TOLIMA


COLOMBIAN STATE OF TOLIMA

In 1861 the southern parts of the State of Cundinamarca - the ancient provinces of Mariquita and Neiva - were detached from that state to form the new sovereign state of Tolima, part of the Federation of Colombia. __________________________________________________________________________________

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Presidents Presidentes 1870 - 1874 José Uldarico Leyva 1874 - 1876 Joaquín María Córdoba 1876 Antonio Basilio Cuervo y Urisarri* 1834 - 1893 1876 Aníbal Galindo 1834 - 1901 1876 Gabriel Reyes-Patria Valderrama (civil + military Chief) 1876 - 1877 Trifón Azuero* 1877 - 1878 Ignacio Manrique C. 1878 - 1879 Benito Salas H. 1879 - 1880 Ignacio Manrique C. (2x) 1880 - 1882 Frutos Santos* 1882 - 1884 Marcelo Barrios 1884 - 1885 Gabriel González Gaitán 1885 - 1886 Manuel Casabianca (civil + military Chief) 1840 - 1901

COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENT OF TOLIMA

In 1886 the states were abolished and Tolima became a Department under direct rule of the central government. (1) (1) All that remained of the former sovereignity was the right to manage the departmental financial affairs. This right was partly curtailled in 1928 when Tolima was forbidden to borrow abroad without the sanction of the central government. In 1905 two new departments were created out of Tolima : - Caldas out of western parts. - Huila out of southern parts. _________________________________________________________________________________

CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS

Governors Gobernadores 1886 Manuel Casabianca s.a. 1887 - 1888 Olegario Rivera 1889 Manuel Casabianca (2x) 1889 José I. Camacho 1890 - 1896 Manuel Casabianca (3x) 1897 Aquilino Aparicio 1898 Fidel Peláez 1899 Manuel Casabianca (4x) 1899 Emilio T. obar 1900 Federico Tovar 1901 Manuel I. Uribe 1901 Toribio Rivera 1902 Francisco Tafur 1903 Antonio Gutiérrez Rubbio 1904 Félix Antonio Vélez 1905 - 1907 Maximiliano Neira 1908 - 1909 Luis Umaña López 1910 Manuel A. Ferreira 1911 Julio M. EScobar 1911 Eduardo Posada 1912 Francisco Tafur (2x) 1913 Leonidas Cárdenas 1914 Ramon Jaramillo 1915 Plácido Cárdenas 1915 Alejandro Caicedo 1916 Isaías Lozano 1917 Plácido Cárdenas (2x) 1918 Luis V. González 1919 Edmundo Vargas R. 1919 Luis V. González 1920 Abel Casabianca 1921 - 1922 Rafael Dávila 1923 Joaquin Ferreira 1924 - 1926 Rafael Davika (2x) 1927 - 1929 Félix María Reina 1930 Carlos Lozano y Lozano 1931 Antonio Rocha Alvira 1932 ... 1933 Heriberto Amador R. 1934 Andrés Rocha A. 1935 Rafael Parga Cortés 1936 Juan E. Largacha 1937 José María Barrios T. 1938 - 1941 Mariano Melendro S. 1942 Rafael Parga Cortés 1943 Alfredo Lozano Agudelo 1944 Alejandro Bernate 1945 Ricardo Bonilla Gutiérrez
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