice President Francisco de Paula Santander y Omaña to serve as the 3rd Prefect Intendant of the Magdalena River and the Isthmus province, which now encompassed the former province of Cartagena as well as the provinces of Santa Marta, Riohacha, and the Isthmus.[1]

Personal life

Born on 29 June 1757 in Mérida, Yucatán then part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, his parents were Diego Cavero Castro and Juana de Díaz Cárdenas.[2]

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References

Urueta, José P. (1886). Cartagena y sus Cercanías [Cartagena and its Surroundings] (in Spanish). Cartagena: Tipografía de Orlando E. Grau. pp. 257–161. OCLC 3157913. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
Pérez Ayala, José Manuel (1951). Antonio Caballero y Góngora: Virrey y Arzobispo de Santa Fe, 1723-1796 [Antonio Caballero y Góngora: Viceroy and Archbishop of Santa Fe, 1723-1796] (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 241. OCLC 633549. Retrieved 2011-07-07.

External links

Declaration of Independence of Cartagena(in Spanish)

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[1] Urueta, José P. (1886). Cartagena y sus Cercanías [Cartagena and its Surroundings] (in Spanish). Cartagena: Tipografía de Orlando E. Grau. pp. 257–161. OCLC 3157913. Retrieved 2011-07-07.

[2] Pérez Ayala, José Manuel (1951). Antonio Caballero y Góngora: Virrey y Arzobispo de Santa Fe, 1723-1796 [Antonio Caballero y Góngora: Viceroy and Archbishop of Santa Fe, 1723-1796] (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 241. OCLC 633549. Retrieved 2011-07-07.