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.
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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.
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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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