Juan José Nieto Gil
Juan José Nieto Gil (24 June 1804 – 16 July 1866) was a Colombian politician, Army general and writer. A Liberal party caudillo of Cartagena, he served interimly as Governor of the Province of Cartagena, and was later elected President of the Sovereign State of Bolívar from 1859 to 1864. In 1861, during the Colombian Civil War, he fought on the side of the Liberal rebels against the Administration of President Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, and acting in rebellion proclaimed himself President of the Granadine Confederation in his right as the Presidential Designate, relinquishing power four months later to the Liberal leader, General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda, who led a successful coup d'état against the Conservative Government in Bogotá.
Juan José Nieto Gil | |
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| 2nd President of the Granadine Confederation | |
| In office 25 January 1861 – 18 July 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Mariano Ospina Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda |
| 2nd President of Bolívar | |
| In office 26 July 1859 – 11 December 1864 | |
| Deputy | Juan Antonio de La Espriella |
| Preceded by | Juan Antonio Calvo |
| Succeeded by | Benjamín Noguera |
| Governor of Cartagena de Indias | |
| In office 22 July 1851 – 25 June 1854 | |
| Preceded by | José Antonio López de Tagle y Ortiz Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Marcelino Núñez |
| In office 29 August 1849 – 16 December 1849 | |
| Preceded by | José María Obando del Campo |
| Succeeded by | José María Obando del Campo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1804 Baranoa, Santa Marta, Viceroyalty of the New Granada |
| Died | 16 July 1866 (aged 62) Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, United States of Colombia |
| Nationality | Neogranadine |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | María Margarita del Carmen Palacio García del Fierro (1827–1830) Josefa Teresa Plácida de los Dolores Cavero y Leguina (1834–1866) |
Nieto, of mulatto background, was the first mixed-race Colombian to rise to politics in the history of Colombia becoming the first mixed-race Colombian to become the executive officeholder of a first level administrative division of Colombia.