José Fernández Madrid

José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid (February 19, 1789 – June 28, 1830) was a Neogranadine statesman, physician, scientist and writer, who was President of the interim triumvirate of the United Provinces of New Granada in 1814, and President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. After the Spanish retook New Granada, he was barred from the country and was exiled in Havana, where he continued his scientific studies and worked as a doctor. He was later pardoned and allowed to come back to Colombia, and was appointed ambassador to France and to the United Kingdom where he died in 1830.

José Fernández Madrid
Presiding Member of the Triumvirate of the United Provinces of the New Granada
In office
October 5, 1814  January 21, 1815
Preceded byCamilo Torres Tenorio
Succeeded byTriumvirate
Custodio García Rovira,
Antonio Villavicencio,
Manuel Rodríguez Torices
President of the United Provinces of the New Granada
In office
March 14, 1816  June 22, 1816
Preceded byCamilo Torres Tenorio
Succeeded byLiborio Mejía
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to France
In office
March 25, 1827  November 23, 1827
2nd Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United Kingdom
In office
27 March 1828  28 June 1830
PresidentSimón Bolívar Palacios
Preceded byFrancisco Antonio Zea Díaz
Personal details
BornFebruary 19, 1789
Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia
DiedJune 28, 1830
Barnes, London, England
SpouseMaría Francisca Domínguez de la Roche
  • Member President of the Triumvirate.
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